how to split in 2 a DIVX AVI that work on cd1 and cd2 (non packed)?

frenchn00b · 09-29-2008, 01:44 PM

Hello

I have a 1000Mb avi divx that I would like to burn on 2 cdromm of 700mb...
hence I would have the following question:
how to split in 2 a DIVX AVI that work on cd1 and cd2 (non packed) for n00b ?

thanks

niels.horn · 09-30-2008, 11:29 AM

Try Avidemux
It can be used from the gui or from the command-line.

frenchn00b · 09-30-2008, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niels.horn

Try Avidemux
It can be used from the gui or from the command-line.

thanks !!

this software is really great and easy for video

you open your vid

you select in the option the xvid

calculator to say 1 or 2 cds

and save as video

adn that s it

http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?i...idemux2ac5.jpg

dv502 · 09-30-2008, 01:16 PM

If you have dvd burner, avidemux can encode the divx file to a dvd compatible format.

- Cheers

frenchn00b · 10-01-2008, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dv502

If you have dvd burner, avidemux can encode the divx file to a dvd compatible format.

- Cheers

Really? Wow
I tried my first 700mb to xvid 950mb
dont know much about the calculator if it works well

... learning

dv502 · 10-01-2008, 12:40 AM

I have not used avidemux in quite a long time, can't recall the steps.

I use the ffmpeg command to convert a video file to a dvd compatible format that can be played on the computer and a table top dvd player.

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.avi -target ntsc-dvd file.mpg

Replace ntsc-dvd with pal-dvd for your country's region.

Use dvdauthor, dvdstyler or other linux authoring program. Do a google search for the program you wish to use.

- Good luck

ErV · 10-01-2008, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frenchn00b

Hello

I have a 1000Mb avi divx that I would like to burn on 2 cdromm of 700mb...
hence I would have the following question:
how to split in 2 a DIVX AVI that work on cd1 and cd2 (non packed) for n00b ?

thanks

You could do it with mencoder (-oac copy -ovc copy, then specify video file start and length. This can be done with -ss or something like that, see documentation). But it will be more difficult compared to avidemux.

frenchn00b · 10-01-2008, 11:11 AM

with avidemux, xvid my video shivers; ... what could it be ?

frenchn00b · 10-20-2008, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dv502

I have not used avidemux in quite a long time, can't recall the steps.

I use the ffmpeg command to convert a video file to a dvd compatible format that can be played on the computer and a table top dvd player.

Code:

ffmpeg -i file.avi -target ntsc-dvd file.mpg

Replace ntsc-dvd with pal-dvd for your country's region.

Use dvdauthor, dvdstyler or other linux authoring program. Do a google search for the program you wish to use.

- Good luck

avidemux crashes with the video

do you know how to split in 2 mpg oupupt.part1.mpg & oupupt.part2.mpg the single avi file with the command line ?

thanks for your help

dv502 · 10-20-2008, 08:22 PM

First, I will answer your orignal post of splitting a large divx file into 700mb videos. The example is for a divx file, but any supported video can use these steps.

We will use mencoder which is part of the mplayer package. Use your package manager to install mplayer.

I practiced this on one of my divx file called the_core.avi. The file size is 1.2 GB. We will use the -ss and -endpos switch from mencoder.

Code:

mencoder -o core1.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -ss 00:00:00 -endpos 699mb the_core.avi

This will produce a 699mb divx file called core1.avi by the -o option.

To get the next start time for the -ss option, I ran mplayer on the core1.avi file.

Code:

mplayer core1.avi

No need to watch the whole movie, we are just playing it to get the next start time for the next file core2.avi.

As the movie is playing press the letter o. The first press displays the elaspe time, press the letter o again, this displays the total time for the video. On the video it will look something like this.

00:00:23 / 01:16:59

We need the 01:16:59 part for the -ss switch.

Exit the movie.

Code:

mencoder -o core2.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -ss 01:16:59 -endpos 699mb the_core.avi

This will produce the second divx video called core2.avi starting from 01:16:59.

I ran mplayer on core2.avi, and the video played where core1.avi left off. The video and audio were in sync. No problems.

Another program you can try is called mpgtx. This program can split and join mpeg files files.

To split a mpeg file into 699mb

Code:

mpgtx -s file.mpg 699M

If you want to use mpgtx, first convert the video file to mpeg format.

Code:

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy video.avi -o video.mpg

Hope the helps...

frenchn00b · 10-21-2008, 02:08 PM

Thanks a bunches !!!!!
http://rapidshare.com/files/155938684/output.mpg.html
I am fighting to split in 2 this video and to make it readable by any windows XP machines, as bulk. I dont think they have divx installed already, but maybe the codec by default that can put 85mb raw in 2 emails eg. ... I am fighintg now with the command line ... pdfffffff very not easy, luckily you could/can help

frenchn00b · 10-21-2008, 02:20 PM

after this :

Code:

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy output.mpg -o video.mpg

I did:

Code:

mpgtx  -s  video.mpg [-00:00:30]

but I dont know how much the 00:00:30 should be since totem says : 0:0:7sec
and teh 10MB is not working

frenchn00b · 10-21-2008, 02:23 PM

this worked and separated the 28MB in 2 :

Code:

mpgtx -2 output.mpg  -b output

as here said:

Quote:

with the theory, here comes action.
Suppose you want to split matrix-trailer.mpg into 166 playable chunks with the basename mychunk

mpgtx -166 matrix-trailer.mpg -b mychunk
Now processing Chunk 1/166 ... 100.00%
Now processing Chunk 2/166 ... 92.79%
[...]

but 28MB is rather big, can another codec do sthg like 20MB for windows xp?

dv502 · 10-21-2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frenchn00b

this worked and separated the 28MB in 2 :

Code:

mpgtx -2 output.mpg  -b output

as here said:

but 28MB is rather big, can another codec do sthg like 20MB for windows xp?

I've never used this program before. I included the link as a suggestion
for you to try. The above code splits the file in approximately equal file sizes. You can replace -2 with -3. This will produce an extra file but all three files will be less than 20M.

Try this, code

mpgtx file.mpg -s {20M} -b newfile

The curly brackets are important. This is a range value.

frenchn00b · 11-01-2008, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dv502

I've never used this program before. I included the link as a suggestion
for you to try. The above code splits the file in approximately equal file sizes. You can replace -2 with -3. This will produce an extra file but all three files will be less than 20M.

Try this, code

mpgtx file.mpg -s {20M} -b newfile

The curly brackets are important. This is a range value.

thank you !!
this splitting is nicely working.

Regarding still mpg, can a program reduce the size of a 91MB mpg to 15MB ?
mpgtx seems not capable to so it, although with emux

any informaiton is widely welcome