Splitting a .mpg with mpgtxwrap

[twosocks]

I have a 1.5GB .mpg file that I would like to split into equal 750mb "chunks". I've tried ffmpegx and it runs about 5 seconds and stops only creating 1 4k file.
Whenever I try mpgtxwrap it give me the following message:

*** malloc_zone_malloc[498]: argument too large: -1

What am I doing wrong?

[galactica]

the .mpeg file could be corrupt. where did it come from?
usually if ffmpegx and mpgtx wont cut it, there's something wrong with the actual file.

[ZeroSix]

Agreed.

What you CAN do is use ffmpeg to demux the file then use ffmpeg to mux it again... This will sometimes fix MPEG errors.

Furthermore, open the file in ffmpeg and click INFO and tell me what it says.

[twosocks]

The file was originally created by joining 2 seperate .mpg files from a movie I downloaded. One file was 812mb, while the other was 730mb. My reasoning for joining and then splitting the files was to get an equall file size for each. When I first burned the two original files the 812mb played terribly, the last few minutes.

By the time I had read both of your posts I had already tried, again, this time with success, to join the two files. However, success was short. I'm able to create either bin/cue or image files from the first file but not from the second. The error message in the Terminal states that I have a "unrecognizable" MP2 file. I've tried demuxing and remuxing the second file again but get the same error message.

[galactica]

unfortunately, since its a downloaded movie, your waking a tight rope (since its a downloaded movie!).

All i can say, is that
1. you can join split with mpgtx
2. if it wont join or split, its probably a bad mpeg file
3. if ZeroSix's suggestion didnt work it may prove impossible