Splitting HD MKV file into clips

[LERsince1991]

Hi,

I'm working on a project and wanted to make a video clip of lots of different films from some key parts for my conceptual architectural design project.

I have a HD film in MKV which is about 15gb and I want to extract certain clips such as from 23:30 mins - 24:30 mins and save it as a separate file so I can then convert the mkv and edit them all together.

Basically I need to cut some clips out and merge them together in premier pro or iMovie.

p.s. I've never done video editing before -_-

Thanks,
Luke.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You can use MPEG Streamclip to do so and export the trimmed clip as QuickTime Movie (CMD+E) using the Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) for video and Uncompressed for sound, thus it is easily readable by iMovie and Adobe Premiere.

 

[LERsince1991]

big thanks for the extremely quick reply, I'll check it out now
need it for tomorrow lol!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

big thanks for the extremely quick reply, I'll check it out now
need it for tomorrow lol!

Maybe this can help too somehow: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1240952/

 

[LERsince1991]

Just tried to open the mkv into the mpeg app but it said its not supported.

Here's a screenshot of what the mkv contains

edit - I have perian installed and all video clips play in vlc

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Just tried to open the mkv into the mpeg app but it said its not supported.

Here's a screenshot of what the mkv contains

You need the latest beta of MPEG Streamclip to open .mkv files, I forgot to mention that.

 

[LERsince1991]

ah awesome cheers, I'll get the beta now
seems to be working now, just waiting for it to load
thanks mate!