Attached Link: Virtualdub

I got Avid Xpress before they discontinued it some years ago but I've never used it. VirtualDub is a nice, widely used application - depending on your needs There are quite a filters available to enhance it. Between it and AVIDemux, my rather basic needs are met pretty well.

"I use windows movie maker..sad but true..."

Actually, I've read a lot of good comments on Movie Maker, and almost none of the trashing that usually goes with any Microsoft product. Apparently starting with the version included with either Vista or Seven though they changed it and it supposedly has somewhat fewer features though.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken