chopping up videos / editing videos

does anyone know a bit of software where i could chop/cut up video files - mainly .mpg's? ( or any format really, i guess i can convert into what ever format the program needs )

so i could take say a 10 second .mpg file, and cut off the first 2 seconds and remove the last 2 etc?

also does anyone know any good software where i could then somehow edit various clips together, use various different transitions effects from clip to clip, and maybe add sound etc?

and something free as well! or something i can download a trial for

thanks for any help or tips

 

There are quite a few mpeg/avi progs and tools out there:
1)Xmpeg has a new version and it is freeware(cut,slice,crop,encode etc...)
2)Advanced File Joiner.(freeware)
3)MediaJoin joins media types and stuff.(freeware)
4)DVDBuilder dvd-->to mpeg.(freeware).
5)AviSplit Classic join and cut avi+divx files.(freeware)
6)TMPGEnc nice software it is freeware but the mpeg2 function has a trial period of 30 days.This is a powerfull prog, it has templates and stuff and you can also cut,join,decode,encode etc...

For info and stuff:
http://www.videohelp.com/guides
http://www.doom9.org/

hope it helps ....

 

Get the TMPG and look for cracks.