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Old March 8th, 2015, 09:52 PM   #1
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Splitting AVI files

Back in the day, I took pains to capture the entire tape into one large AVI file.
Now, I want to split that AVI file into multiple smaller files based on the Shooting Date.

Can anyone suggest a utility that automates this process.
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Old March 9th, 2015, 03:06 AM   #2
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Re: Splitting AVI files

A cheap (free!) and cheerful little prog called WinDV handles the capture from tape, if that's what you're after. The start of every new clip triggers its own label - date and time, plus serial number if more than one clip started in the course of a particular second.
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Old March 9th, 2015, 09:17 AM   #3
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A cheap (free!) and cheerful little prog called WinDV handles the capture from tape, if that's what you're after. The start of every new clip triggers its own label - date and time, plus serial number if more than one clip started in the course of a particular second.
I already have the AVI files captured from several hundred tapes.
I was hoping for a program that would process the AVI files rather than re-import the tape.
I googled SPLIT AVI, and there are several candidates.
They all seem to require that you manually enter the start-stop time of the split.
I was looking for something that would detect the date change, and split the AVI along those lines
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Old March 9th, 2015, 10:08 AM   #4
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Re: Splitting AVI files

Ah - I was afraid that was the case. Sorry that I can't help.
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Old March 11th, 2015, 07:06 AM   #5
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Re: Splitting AVI files

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Might be worth checking. However, the reports are not clear as to how automatic it really is, and I have not used it.
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Old March 11th, 2015, 11:22 AM   #6
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Might ffmpeg work? Cut part from video file from start position to end position with FFmpeg - Super User

https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html

update:

http://ffmpeg-users.933282.n4.nabble...td4469396.html

http://superuser.com/questions/69248...black-frames-s

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