[Q] Cutting/Splitting Raw .Mov Files From Canon 60D

[phaze3131]

Hey guys, New here.

I just recently starting filming youtube howto videos on my new Canon 60d DSLR camera. I love it.

I have hired a video editor but I'm facing a big problem. My videos will result in about 5 minutes of youtube footage. However each project is about 25 minutes in length split up in about 8 files on average.

Some files are 6 minutes long and I only need to send the last 30 seconds to my video editor (who's download speed is not very fast).

I need to send him raw footage. But my question is, is there a program that can split my .Mov files without losing anything or compressing them?

I have looked at both wondershare and aimersoft, and both do not have that ability and insist on compressing the files in some way.

Does anyone know a program that I can split and keep the 'rawness' of my video files?

Thanks so much for any help!

Travis B Klein

[poisondeathray]

quicktime pro is probably the "best" but not free.

You should be able to do it with mpegstreamclip + quicktime alternative

ffmpeg can do it as well, but it's commandline usage

[racer-x]

Yes I've done this many times with MpegStreamClip. Make sure to make cuts on key-frames (aka I-frames) and all will be well.

[Cornucopia]

I'm curious about this because, in truth, there is no "RAW" codec for Quicktime. Uncompressed, yes; RAW, no. True RAW files use things like CinemaDNG or OpenEXR (pic sequences or encapsulated in MXF, usually), or a similar manufacturer-proprietary format.

How about you post a MediaInfo detailed text readout of one?

I used to be a proponent of MpegStreamClip, but because of numerous bothersome & un-fixed bugs, I can no longer recommend it. ffmpeg is good & fast & free, but it doesn't put out truly QT-compliant MOV files. I'd go with QTPro itself.

Scott

[poisondeathray]

He probably doesn't mean true "raw" , just the native h.264/mov camera files

People shooting raw probably wouldn't be asking these types of questions

[Cornucopia]

Let's hope.

Scott

[phaze3131]

Geez thank you all for responding to quickly, and I DO apologize for being such a newbie here. I have learned so much from stalking these forums and Youtube I CANNOT thank this community enough.


Here is the MediaInfo text readout as a SS:
http://take.ms/GJtO9


I understand it is not real "raw" footage coming from a DSLR I just meant raw to the recording on this device, sorry I sounded ignorant to what raw footage is.

Thank you all for the tips on what file services can come close to keeping my footage untouched and just "split", I think I am going to give quicktime pro a shot. I think it will be well worth it as I can strip away 80% of the file size before I give it to my editor.

Can't thank you all enough and I will check back to learn more about how to achieve this.

Travis B Klein