Any suggestions for simple video editing software for WinXP to edit files from a Panasonic HD SD-card camcorder (saves as .MTS files)?
All I want to do is quickly and easily stitch together a bunch of clips, cut bad bits out and export for Youtube.
The stuff that comes with the camcorder is hopeless - all pretty UI but tragic useability.
I've tried Pinnacle/Avid VideoSpin, which does the job, but on my main PC it crashes frequently during playback, often rebooting the PC in the process, and won't preview fast enough to be useable on my fairly-fast laptop.
In the past I've used Virtualdub which I really like but only does AVI files - not yet investigated whether converting MTS to AVI would be an option.
Any suggestions welcome.