I can't afford dvdsoft, SO could somebody point in the direction

[RBCC]

I am in a quandary, I want to find something like dvdsoft's free video editor that allows me to take 1 big mp4 and separate it into its constituent part at different time or size and save the parts, can anyone think of such a monster [I have googled it and no avail]? That is very simple to use and operate! Thank you in Advance, John

[zing269]

Try AviDemux

[Subtitles]

I am in a quandary, I want to find something like dvdsoft's free video editor that allows me to take 1 big mp4 and separate it into its constituent part at different time or size and save the parts, can anyone think of such a monster [I have googled it and no avail]? That is very simple to use and operate! Thank you in Advance, John

You can use ffmpeg
https://www.mux.com/articles/clip-sections-of-a-video-with-ffmpeg

[RBCC]

What is this called when you take one big mp4 and cut it into 4 or 5 segments of 8 min ,10 minute,3minutes 2minutes and 5-minute segments?

What piece of software has this ability and to save the pieces in mp4 format? it has a upper arrow and a lower arrow that shows where the segments are made , and saves each segment as a file?

[cholla]

I call it cliping.

Avidemux can clip the segments & save as a file.
It can save them as .mp4 if that is what you want.
You have to clip & save one segment at a time.

I don't know about upper & lower arrows.

AVIdemux is easier but as posted ffmpeg can also do this.

[RBCC]

@cholla: Can AVIdemux do 5 simultaneous clips and save all as different files? [clip1001.mp4,clip1002.mp4 ,clip1003,etc.,] John

[cholla]

AFIK No.
AVIdemux will only do one clip at a time.

If someone else knows how to do 5 simultaneous cuts they can post it.

FFMPEG can do the simultaneous clips.
But by the time you get the code typed & working correctly I believe you would finish with AVIdemux sooner.

[krykmoon]

Can't be 100% sure ( since I never used it for that purpose).. but I'm quite confident that the excellent open-source software Lossless-Cut should ALSO do that kind of task.. select segments of a video and export them individually - instead of joined (that is the "default")

https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

[RBCC]

do you put ffmeg in a batch file and run it?

[cholla]

do you put ffmeg in a batch file and run it?

You can do it that way.
You will need to be a much better coder than I am to do it.
It certainly is not simple or easy.
I sure there are some members here that could do the coding for this fast.
For me I might spend a week or two before I got it correct.

The LosslessCut program looked promising but I have never used it.
I'm considering giving it a try.
I would get the download from videohelp instead of github:
https://www.videohelp.com/software/LosslessCut

[Secoast]

@cholla: Can AVIdemux do 5 simultaneous clips and save all as different files? [clip1001.mp4,clip1002.mp4 ,clip1003,etc.,] John

With a couple of .py scripts, yes.

Below adds marker points (split points) to input.

https://avidemux.org/smif/index.php/topic,19970.0.html

Post #7 below can export all the segments created by the marker points.

https://avidemux.org/smif/index.php/topic,19937.0.html

Also, you can add shortcut keys to scripts, or even a button.

[blud7]

You can multiplex into multiple segments at once using MKVToolnix / Merge but the ouputs will be .mkv.