Video Editing Software

[patrickstar]

My son needs to edit videos held on his drive made at school as part of an exam project and burn it onto a DVD. The software needed is for basic editing. Is there any recommended free softwarethat can easily be understood and used by him? Is the installed Windows Live Movie Maker any good?

[Buenchico]

Windows Live Movie Maker is one of the few decent programs to come out of Microsoft; it should be fine for school project use.

[patrickstar]

Thank you as always Buenchico. If it gets a thumbs up from you I know he can't go far wrong.

[LewPaper]

Hiya Patrick. I'd strongly suggest you try these two - both free, one being an editing program and the other a burner.
The editing one is XMedia Recode. Takes a little bit of getting used to but it really is superb.
The burning one is ImgBurn.

http://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/index.html
http://imgburn.com/