Splitting a .TS file in half

[danielmak]

I have an 8GB TS file for a soccer game. I can't transfer it to my portable HD because the drive is formatted FAT (if I remember correctly) so I can transfer files on a Mac or PC (although I almost always work on a Mac sometimes I need to use the drive at work on a PC). I have Split and Concat but the program won't split into 2 4GB files, giving me an error message that the output size is too large. When I import into MPEGStreamclip, I see the straight line in the middle of the screen that one sees when the Quicktime component is not installed (which isn't the case).

Is there a way to split the TS file into 2 so I can transfer it to my portable HD?

Is there a way to split the file so each part will be viewable on its own with a media player (AC Ryan in this case)? And can I do that without re-encoding this file (i.e., lowering the overall quality)?

[Baldrick]

Try tsmuxer, under split can you split by size.

https://www.videohelp.com/download/tsMuxeR_1.10.6.dmg

[danielmak]

Try tsmuxer, under split can you split by size.

https://www.videohelp.com/download/tsMuxeR_1.10.6.dmg

Thanks for the reply. There is actually an updated version that works with Snow Leopard, but folks need to read the Read Me text file about removing some fonts.

I have a question about this program. It split my file into 4GB sizes, which is great, but when I open any file except the first part with VLC, the first part opens as well. Is there something I should do in the settings or preferences so each part is read as its own new part? That is, I don't want to split strictly for the purposes of transfer, although that is the most important thing, but basically to have each part be its own free-standing TS file. Thanks.

[netmask56]

Are you using MPEPStreamclip on a PC or MAC? If it is the PC you can get Quicktime Alternative version 1.81 (only) as freeware. On the MAC you need to buy the MPEG2 plugin from Apple - I think it is about US$18. If you don't need to actually see where you are splitting then MPEGStreamclip will actually do that without the plugin so I read on another forum, but I haven't tried that myself.

[danielmak]

Are you using MPEPStreamclip on a PC or MAC? If it is the PC you can get Quicktime Alternative version 1.81 (only) as freeware. On the MAC you need to buy the MPEG2 plugin from Apple - I think it is about US$18. If you don't need to actually see where you are splitting then MPEGStreamclip will actually do that without the plugin so I read on another forum, but I haven't tried that myself.

I'm working with a MAC. I have the quicktime plug-in and MPEGStreamclip works fine for other uses (other than some problems posted in another thread about data breaks). But MPEGStreamclip isn't working with the TS files I have. TSMuxer worked, but as I wrote above, there are some problems post split.