Womble is pretty easy on the wallet and computer. I wouldn’t try to do anything complex or try to make any visual changes with it but it’s more than adequate to trim dialogue/rearrange scenes. It’s audio editing is pretty simple and efficient as well. It’s obviously geared to edit mpg2 video but it accepts other kinds. It’s mpg2 encoder isn’t great but it’s h264 encoder isn’t bad and it supports HD. It supports 5.1 audio as well. It doesn’t let you edit the individual channels but it still let you make cuts and fades and such as a whole and export in 5.1. Also worth noting is if you’re exporting in 5.1 and Abby of the audio in your timeline is 2.0 stereo it will automatically do a pro logic 2 upmix on , which is quite handy and convenient.

It performs much better and more accurately on mpg2 video though, so if I’m making extensive edits to something else a trick I’ve found us to convert my other file to a " dummy"
Mpeg2 with a really low nitrate and make my edits to it, then before I export the project delete the dummy file, then when it asks me to “find” the file I point to the original file. All edits preserved without having to deal with the buggy performance it gives when editing anything else. Seems like a long way to go, yes, but it’s interface is so much easier than other editors that I think it’s worth it.