Archos AV 500 series VIDEO Editing Video Files

VIDEO – Editing Video Files

Video ﬁ les recorded by the AV 500 can be modiﬁ ed by deleting the sections you do not wish included. The editing

you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video ﬁ le. You will mark a segment of your

video ﬁ le, and then you will tell the AV 500 to delete everything except the marked segment (crop) or to delete the

marked segment (cut) from the video ﬁ le. These operations can be done multiple times on the same video ﬁ le.

Once ﬁ nished, you will have the option to save the edit marks with the video or to write a new video ﬁ le. If you

save your ﬁ le with edit marks, you can always go back and change your edits at another time. The actual video

information is not deleted. On the other hand, you can write a new ﬁ le which will only include the video parts that

you speciﬁ ed in the edit session. This ﬁ le will be smaller but you can never un-edit it.

Example 1: You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single music presentation.

The rest of the television recording you do not care to keep. In this case, you would set a Start mark (a) at the

beginning of the desired segment, and an End mark (b) at the end of the desired segment. You would then

choose the Keep selected part action icon which would then delete everything except the designated section.

Example 2: You have recorded a television program but would like to remove certain sections before the program

started, parts during the program, and the program afterwards because you had recorded a little extra. In this

case, you would make a Start mark (a) at time 00:00 and then forward to the end of what you want to delete and

make your End mark (b), and choose Remove selected part. This part of the video recording will now be cut out.

Fast-forward to the center of the recording and make a Start Mark (c) where the section that you want to delete

begins, and make an End mark (d) when it ﬁ nishes. Again, choose the Remove selected part action icon and

this section will be cut out. Do the same for the ﬁ nal section that you want to cut out.

IMPORTANT NOTE

When you pause at a given point to make a Start or End Mark, the actual point of the cut will be the

nearest I-Frame. I-Frames are special frames in the video ﬁ le which come about every one to four

seconds. The editor can cut ONLY at an I-Frame. It is thus recommended that when you pause at

the point you want to make your Start or End mark, that you click the LEFT button once (will jump to

the previous I-frame) and then click the RIGHT button (shows the next I-frame) so that you can see

your choice of I-Frames to cut at. Go to the I-Frame you desire and then set your Mark. Trying to set

a mark between I-Frames is ineffective since the AV 500 will just choose the closest I-Frame.