Top 5 Free Video Editing Software For Windows

Free Video Editing software for windows can be complex for most beginners. Adobe Premiere is one of the most widely used Video Editing Software in this niche, it could take days to comfortably cut your first video into smaller clips, or put videos together mostly for beginners.

You can merge videos together in no time without installing a full-blown video editor like Adobe Premiere Pro

Here are different Free Video Editing Software options you can choose for your windows PC! There are many free tools for splitting and merging video files on the go on your android mobile phone.

1. MP4Tools

MP4Tools is an open-source software that can be used for making video merger and video splitter in one free.

MP4Splitter can be used to split MP4 video file into multiple pieces with ease:

MP4Joiner is for merging MP4 video files together:

MP4Tools only support MP4 Video format which is the most popular video format

Splitting is as easy as loading a video file

• Add “split points”
• Clicking Start splitting.
• Add the individual video files
• Click Join.

Download: MP4Tools (Free)

2. Machete Video Editor

Machete Video Editor is one of the best lightweight video editor software.

The downside to the Lite version of Machete is that it only works with AVI and WMV formats. To unlock FLV, MP4, MKV, MOV, and several additional audio formats, you’ll need to purchase the full version. This is the only limitation of the Lite version.

To split a video,

• Click Play > Jump to time
• Navigate to a starting timestamp
• Click the Set the beginning of a selection button.
• Navigate to an ending timestamp
• Click Set the end of a selection.
• Click Save the selection as… to export the clip

To merge videos,

• Load the first clip
• Use Play > Jump to time… to navigate to where you want to insert the next clip
• Click Edit > Insert a file at the current position… Repeat for all clips
• ClickFile > Save As… to finish

3. Format Factory

Format Factory is no doubt a very lightweight video editing software because it requires over about 150 MB to install which is a hefty amount of space if all you want to do is split and merge video clips. But if you also need to convert between formats and/or rip from CDs and DVDs, then it may be worth your while.

To split a video,

• click the output format you want in the sidebar
• Click Add File and load the video.
• Click Option, set the Start Time and End Time to wherever you want the split
• Click OK.
• Lastly, click Start to begin the splitting task.

To merge videos

• Go to Utilities
• Video Joiner in the sidebar.
• Set the proper Output Setting
• Click Add File to load all of the individual clips.
• Lastly, once everything is ordered properly
• Click OK
• Start to begin the merging task.

Download: Format Factory (Free)

4. Avidemux

Avidemux is one of highly recommend video editing software for beginners because it is simple enough that you only have to click a few buttons to split and merge videos.

Avidemux supports AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, and MKV formats, which covers about 99 percent of all modern videos.

To split a video,

• Click Time at the bottom
• Set the starting timestamp of the split
• Click the Set start marker button.
• Navigate to the ending timestamp of the split
• Click Set end marker.
• Lastly, click File > Save to save everything between markers as a clip.

To join videos,

• Load the first clip with File > Open
• Load subsequent clips with File > Append.
• Do it in the order you want them merged
• Save the combined video with File > Save.

Download: Avidemux (Free)

5. Freemake Video Converter

Freemake Video Converter supports over 500 video and audio formats and is easy to use, but the free version adds a watermark. For $9 per year (or $19 lifetime payment), the watermarking is removed and video conversions are even faster.

To split a video

• Load it with the +Video button
• Click to edit.
• Use the playback timeline to select a time frame.
• When finished, click OK and then one of the output buttons at the bottom to export.

To merge videos

• Add as many clips as you want with +Video,
• Enable the Join files toggle at the top right.
• Drag and drop to sequence the clips
• Click one of the output buttons at the bottom to export.

Download: Freemake Video Converter (Free, $9/yr for watermark removal)

Split and Combine Video Clips With Ease

Want to edit videos on the go? Be sure to check out these Best Video Editing Apps for Android Users.

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