Save a .wmv file after trimming, without re-encoding??

[MS]

This involves the same project I just discussed in another post, but a
different problem I had.

After encoding the file (ripped from DVD) to .wmv (using Windows Media
Encoder), I discovered that an extra hour had been added to the video! At
the beginning of the video, it just stays stuck on the first frame for an
hour, before starting the actual movie. The total film length (on the .wmv)
is exactly an hour longer than the original film.

Strange, anyone know why that might have happened?

Regardless, easy enough to cut off that hour in Windows Movie Maker, to set
the beginning trim point where the real movie starts.

The problem is, what to do then? Of course, I want to save the .wmv with
that change, with the extra hour trimmed off. But when I click on "save
movie file", it looks like it wants to re-encode the whole movie, asks me
about encoding options, etc. I do not want to re-encode the movie, just save
it as presently encoded, with that extra hour deleted. Is there any way to
do that, to save an existing .wmv file which had been altered, without
re-encoding it? Or is that the only way to do it?

Thanks again for your help.

 

[print_maker]

The only way to do it with MM2

 

[M.L.]

This involves the same project I just discussed in another post, but a

The only way to do it with MM2

Do a google.com search for an app called Easy Video Splitter. It will
split wmv, asp, mpeg 1 and 2, and avi files without reincoding. Easy
Video Joiner will combine those file types without reincoding.