What's the quickest way to cut an xvid or divx in half?

[OM2]

What's the quickest way to cut an xvid or divx in half?

I want to take an xvid or divx (or any other avi actually) and simply create two or more halves.

I don't want to wait for eterneity while a program I use rencodes, decodes, codes etc.

Thanks.


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[yoda313]

Try virtualdub. I believe if you use fast recompress it will not reencode though I may be wrong.

[somebodeez]

You could try Virtualdub as yoda313 suggested or VirtualDubMod.
Set both video and audio to "Direct Stream Copy".

[OM2]

just tried it.
no good.
it wants to take a long time decoding and rencoding.


how do i get to the fast recompress facility?

[OM2]

just tried fast recompress... can't get it to work.
it still wants to take time.

[celtic_druid]

Fast recompress as the name suggests still recompresses. As somebodeez said, you want direct streaming.

[OM2]

You could try Virtualdub as yoda313 suggested or VirtualDubMod.
Set both video and audio to "Direct Stream Copy".

thanks.
that worked fine.
took just a few seconds.

[somebodeez]

thanks.
that worked fine.
took just a few seconds.

You're very welcome