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Editing a video

I have a 4 minute video with a text word near one corner. Is there a way to remove that text?
It's similar to the numbers - times you might see on a video if you recorded it using a VCR.
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first question for me: could you please tell us the format of this video file on your computer?
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It is a WMV file. I also have it saved as an MP4.
Crop may not be the solution since the cropping might cut out the legs of the performer in the video.
I can post a similar video here if EE accepts the right format.
you may be able to 'black' it out.... but this is a bit out of my range

i don't think you can upload WMV file or saved as an MP4 here
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This image is good enough. It has text on the bottom right corner. Visualize this as a 4 minute video. On the left bottom corner is the word that I'd want to cover up. Maybe cover up is a solution. I've never edited a video except cutting or splicing and neither of them would work. i do not know the size of this image so if it's huge, I apologize.

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Here is a video, and you can see the VCR times as it plays. How would those numbers be removed with ruining the video.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1AOHY_enUS712US712&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=youtube%20the%20fireflies%20you%20were%20mine
You would need to use a professional video editor like Cyberlink Power Director or Adobe After Effects, or Sony Vegas
 that you can add an mask black overlay per frame that vcr timer text appears  it would be inserted in each frame of the video,  masking objects in video its called
you see some video here about
How to Remove Object from Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIbCIJxsH8I
simpler solution for you
 use a different link in Youtube that has no numbers
YOU WERE MINE ~ The Fireflies (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbzD_O2Z_h0&list=RDsbzD_O2Z_h0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBFE_5EfSI8
Cheers
are you sure that there are no copyright issues with this video?
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Merete The video from your link is not a desired video. I posted that as an "example only" of a video with some numbers in the right hand bottom corner.
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The video I have has one word lower left corner of the video that I'd like to remove. Or even cover it if possible.

Paul the video was sent to me by a friend. It was originally a home made video taken at the event.
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@Merete - Nickg5 mentioned that Crop may not be the solution since the cropping might cut out the legs of the performer in the video.

just saying...
Yep I know Paul, but those are nickg5 only choices without purchasing  a video editor like sony Vegas  which In May 2016, MAGIX purchased the majority of Sony Creative Software products
or the others I mentioned windows moviemaker does not have this feature, then he would need to be taught how to do that lol, he may not have realized that using the region is different from cropping
I was going to add once the red line region is selected press the red dot to start recording  the red line flashes and then press the stop
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