How to split an avi file in two chunks?

[botolo]

Hello,
I have downloaded several avi divx files from the 'net. All of them are about 710M of size and I cannot burn them directly with my Mac because Toast doesn't support overburning.
My question is: which tool can I use on MacOS 9.2.2 to split this file in two avi movies I can then burn on two CDs?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Aaron

[squeed]

You need to upgrade to QT Pro 5 or 6. Then you can split it into as many pieces as you want.

-S

[dwoodusa]

I always chop a chunk off the credits to allow the file to fit on 1 CD.
But you'll still need QT pro to do it

[botolo]

My question is: the avi file that is produced by QuickTime Pro 6 is a standard divx avi file playable on any computer (PCs too), or it is trasformed a little by QuickTime?

[Gargoyle]

You can burn them as "Mode 2" - you can get up to 800M on an 80 minute CDR.

[dwoodusa]

I think QT does change the file. Maybe an expert could reply.

The Divx Validator app is supposed to make Divx movies cross compatible. I haven't tested it on a PC.

You can find it here : http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

Divx Tool claims to be able to rebuild DiVX movies PC>Mac Mac>PC but says once the file is rebuilt it will no longer play on the original platform.
I don't have a link to a DL.

Thats all I have
Hope it's of some use.
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[botolo]

Gargoyle what do you mean with "mode 2"?
For all the others: with QuickTime 6 on MacOS 9.2.2 you cannot really split an avi file. If you do you will get a file unplayable on PCs.
I have tried Divx Tool and its split function but it works poorlessly...
So it seems there is no way to split an avi file with a Mac
In the PC world it is so simple...you open VirtualDub, select the piece of the file and use save as avi, work done...and it takes about 5 minutes to split an entire 1.3G file...

[Gargoyle]

Mode 2 is a CD format which doesn't use or contain error correction data; so the space normally used for error correction is available for data storage.
Audio CDs and S/VCDs use mode 2- thats why CDRs are listed as 700M(mode 1) 80 minute (mode 2).
Here's a more technical explaination from VCDImager.org:

2.2 Anatomy of Video CD's

Basically a Video CD is made up of CD-ROM XA sectors, i.e. CD-ROM mode 2 form 1 & 2 sectors. Non-MPEG data is stored in mode 2 form 1 sectors with a user data area of 2048 byte, which have a similiar L2 error correction and detection (ECC/EDC) to CD-ROM mode 1 sectors. While realtime MPEG streams is stored in CD-ROM mode 2 form 2 sectors, which by have no L2 ECC, yield a ~14% greater user data area consisting of 2324 bytes.

http://www.vcdimager.org/pub/vcdimager/manuals/0.7/vcdimager.html#SEC6

[ninboy]

I've split Divx AVI's many times using quicktime pro , just cut off what you don't want then do save as then self contained(Note Im not sure if windows will still like the AVI,though it should since your not recompressing it or anything , just getting rid of some of the data)

[changwei]

I was in the same situation as you. And I've tried QT Pro, but the results aren't playable on PC. Some aren't even playable on Mac. Anyways, then I found Split Me. It works great and works on every .avi files I have. You can give it a try!!

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10958