mp4 splitting help

[Justin7]

I have a 2.5 hour mp4 file of the WM-MU game from last weekend. I'll also have the Nev-ND game, likely to be a couple hours.

The first was 3.5 gigs. This was more than Pinnacle Studio could handle.

Is there an easy (free) way to split these into smaller files?

[MickChunky]

maybe this?

http://download.cnet.com/HJ-Split/3000-2248_4-10550268.html

I've used it to split AVI's over 4 gigs that won't fit on a fat32 drive

[Justin7]

Gracis.

And what's the best (free) way to convert a .mkv file into something I can work with, like mp4?

[Scorpion]

Have you tried windows movie maker under Accessories?

[Matt Rain]

If all you're going to do is extract small clips out of that .mkv, you can use VirtualDubMod (free) and work on the .mkv directly. Assuming you have all the proper codecs installed, you'll be able to save your clip as whichever format you want.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod/files/

[Scorpion]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

[Justin7]

I tried windows Moviemaker... It cannot read that format.

[Justin7]

maybe this?

http://download.cnet.com/HJ-Split/3000-2248_4-10550268.html

I've used it to split AVI's over 4 gigs that won't fit on a fat32 drive

Bah. It splits it, but the split files can't be read anymore.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

I dont no if music files are completely different but with songs you set a start and stop point and you convert it to a AAC version(copy) of the original file given the time span that you chose, i wud do this to split huge music files such as a cd that downloaded as 1 track

[IrishTim]

Hope you get this worked out, justin. Would love to see what you come up with.

[Justin7]

I bucked up and bought some software.

It takes FOREVER to break down a 3-gig game file!

[onthewhat]

We can't wait for your breakdown

Seems like you are solid on ND picks

[Nismo]

mkv2vob takes about 15 mins.

[IrishTim]

I've e-mailed you this site before Justin, but these guys at Blue-Gray Sky do a lot of breaking down of film of the ND games.

http://bluegraysky.blogspot.com/