Windows 10: Duplicating after trimming a video using Films & TV

Whenever I trim a video mp4 file, sometimes the video will duplicate in the same track. For example, if I trim a video down to 20 seconds, it will be a 40 second video that plays the 20 second clip twice in a row. Was wondering how this could be fixed thanks.

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Films & Tv App

Hi Guys

In the Films & Tv app is it possible to get my personal films to arrange by folder rather than all listed by name. I'm sure I had it like that but something has changed and now there all listed on one page sorted by name.

Info - My movies are all stored on an external Hdd in a few different folders not in the default Videos folder

Cheers Danny

 

Films & TV App

Hi Justine,

thank you for helping me. I followed the steps that you outlined in your reply, but when I reached step 3 a small frame opened, however, I could not edit to remove the device. This was display only. The document appears to be saying you can only remove a
device by logging in to that device.

For your info I am running Windows 10 Pro in S mode. version 1803 OS build 17134.254.

In the support documents is says:-

How to see your devices

To find out how which and how many devices are currently associated with the Films & TV app:

1. Start the Films & TV app.
2. Go to Settings and tap or click Show my download devices.The pop-up window will display the various devices to which you can download your purchases.

How to remove a device

Note You can only remove one device every 30 days.

To remove a device:

1. Sign in to the device that you want to remove.
2. Start the Films & TV app.
3. Go to Settings and tap or click Download devices.
4. Tap or click Remove this device.

Many thanks

 

Trimming videos in Windows Films & TV/Photos app automatically adds a filter and lowers the quality?

Recently (like in the last couple weeks) the layout of the default video trimmer changed on my Windows 10 PC, it used to look extremely similar to the default video player except that the scrubbing bar was replaced with a trimmer bar. Now both the trimmer bar and the video preview are smaller and there's a button that offers to "Edit in Clipchamp". Ever since this change, whenever I trim a video, the trimmed version appears very high-contrast compared to before, and the quality is much lower (more pixellated, etc). It's basically deep frying my videos whenever I trim them.

(I would attach screenshots but my attempts to upload images aren't loading for some reason.)

I have already:

1) Tried going into Photos settings, installing Photos Legacy, and using that instead (the layout is still different to what I'm familiar with, and it does the same thing. I checked in the Photos Legacy settings and turned off 'automatic video encoding', no change.)

2) Checked all my drivers are up to date and I'm on the latest Windows Update.

3) Spoken to a Microsoft support chat person and investigated (no help), uninstalled my newest Windows update and checked to see if that helped (didn't).

4) Uninstalled/reinstalled Films & TV and Photos apps.

5) Gone into Settings>Video Playback, and ensured that 'Automatically enhance videos' was turned off (it was).

This isn't a big problem but as I casually screenrecord a lot of videos and then clip them, it's noticeable and annoying. I don't want to download a big fancy video editor app and have to start a project just to quickly trim clips, the same way I don't want to open Photoshop and make a .psd every time I want to crop an image. I can't find any information about anyone else experiencing this anywhere. My video editor just randomly changed layout and functionality one day, and seemingly there's no way to reverse it; all I want is to easily view and adjust the length of my videos.

Is there a simple fix for this anywhere, or is this just a new issue with Photos to try and push people towards using Clipchamp for videos? (And if so, is there a free, simple alternative video viewer like Films & TV or Windows Media Player that offers a lossless trimming function?)