MP3DirectCut like Video Editor?

[ChipsNHotSauce]

Hey,

I need to cut out part of an .ASF video file without re-encoding it.

I tried Virtualdub but it only re-encodes to .AVI...

Original: ASF - 13.2 MB
Output: AVI - 320 MB

wtf? the output is over 20x bigger

Anything else?

[joby_toss]

Did you use "Direct stream copy" under "Video" options?

[m^(2)]

AVIdemux is the only one that I know that has a smart reencode, that is - lets you cut in any place you want and reencodes whatever it has to and what it doesn't - leaves untouched.
And is portable.

[Ruby]

If your proficient (and not against) using a command line tool, FFmpeg can do this:

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ffmpeg  -i source -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 00:01:30 -t 00:00:20 outfile

This will copy a 20 sec clip starting at 1min30sec of the video.

-ss will be your starting point and -t is the duration - hh:mm:ss

Since you already have VirtualDub you can use it to get the exact timestamps.

FFmpeg Documentation (-ss -t)