Does anybody know of a program or how to split a large video(between 8-12 gigs) into sizes smaller than 4 gigs? Im not looking for a way to split it then reassemble it, just a way to cut it separate pieces. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
iMovie will do it. Although you say it's 8-12Gbs, iMovie will convert to DV and that's 12-15Gbs per hour of video.
AddMovie, perhaps, it is available on the App Store. But if you are planning on joining the video files before watching I guess Split & Concat will do the trick.
The program you're looking for is AviDemux...
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
"Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks"
I've used it myself for splitting a long file into smaller sections, or simply cutting and 'throwing away' some unwanted parts.
Works very well and quickly - for simply cutting into sections, you can just 'copy' the audio and video and set your 'A' and 'B' ie start and stop positions then 'save' the cut video section. Seemed to be that you have to do one section at a time - okay for free and occasional use.
Give it a try.
Yes, more or less. That's how much the DV(Digital Video) format that iMovie uses takes up. You then have the option of exporting your split videos in a different format.So a 10 gig, 2 hour long movie would turn into a 24 gig movie?
I'd just like to split them so that they will be smaller than 4 gigs and they will fit on my external hard drive. Also so I can be able to plug my external drive into my ps3 to watch those videos. I've emailed the support for AddMovie with my scenario hopefully they'll get back to me with a "yes my program can do that with ease!".