Software to trim down video files before editing

My "cloud" is round at a friends house - he often says he lives in the clouds so I thought that's where I want my off-site storage. What I try to cut down on are: recurring overheads and being reliant on things over which I have no control.

Backup everything at least once Marbury. You don't want all your hard work to vanish because one of your drives crash. I have two copies of the originals, one stored at my sister's house.

As long as you're not shooting 4K raw, like Gene is planning to do, it won't cost a fortune.

"So by asking reasonable questions i should give up ?"

Reasonable question? But no answer can satisfy you, unfortunately..
Have you decide what software to go yet? NO!

Just come to the end of using Premere pro and can't decide if it is too expensive to pay per month in ratio to no video sales. If I start shifting some here and SS I might be tempted.

Marbury: In my opinion you should stay away from Prem Pro CC. It's just too expensive in UK - your earnings don't merit it. For other people OK but there should be something cheaper for you. Your main problem from what you have said recently, are those files which come from your camera - which seems to limit you.

A combination of QT and Mpegstreamclip should be enough but don't know if they handle those files. IMO, at this stage, for you, forget about audio (on video clips) - just delete off ambient and submit as is (after trimming of course).

Cloud backup really isn't an option for most. We are uploading footage to sell and it takes as long to upload to the cloud as it does to upload to agencies to sell. I can't afford to upload to cloud due to my bandwidth, hard drives are far cheaper option.

I agreed with Videostock50.

Adobe subscription is just too expensive for you while you are not making any sale. I myself will definitely use something non-professional--Magix is still the best bet for you.

You will not be satisfy with Magix because you are having something big in your head. ;)

Adobe also offers single 'apps', for about a third of the entire CC package subscription. You could consider going for just Premiere for a year and see how that goes.

That's what I am only using as a trial. Premiere pro. Magix 2014 is only £40 and from what I tested a while ago at trial, it can do most things that I need (except warp stabilization)

<<<<it can do most things that I need (except warp stabilization)>>>

Enter: a tripod stage left......