Split avi file into 10min segments

patrean · #1 July 7th, 2007, 03:58 AM

Is there any way to automate splitting avi files into 10min segments. I've looked around but can only find PC apps. My end goal is to output FLV's. If I could find an app to split FLV's into 10min segments it would cut down a step in the process but again it seems only PC apps are available.

Any thoughts...thanks.

Mikuro · #2 July 7th, 2007, 04:28 AM

Explicit is a little crude, but it should be able to do the job on AVIs.

patrean · #3 July 7th, 2007, 05:08 AM

Thanks but I tried explicit and it can only split a file in 2 parts.

Madelin · #4 July 8th, 2007, 07:23 AM

You can use VLC Player to split an AVI into segments. Its a little buggy in that department though so whether it will work for you is a bit hit and miss.

patrean · #5 July 8th, 2007, 04:58 PM

Thanks for that Madelin, I'll give it a go. I have found a PC app called FLFParser which works through a DOS interface, one sets the duration of segments in a text and it rips through the file very quickly. I'm now trying to find my old version of Virtual PC.

Madelin · #6 July 8th, 2007, 05:01 PM

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-...s/DOSBox.shtml

Its a DOS emulator for OSX. Not sure how good itll be for what your doing. I only used it for playing old PC games like Keen.

symphonix · #7 July 9th, 2007, 02:13 AM

My recommendation is to use QuickTime Pro. It'll allow you to split up video files using cut-copy-paste methods.

Mikuro · #8 July 9th, 2007, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by patrean

Thanks but I tried explicit and it can only split a file in 2 parts.

Yeah, that's what I meant when I said it was crude. Still, it'll get the job done. Split it at the 10 minute mark, then split the second output file at its 10 minute mark. Repeat until you're all done.

I've done this a few times when I wanted the result to be in AVI format. QuickTime Pro works great, but putting the split content into anything but a mov without re-encoding (and thus losing quality) is tricky at best. If you're going to convert to FLV at the end anyway, though, it should be fine, assuming your FLV encoder can read mov files.