Ken Larsen's web site - How I use Movie Maker to excerpt individual speeches from a meeting video

 

 

 

1	Download the MP4 version of the BOCC meeting video to your computer.  This takes 10-15 minutes depending upon the length of the meeting.  It'll get stored in my computer in the C:\Downloads folder.
2	As the file is donwloaded, note its name.  It'll be something long like Orange-nc_bc6...
3	Copy the file to your desktop.
4	Rename the file to something short like "BOCC7.mp4".
5	Open Movie Maker.
6	Click on "Add videos and photos".
7	Open BOCC7,mp4
8	Move to start of all the public comment.
9	Click on Edit-> Set start point.
10	Click on File->Save movie->YouTube
11	Save on Desktop as BOCC7A.mp4
12	A popup on the screen will appear that says "Saving movie".  Nothing will appear to happen for about 10 minutes.  It's working, but the progress is slow, so it takes a while for it to even reach 1%.  The whole operation may take 45 minutes.
13	Return to step 9 to excerpt the first speech.
14	Click on Edit->Set end point.
15	Save speech as (for example) BOCC2017Apr18speaker1.mp
16	Do this for each speech.