Pictures of MPGS?

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by easymama

Anyone got any quick tips on breaking long mpgs into 15, 20, or 30 second clips? I'm using windows movie maker....

When you import the mpg into Movie Maker it breaks it down into many small clips. Drag several clips down to the timeline so you have a little more than what you need. Right click at the beginning or the end of the clip and move until you get the desired length then save the clip. Just to the left of the timeline is a "+" and a "-". Click the "+" so it extends the clip on the time line and you can cut the clip in increments of .02 seconds or thereabouts.

[secretagentwilly]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

When you import the mpg into Movie Maker it breaks it down into many small clips. Drag several clips down to the timeline so you have a little more than what you need. Right click at the beginning or the end of the clip and move until you get the desired length then save the clip. Just to the left of the timeline is a "+" and a "-". Click the "+" so it extends the clip on the time line and you can cut the clip in increments of .02 seconds or thereabouts.

I'm working with this technique and also struck out...I imported two one minute clips and and I played around with the timeline and set start trim points and end trim points but didn't figure out how to actually trim the mpg or save it. You mentioned when I import the mpg that Movie Maker breaks it down into many small clips... do I have to change my settings for this? When I import two one minute clips, I only have two clips in my collections....it'd be nice if I could just tweak some settings to turn a 1 minute clip or 10 minute clip into equal 30 second clips and then choose which ones I want to use...but I'm not able to get the smaller ones broke down yet...any follow on advice? I'm really not this retarded, I don't see what I'm doing wrong...I'll continue to work at it...thanks...

[ponygirl]

easymama, here's how I do it maybe this will help.

import the whole clip into Windows Movie Maker, then drag it down into the timeline. The '+' will magnify the timeline so you can work in 2 second increments. When you find where you want to start or end your clip, put your cursor on the beginning or end of the timeline. When you hit the right spot the cursor will turn into a double arrow. Drag the double arrow to where you want to start or end the clip & it will trim it to that point. You may have to play with the magnification "+/-" so you can trim the clip exactly to where you want it to be. I also use the time counter in the display to note where I want to trim to. I usually trim a 30 second clip roughly, then zoom in to trim it to 22 or so seconds for example.

Once it's trimmed to the length you want it, click file > save movie as. This will let you save it to wherever you want. The next step will give you settings that let you compress it, and it will be saved as a .wmv file.

Once you get the hang of it, you'll get pretty quick at cutting up larger clips. Personally, I prefer to work with entire movies & chop them down, the flow is easier, but I also use it to trim 30 sec clips down to 20 etc.

If you need any help, just let me know, I can get on icq and give you a hand if you need it

[Mr Exotic]

I have a little program called AVI MPEG RM WMV Splitter. I think I got it for like 20 or 30$, I cant remember where or how much it cost exactly. You can custom split any sections you want with it, but what I use is the auto splitter. Say I have a 20 minute movie that I want 20 second clips to use to make free sites. I set it to split it into 60 clips and it cuts the whole 20 minute movie into 60 20 second clips. Its by far the easiest and quickest way I have ever found to make clips. The process takes less than a minute.

[Maj. Stress]

Originally Posted by Mr Exotic

I have a little program called AVI MPEG RM WMV Splitter. I think I got it for like 20 or 30$, I cant remember where or how much it cost exactly. You can custom split any sections you want with it, but what I use is the auto splitter. Say I have a 20 minute movie that I want 20 second clips to use to make free sites. I set it to split it into 60 clips and it cuts the whole 20 minute movie into 60 20 second clips. Its by far the easiest and quickest way I have ever found to make clips. The process takes less than a minute.

Is that the one from boilsoft? What kind of file sizes do you end up with for a 15 sec. clip? Does it do file compression? I've been looking for something that can both auto split and keep the file size reasonable.

[Mr Exotic]

Had to open it up to look at it, but yeah its from boilsoft.com.

It doesnt compress the files, the file sizes all depend on the file size and compression of the movie you're chopping up. The movies I chop into 30 second wmv clips usually end up being 1.1-1.4 megs if that gives you an idea

[Maj. Stress]

I just gave the free trial a try. That thing is fast! Looks like it will get the job done for me and the price isn't to bad either.

[secretagentwilly]

Originally Posted by Mr Exotic

I have a little program called AVI MPEG RM WMV Splitter. I think I got it for like 20 or 30$, I cant remember where or how much it cost exactly. You can custom split any sections you want with it, but what I use is the auto splitter. Say I have a 20 minute movie that I want 20 second clips to use to make free sites. I set it to split it into 60 clips and it cuts the whole 20 minute movie into 60 20 second clips. Its by far the easiest and quickest way I have ever found to make clips. The process takes less than a minute.

Can you add several 1 minute clips in and do that at once or is it only one movie at a time?

[Mr Exotic]

Just one at a time