Video editing software, recommendations?

In summary, the speaker has taken high-speed video footage for a project and recorded it onto VHS. They have used a TV tuner card to import the footage onto their computer and are now looking for software to chop it into smaller sections and extract still frames for their report. They have tried using Windows Movie Maker but it kept crashing, so they are open to recommendations for simpler software. One suggestion is Adobe Premiere.
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Hello all,

I've taken some high-speed (~1000fps) video footage for a project I'm working on. I've recorded it all onto VHS, such that it can be played back at very slow speed through a normal VCR on a TV, so that I can analyse my experiment. In real-time there's only about 30 seconds of actual footage but this equates to about half an hour when played back on a normal TV.

Now I've used a TV tuner card to import my video onto my computer (it's now a nice big MPEG file), and I need some software to basically chop it up into small sections (seperate files) and 'grab' the occasional frame to use as pictures in my report.

Does anyone have any recommendation for software I can use? The simpler the better (ideally I'd just be using Windows Sound Recorder for this, but it doesn't do video!). I tried using Windows Movie Maker but it kept crashing, possibly because when I imported my MPEG it split it up into a few hundred short clips and the overall file size is almost 2Gb.

Thanks in advance!
 
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Adobe Premiere.
 
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Hi there,

For your specific needs, I would recommend checking out Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro. Both of these video editing software have the capability to import high-speed footage and allow for easy chopping and grabbing of frames. They are both professional-level software, so there may be a bit of a learning curve, but they are definitely more robust and reliable than Windows Movie Maker. Another option could be Sony Vegas Pro, which is also a popular choice for video editing. All three of these options are paid software, but they do offer free trials so you can test them out and see which one works best for you. Good luck with your project!
 

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