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elkslip
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_ 		8. June 2010 @ 10:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am looking for a simple, very basic, freeware program that will allow me to slow down the speed of motion clips that I use as backgrounds for lyric presentations at church. Most of the clips are way too fast for comfort. This is the only function that I need, so I'm hoping to stay away from huge programs with a lot of functions that I don't need. I use Windows 7. I have Windows Movie Maker which is supposed to allow you to slow down video, but I cannot find any function button in "Effects" that will let me do that. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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attar
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_ 		8. June 2010 @ 12:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you slow it down, the audio will lose sync - but you can do it anyway using VirtualDub.

Assuming the source is an avi file, drag it into VirtualDub:

Click 'Video' > 'Direct Stream Copy'
Click 'Video' > 'Frame Rate'

Change the frame rate on the top field and convert it to the original on the lower.
In this clip the current rate of the original is 25fps, I changed it to 20fps (20% slower?) then set it back to 25fps in the lower field.

Click 'Audio > 'No audio' - it will be out of sync otherwise.

Click 'File' > 'Save as avi'.




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elkslip
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_ 		8. June 2010 @ 20:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by attar:
 If you slow it down, the audio will lose sync - but you can do it anyway using VirtualDub.

Assuming the source is an avi file, drag it into VirtualDub:

Click 'Video' > 'Direct Stream Copy'
Click 'Video' > 'Frame Rate'

Change the frame rate on the top field and convert it to the original on the lower.
In this clip the current rate of the original is 25fps, I changed it to 20fps (20% slower?) then set it back to 25fps in the lower field.

Click 'Audio > 'No audio' - it will be out of sync otherwise.

Click 'File' > 'Save as avi'.




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Thank you so much for your suggestion. Most of the video files I work with are not AVI and I was unable to get VideoDub to work with flv files. I should have mentioned that in my initial post.

However, I have discovered Any Video Converter, which allows one to convert the video files into different formats, as well as reduce the speed. It is a freeware program and extremely simple to use.

Again, many thanks for your assistance. I hope someone else may benefit from these posts.
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RobertPa
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_ 		9. June 2010 @ 04:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there any other option except changing the frame rate that you can reduce the speed of video.
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elkslip
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_ 		9. June 2010 @ 08:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have not found any other option to reduce the speed in Any Video Converter except changing the frame rate. I have very little experience with video editing but someone else may be able to help you.
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elkslip
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_ 		9. June 2010 @ 10:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My sincere apologies to anyone I may have inconvenienced with incorrect information. The program I found that makes it very easy to reduce speed in videos is SuperDVD Video Editor, not Any Video Converter. SuperDVD is freeware. Again, I am sorry if I caused problems for anyone
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