Splitting an mpeg video into smaller files

July 27, 2013 7:03 PM

I am in the process of transferring several home videos from vhs tapes to mpeg files on my computer. I have transferred each vhs tape to a single file on my computer. Each file is roughly 3 - 6gb. Each vhs tape consisted of several clips that were recorded on different dates. So, I'd like to split each of the larger files into several smaller files. Is there a simple to use program that will allow me to achieve this.
posted by Proginoskes to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

I like virtualdub for stuff like this. You can also compress it at the same time if you like.
posted by RustyBrooks at 7:14 PM on July 27, 2013

what platform do you use? windows? mac? linux?
posted by russm at 7:22 PM on July 27, 2013

Response by poster: Sorry, should have mentioned I'm using Windows 7.
posted by Proginoskes at 7:29 PM on July 27, 2013

Mpg2Cut2 is built for exactly this use case.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:33 PM on July 27, 2013

Videoredo is excellent software for this, but not free. Whatever you do, make sure you try a trial version first.
posted by gjc at 9:12 PM on July 27, 2013

Windows Live Movie Maker (built in to Windows 7) is a basic video editor that could do this easily.

You just open your video, then use the Trim function to choose the bit you want to keep - it's as easy as moving a start slider and a finish slider. Then export your final video.

Re-open the original video, now use the sliders to select the second segment, etc...
posted by trialex at 4:01 PM on July 28, 2013