Idiot in need of help, fast

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JackArse

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Hello,
I am apologizing in advance for being an ignorant ass. I've never heard of OBS and my tech skills wouldn't fill a thimble. My boss asked me to create a video from a few recordings we made using this software. I need to piece them together and get the timing right. Not even sure if that's possible. Might there be anyone who would be kind enough to walk me through this? I've watched a bunch of videos and have a general sense of OBS now I feel it would take me 25 hours to figure out on my own. I need to have this done by Monday. thanks
 
You can use OBS for recording, but i see you need video editor to cut and glue diffrent movies.
Watch on DaVinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere, Magix (Vegas or Pro X) or any other software video editing.
 
Oh, I thought I could do video editing on OBS. That's not possible? Which is the easiest video editor to use. We are dealing with a real noob here.
thanks
 
Could you use OBS for editing, ... well sort of, in a very roundabout, using a hammer instead of screwdriver sort of way
OBS is for compositing multiple sources be that pre-recorded or live video, with effects, filters, transitions, etc. but use as a video editor... not the right tool for the job
DaVinci Resolve has a free version and is VERY powerful... and would be intimidating to the uninitiated (is to me, and I'm a tech expert but new to video)

For simple video editing, there is Windows Movie Maker? or if you have a tablet, both Android and Apple have native video editing apps (free) that can do a simple edit just fine. I suspect a decent Mac would have a better app then the one Microsoft bundles with Win10 (you'd need to research for yourself if this is true, and applies obviously only if you have access to a Mac). And recognize that video editing is computationally intensive. Tablets pull it off with optimized software and specific encode/decode chips. On a low-end computer, don't be surprised if rendering takes hours or longer depending on video length and resolution/bitrate.

BEWARE.... this is compressed/lossy video (ie every re-compression loses more resolution, the effect sort of like VHS to VHS tape copying). So... the trick is not to make small edits, save, rinse, repeat (though just how bad generational re-editing is depends on the app... so may make edits off original source [which is what I think the iPad Movie Editor does] vs edited version). Instead, load up your videos, play with them and figure out your desired edits, splices, etc, and then start over with with fresh files (if your editor doesn't auto work from original sources)
 
One very simple solution is to put each of your videos in a separate scene in OBS, project to an OBS window on a second screen (or same screen) and use windows movie maker to record the projected window as the videos each play one after another As you move through each scene. You could include a fade transition or any other transition of your choice between each scene and you would end up with a single video file. That’s one simple way for someone with very little tech knowledge to achieve what you are looking to do, lots of other simple ways also exist but I’d suggest you give that a try. Best of luck and I hope it works out for you.
 
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