Will QuickTime Pro Edit mp4?

Check through some of the posts - many of us have been waiting quite a while for answers to problems with quicktime 7 pro and mpeg4 encoding problems, and nobody has any answers. If you look at enough posts, you'll see a pattern of people asking questions and not getting answers. Maybe I'm just not patient enough, but I'm a longtime linux user and I can always find the answer to a question in the linux community, so this is quite new to me. Maybe it's because Apple is busy answering questions about quicktime for Mac and they don't have time to answer questions for Windows users, I don't know.

I'm trying to do the same thing. I have video collections on DVD that I want to put specific videos onto my Ipod. But the original VOB file contains several videos in it. I'm looking for a program that will edit my MPEG-4 or VOB files so I can crop out the videos that I do not want.

I don't mind spending the money on a program that will do this. As long as it's PC friendly.

Will QuickTime Pro Edit mp4?

Yes, but it may not be the best solution in all work flows. Converting and then clipping into segments is a viable solution that will save the final product as an .mov file even though the movie is still in its original format. Reversing the work flow, however, and clipping the file into segments first is not very accurate owing to the way in which the sequential blocks of audio and video data are stored in the file.

Every video is included in the one file. I want to break the videos down individually for my iPod. I don't mind spending the $30 to upgrade my QuickTime to pro it it will allow me to do this. If not, does anybosy know another program ($50 or less) that will?

A cheaper and perhaps better solution would be to dowload the free Windows version of MPEG Streamclip and use it. Since it employs an MPEG based player/editor window, you can accurately set in and out points for the decrypted VOB and convert the segments directly to individual iPod compatible files. In addition, filters are available to change brightness, contrast, saturation, and/or volume, as well as, custom cropping with improved scaling as part of the conversion process. In some ways, it is also easier to use than QT Pro.

I've also read some user reviews on QuickTime. Are there a lot of bugs/issues with Windows XP?

If you really don't want to use Apple's QT tools, MPEG Streamclip for windows will also use the QT Alternate software instead. I personally don't find QT to be "buggy" to any real degree. Most of my problem have been traced to use of the QT H.264 codec at low video data rates. The "predictor-corrector" routines appear to be written for use at higher data rates (my guess would be in the 2.0 mbps to 5.0 mbps range) and so tend to be slow to "clamp" video data rate excursions in excess of user settings below 1.0-1.5 mbps with certain vintage video content. As I use the Mac version, I'm stuck with QT 7 and simply make adjustments as needed for a 100% conversion success rate for the nearly 400 videos currently on my iPod.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I found a program called Videoredo and it's avaliable on Cnet.com as a free trial version. I am very happy with it although I don't know how much the software actually costs. But it's great for editing video files including VOB files.