Anyvideoconverter (Free) works fine for me.
It will convert any format to any other, including MKV.
At the same time it can remove subtiles, reshape/resize,
chop off beginnings and ends (like the SWV trailers) etc.
Best done on a second pass, it can then also manually:
Remove "letterboxing/windowing" (black margins).
Tweak brightness/contrast/saturation, (but not tint),
although the "proof window" does not always quite match
the final result.
I then use Windows Moviemaker to do all the editing.
Though no longer supported or supplied by MS, as
the "Windows essentials" package it can probably be found
out there somewhere.
It works best with either WMV or MP4 files.
They need to 16:9 or 4:3. before you start.
It's not keen on doing a lot of work at once on
huge Gb sized files, as it can go slow or hang.
You can greyscale, and tweak brightness only.
Surprisingly powerful when you get the hang of it's many
features, though some are buried deep!
BTW I could never get AVIDemux to do anything at all!
|