October 04, 2018, 10:10 PM
VBVAGUYQuestion video editing software question >>>>>>>
I need to some how splice or combine 2 blue-ray videos for church into one video file. Does anyone know of or recommend FREE software that I can do this with ? Thank you for any info. God Bless

October 05, 2018, 07:21 AM
snideraif they are commercial blu-rays (ie, movies), they will be encrypted & most video editing software won't work. there is software that will de-encrypt it to a video file on your hard drive ('rip' it), but it is technically illegal to use.
Hell, with Bluray, you can't even stick a VCR between the player & the TV and dub it over (HDMI won't allow this).
MakeMKV is an easy to use program that will rip the blurays to a video file on your computer. Video editing software is beyond what I can recommend.
October 05, 2018, 10:30 AM
Rey HRHnot free but maybe a trial period.
if snidera is correct and I think he is, one work around is to play the movie on your laptop and use a screen / audio capture program to get the movies as video files. I use Debut Video Capture Software.
VideoPad Video Editor is what I use to do video editing.
They were cheap enough. I think I got them like $50 as a package with other stuff. And easy enough to learn as I don't do this very often.
Easy and fast learning curve.
October 05, 2018, 04:08 PM
VBVAGUYThe blue-ray discs will be of my friend's parent's funeral video. Thank you for the suggestions so far. God Bless

October 05, 2018, 04:25 PM
zoom6zoomUse the freeware MakeMKV to rip the discs. Then you can use Handbrake, also free, to make the files smaller or convert them. Then there are any number of free file joiner apps you can find online.
https://www.howtogeek.com/1614...ay-movie-collection/October 05, 2018, 08:42 PM
snideraquote:
Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
The blue-ray discs will be of my friend's parent's funeral video. Thank you for the suggestions so far. God Bless
Those may or may not be encrypted, depending on how they were created, but being bluray, I'd assume they are. My brothers was encrypted, but makeMKV took care of that quickly (ripped to my server for backup, hope to never watch it again).
Either way, I'd rip a DVD/Bluray just because makemkv turns all the crap on the disk into a single file, much easier to work with.
Before you get your editing software, check to make sure it supports .mkv. The Videopad suggested above doesn't support .mkv.
You could convert it to .mp4 via handbrake, but that's just 1 more step & 1 more program to learn.