Looking for a free software title that will split a very large video file

[snafoo]

Looking for a software title that will split a very large video file, 30gb, into maybe 7 or 8 files so i can burn them as DVD's. Please advise.

[johns0]

Use mkvmerge.

[Subtitles]

You can use ffmpeg.
Let us say you want to split your 30GB video into 5 parts according to the times.
First of all make a note of the whole length in time.
Then make a list of how long in time each part will last, preferably NOT into equal parts but according to preferred end scenes.
For Example: The first part will start at 00:00:00 and the duration is 04:15:32
Use this script to get the first part.

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -ss 00:00:00 -t 04:15:33 -c:v copy -c:a copy "Output Video 1.mp4".mp4

Then the other parts.
Good luck

[poisondeathray]

Are you using the DVD media as a "data disc" ? It won't play in a DVD player as an authored DVD disc

[snafoo]

Thanks so much everyone. I just used 7-zip. It worked out great!

[Santiago]

Shutter Encoder(Free)
To split videos in Shutter Encoder, you can use the Mode dropdown in the lower right corner. The Split option divides media into separate files based on a user-defined number of seconds. You can also preview a Cut or Remove section in a separate window using the "Preview" button.

[TreeTops]

7-Zip? I never knew that program could split video files. I wonder how you tell 7-Zip where to do the splits.

[Cornucopia]

It can split them. Doesn't mean the end result is playable.


Scott

[Sawyer]

Indeed, you have to copy all of them to unzip and play. At the end you'll still have the whole video.
Literally any archive made by any archive software can be split in volumes, you can choose how many MB one volume should have.

[loxan]

Using compression apps while selecting store option is a good option. Also there are programs that can split large files into small files. File Splitter and Joiner is an example of those.