The application can be used to apply various filters, transcode videos into many formats, insert ("muxing") or extract ("demuxing") audio streams from video files and more.

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

There are a lot of Linux video editors and more are coming (VLMC, Lombard) but I've always found Avidemux to be as simple as it gets and never fail doing what I want (I usually just cut some parts of a video, add some audio, etc). Others will also find OpenShot easy to use. But you should really give Avidemux a try.

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Version 2.5.1 of Avidemux was released, a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. I've been having some problems with version 2.5.0 and as you can see from these comments, I wasn't the only one experiencing this.

2.5.1 release changes and fixes:

* Re-enabled several video and audio encoders (regression introduced in 2.5.0)
* Updated the FFmpeg libraries
* More video encoders are now plugins
* DV video encoder now supports more profile
* Fixed loading and saving issues with LAME, x264 and Xvid options (regression introduced in 2.5.0)
* Removed support for libamrnb and replaced with opencore-amrnb
* Removed support for libdca and replaced with libavcodec's DCA decoder
* AMR-WB audio decoding support using opencore-amrwb
* Fraps video decoding support
* Lowpass-5 mode added to libavcodec deinterlacer filter plugin
* Fixed formatting of parameters for various filters on 64-bit platforms
* Updated libass
* Fixed sizing of the bitrate control on various video encoder configure windows (regression introduced in 2.5.0)
* Improved filter dialog for GTK+ interface
* New navigation icons for GTK+ interface
* Fixed the behaviour of several GTK+ open/save dialogs (regression introduced in 2.5.0)
* asharp filter's Block Adaptive mode can now be disabled using the Qt interface
* Re-enabled the colour chooser dialog using the Qt interface (regression introduced in 2.5.0)
* GCC 4.4 support
* Fixed issues with CMake build scripts when using multiple make jobs (regression introduced in 2.5.0)


Download Avidemux 2.5.1:

- .deb (Ubuntu) - altough I recommend you add the GetDeb.net repository
- .exe (Windows) from Berlios.de or SourceForge
- .tar.gz (Linux source): from Berlios.de or SourceForge

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

What's new in Avidemux 2.5.0:
* Audio Codecs, Audio Devices and Video Filters are now plugins
* x264 and Xvid encoders are now also plugins with an updated Qt interface
* Auto wizards are now scripted and easier to extend
* Updated the FFmpeg libraries
* Various minor fixes and enhancements

You can find the complete changelog, here (current build: r5152).

Download Avidemux 2.5.0: