Prominent Restaurant Owner Needs Editing Software Tools for Food Price List?

Hi,

I have just been challenged with finding a way to edit an .mp4 file that list the prices for food items for a prominent restaurant. 

This mp4 price list must have been displayed on a loop on their restaurant monitors. The owner doesn't remember who made this mp4 for them.

So, I am looking for a program for restaurants that would allow for editing prices as they change over time. And allow for making a display for that particular restaurant.

There must be something out there for this? Does anyone have any ideas?

I personally never paid attention to how this is done in a fast food restaurant. I never thought of it being an mp4 file? I did play it, and I see it is the dynamics of the motion in it that they use for attention to the menu. Meaning I can see why they want to continue using it. However, the prices needed to be edited occasionally as prices of food change.

So, again, any ideas. I would love to find out all about this.

Thanks,

John

Edited by Johnz414, 22 May 2024 - 06:43 PM.

Hi, your best bet since no idea (as well we have no idea) is to take this to the Adobe Forum,

A possibility : https://www.adobe.com/express/feature/video/editor/mp4 says free to use but would think file has a watermark until pay for a 1/4 yr or what ever their charging these days.

But try their forum if the editor above does not work out.   Do NOTICE  the TOS (Terms of Service) as you can loose the rights to the file if do not read.)

EDIT : On other on-line services.

Edit there to their

Edited by Pkshadow, 22 May 2024 - 07:35 PM.

An easy approach that comes to mind (and will hopefully work):

Create a PowerPoint (or similar) presentation that mimics all the branding/imaging that is shown in the MP4.

Set the slide timing to automatically advance as desired.

You can then export the presentation as a new MP4.

In the future, when the menu needs an update, simply edit the PowerPoint document and export a new MP4.

No idea on Power Point ... lol  Have avoided it since invented.   But yes that does sound like a good idea @ctigga  if it works out as it is a powerful program (and avoidable    )

As we do not know what the MP4 actually looks like and plays like we are still only guessing though.

Editing an mpg4 file constantly as prices change would be drudgery at its worst and inefficient at its best.

All you need is a slide show which is easily edited as prices/menu change. Power point is fine for that and easy to use. There are other slideshow programs out there that may work also, some free.

https://www.movavi.com/learning-portal/free-slideshow-software.html