YouTube Editor enables cloud-based combining of clips, trimming of masterpieces

Too many YouTube clips in your library? Not enough cheddar to get a decent piece of video editing software on your PC? Fret not, as the World's Greatest Time Waster has just rolled out a new web-based Video Editor that enables users to combine clips, trim segments, add audio and then preview the results before finalizing. Hey, Numa Numa kid -- get on those mashups, pronto!

[216 Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:22PM]

I bet this will become ChromeOS's answer to iMovie/Windows Live Movie Maker

[iucidium Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:29PM]

@216 No shit sherlock

[ChazClout Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:59PM]

@216
hopefully with some Android love thrown in too.

[elijahblake Posted Jun 16th 2010 4:03PM]

@216

hey and what do you know it's not $4.99, IT'S FREE!!!!!

[jellotime91 Posted Jun 16th 2010 9:08PM]

@216
I'm a Windows user of many many years, but don't you ever besmerge the name of iMovie by comparing it to Windows Live Movie Maker... Money can't buy an editor as easy to use and functional as iMovie on a Windows PC, especially for YouTube videos.

[jellotime91 Posted Jun 16th 2010 9:09PM]

@elijahblake
Um yeah iMovie is free with Mac OS loser. Is this for Android? Didn't think so.

[Gooch818 Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:23PM]

Oh no, here come more wastes of interwebs that are my grandmother making videos of her damn dog......why do you encourage her YouTube, damn you!!

[techlord Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:30PM]

I wish they just increase 10 minutes limitation at ease.

[saturnblackhole Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:57PM]

@techlord agreed, i don't see the point of having a 2bg upload limit if you can only upload 10mins of video.

[GadgetTamer Posted Jun 16th 2010 4:30PM]

@saturnblackhole I can create a 4 GB 3 minute file with Fraps... that same video also comes out to 2GB and 30 minutes when processed though...

[TVGenius Posted Jun 16th 2010 4:54PM]

@GadgetTamer Meanwhile I can make an hourlong file at 800MB that looks better on Vimeo than that 3 min 2GB file would look at YouTube's "480p".

[HektikLyfe Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:31PM]

Very convenient for basic edits.

[kapanak Posted Jun 16th 2010 2:37PM]

Why is it in Engadget Alt?

[corylulu Posted Jun 17th 2010 6:04PM]

@kapanak

cuz their doin' it wrong.

[LiveFromThe215 Posted Jun 16th 2010 3:03PM]

Apple uses iMovie!!

Google counter-attacks!! 5 HIT COMBO!! 110000pts

[Psilion Posted Jun 16th 2010 3:36PM]

A web based video editing is a great idea for YouTube, but this one seems extremely limited.

They should acquire something like Creaza:
http://www.creaza.com/static/creaza/preview/index.html (takes a while to load since it's preloading assets for the preview demo).

[GadgetTamer Posted Jun 16th 2010 4:36PM]

So how does this work? Does it use flash storage on the computer? Does it ALL just run in RAM? Or does it actually edit it on the server as you edit it?

[arildstorm Posted Jun 16th 2010 5:34PM]

@GadgetTamer

If you are referring to the comment about Creaza MovieEditor, you can check out this page:

http://www.creaza.com/movieeditor

Check also out "Behind the scenes" for more information (http://www.creaza.com/movieeditor/behind_the_scenes)

//Arild

[GadgetTamer Posted Jun 16th 2010 5:54PM]

@arildstorm I'm just curious about how the whole "Edit video online" thing works. Thanks though, i'll look at it. Maybe it'll help me figure out how this works... i don't see any efficient way to do it though.

[arildstorm Posted Jun 16th 2010 5:58PM]

@GadgetTamer

How it actually works is that you edit online on proxy videos in RAM and then it's possible to use the cloud to assembly a high-quality MP4 export in 720p.

See http://www.youtube.com/creazatube for an example of a HD video exported.

[GadgetTamer Posted Jun 16th 2010 6:57PM]

@arildstorm Okay, that makes sense. I was just wondering if it edited it on the server (seems like a ton of up/downloading) or stores it all in RAM (would use a TON of RAM) or downloaded bits and pieces, edited them in RAM, and then uploaded them all.