

But you'll have trouble going back to MOV/MP4/MKV from AVI. Note that AVI wasn't designed to natively handle h264 but, in practice, it works fine. For frame accurate cutting only the relevant GOPs will be completely reencoded. Then there is a technique called 'Smart Rendering' which you can find in many NLE software. (StaxRip or any video encoding application which uses AviSynth can do this).

Then you should be able to cut/trim the AVI with VirtualDub with no loss of quality. This makes it easy to cut the video with frame accuracy. Then, if you want to convert MOV or MP4 to AVI with no loss of quality, you can use a program called MP4Cam2AVI. I don't believe Avidmux has the option of MOV yet, but it shouldn't make any difference. MOV is just the container and MP4/MKV should be able to handle the same video streams (e.g. Both can do lossless cutting.įor MOV files, you can save them as MP4 or MKV with Avidemux with no loss of quality. For AVI containers, my first choice is Virtualdub.

The 4k video is very big in file size and I would like to trim it with no loss (if possible) in quality and archive them.įor trimming video, my first choice is Avidemux for any format other than AVI. HI, I just need an editor that can edit/trim the 4k (MOV format) and save as 4k (MOV) or 1080 FHD.
