Posted by ZVR on 09/20/05 11:51

DON'T use HjSplit as that will mess up the headers in your video chunks and
will render them not playable. HjSplit is good to split general files in
smaller parts that can be later on re-assembled, but in order to splice and
dice video files in chunks that remain individually playable you need a
video-oriented tool.

I agree that for AVI files probably the best tool is VirtualDub. For MPEG
files I use Womble MPEG-VCR which is awesome (it's not free though).

There is also a "free" version of TMPGEnc which has very good MPEG file
splitting and joining. There is a 30 day limitation to MPEG2 features
though, I am not sure if that includes the cut and join which can be found
under File/MPEG Tools. Anyhow you can download it from here and see for
yourself:
http://download1.pegasys-inc.com/download_files/TMPGEnc-2.524.63.181-Free.zip


Virgil



"Tony Morgan" <Tony@82.69.78.126> wrote in message
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> In message <1127170059.808567.86150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> quentinhudson@hotmail.com writes
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have started a temporary contract position with a small multimedia
>>company. Although, my main area is Windows support, I am constantly
>>bothered by people wanting spliced and diced audio and video files.
>>Although I am not familiar with either area, the audio editing software
>>is fairly intuitive and I have got by. I am afraid with video tools
>>(Avid and Premiere), I am lost.
>>
>>I dont want to be able to do anything fancy, but if someone asks me to
>>split an mpeg or an avi file of 2 hours into one chunk of 40 minutes
>>and one of 1 hour 20, I want to be able to do it immediately. What is
>>the simplest way to do this? I know there is a movie editor in XP too,
>>but I couldn't even figure that one out.
>>
>>If anyone can help, I would be very grateful.
>>
> Use the free HjSplit available from
> http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/#win32
> --
> Tony Morgan
> http://www.camcord.info

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