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#115808 7-Apr-2013 20:17

I have an mp4 file that I wish to split into several smaller separate files. I already own Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate which looks like it will let me do this but it seems to want to split the file into a user-defined number of equal parts (defined either by time or size) - whereas I want to determine the start and end point of each file myself.

I have tried using Windows Movie Maker but, although I can set the start and end points, it saves the files as Windows Movie files (or something) not as mp4's.

I would be grateful if someone could recommend software that will help me do what I am after - freeware would be great.

Thanks

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#794769 7-Apr-2013 21:29

Adobe premier may. I think they have a elements version which is cheaper

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#794790 7-Apr-2013 22:53

if it's an mkv use mkvtoolnix
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

If you need to be frame accurate then try
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VideoReDo

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#794795 8-Apr-2013 00:30

Yep, the mkvtoolnix suite is what you need.

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#794797 8-Apr-2013 04:36

Thanks to all who answered so far. The file is not MKV.

mattwnz: Adobe premier may. I think they have a elements version which is cheaper

It appears that there is a fully-functional 30-day free trial available of Adobe Premier Elements 11. I have only one file to deal with and a fairly straightforward requirement so this may just what I need. I hope I am able to figure out how to use it - have found some Adobe software (eg Photoshop) complex to use as a casual newbie.

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#794798 8-Apr-2013 04:45

eracode: Thanks to all who answered so far. The file is not MKV.

mattwnz: Adobe premier may. I think they have a elements version which is cheaper

It appears that there is a fully-functional 30-day free trial available of Adobe Premier Elements 11. I have only one file to deal with and a fairly straightforward requirement so this may just what I need. My only concern is that I hope I am able to figure out how to use it.

avidemux will do what you want and is a free tool.

Will handle almost any file type thrown at it.

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#794799 8-Apr-2013 05:30

@farcus: You beaut - this is even more like what I am looking for - thanks. Just saw a great little review here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWUt0zJPNFI

Edit: Have now downloaded Avidemux and done a test. Spot on - even carries over the 5.1 sound. Thanks again.

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#794801 8-Apr-2013 06:23

farcus:

avidemux will do what you want and is a free tool.

Will handle almost any file type thrown at it.

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#794849 8-Apr-2013 09:30

So will ffmpeg; quite a handy tool actually once you get the hang of the command line format, and works with most formats.

Here's a good guide to a few things like demuxing:

http://www.simonbrenner.org/Special_Blog?id=11

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#794951 8-Apr-2013 12:43

I know you already have your answer, but I figure you can never have too many :-) I randomly had to do something like this recently and found the following gui for mp4box worked quite well, very simple and fast:

http://my-mp4box-gui.zymichost.com/

I'll have to try some of the alternatives suggested in this thread though; they sound fairly similar?

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#795039 8-Apr-2013 14:36

ubergeeknz: So will ffmpeg; quite a handy tool actually once you get the hang of the command line format, and works with most formats.

Avidemux is actually built around libavcodec(ffmpeg)

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#805196 24-Apr-2013 22:36

eracode: Thanks to all who answered so far. The file is not MKV.

That is irrelevant. Matroska is simply a container.

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#805203 24-Apr-2013 22:39

eracode:
farcus:

avidemux will do what you want and is a free tool.

Will handle almost any file type thrown at it.

+1 i forgot about avidemux

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#805278 25-Apr-2013 02:31

1080p:
eracode: Thanks to all who answered so far. The file is not MKV.

That is irrelevant. Matroska is simply a container.

Ok - so perhaps I should have said 'It's not MKV' or 'Container is not MKV'. Not irrelevant because
I was not dealing with MKV.

Anyway I have completed the project and Avidemux was great - just what I needed.

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#805305 25-Apr-2013 08:28

eracode:
1080p:
eracode: Thanks to all who answered so far. The file is not MKV.

That is irrelevant. Matroska is simply a container.

Ok - so perhaps I should have said 'It's not MKV' or 'Container is not MKV'. Not irrelevant because
I was not dealing with MKV.

Anyway I have completed the project and Avidemux was great - just what I needed.

My point still stands. Matroska is simply a container for wrapping around files. You can add an MPEG-4 video stream to mkvmerge and it will do whatever you wish.

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#805356 25-Apr-2013 10:51

You may be right - but as I said, I was not dealing with MKV. Let's leave it at that.

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