Background: I was at a show with restored WW2 airplanes over the weekend and took video of the e...

[G+_James Berry]

Background:  I was at a show with restored WW2 airplanes over the weekend and took video of the engines cranking up, running while waiting for departure, and departure flights from the airport/flyovers.  They had a B17, B24, and a P51 Mustang.  

 

The problem:  The video is over a gig (~12 minutes duration) and I want to be able to put it up for my Facebook friends in smaller sized edited snippets.  

 

My equipment:  I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro running the latest Mavericks and have no Adobe products installed.

 

My current video related software: I do have Handbrake, if that is an option.  

 

My question: Any idea(s) on a good app (preferably something that is free) to use to do the video editing?

 

Thanks for the help,

Jim

[G+_Jonathan Schober]

Handbrake will work. Or you could do something like iMovie.

[G+_Philipp]

You can also upload it to YouTube and use the online YouTube video editor to trim it.

[G+_James Berry]

Will YouTube have an issue with the file being potentially huge? I'm mainly a consumer on YouTube not a content creator.

[G+_Jonathan Schober]

It'll work, but its a huge file, and upload will take forever

[G+_James Berry]

The good old to remain nameless cable ISP probably won't help me upload it any faster like they do on downloads.  So local editing is my best option?

[G+_Jonathan Schober]

Yes. Any free video editing program (or handbrake) will work fine for quick compression.

[G+_Jonathan Schober]

Its all about reducing the file size for upload. Facebook/Youtube will take fairly large files, but you will wait hours and hours for upload

[G+_Ben Reese]

I'd probably just upload it to YouTube, personally... Start it in the evening and let it run. YouTube is far better for videos than Facebook anyhow.