File splitting at DVinfo.net

Donie Kelly · April 26th, 2004, 09:42 AM

Hi all

I have a couple of clips on my hard disk that I want to transfer to an external firewire drive but the drive is formatted for FAT32 so the file size is limited to 4G.

The clips on my raid are 58Gbytes so can anybody give me a solution for splitting the files down to 4G chunks?

A free solution would be ideal as hopefully this is a once off.

Thanks
Donie

Rob Lohman · April 27th, 2004, 02:33 PM

I think Scenalyzer might do this. Not sure if their free
version can do it as well. Easy to check out if it does...

VirtualDub should definitely be able to do this, I'm not
sure if it can output DV files though. If it does you will
probably need to select Microsoft DV.

John Britt · April 27th, 2004, 03:02 PM

If Rob's suggestions don't work, why not just chop the clips up into 4GB segments (about 15 minutes or so) in your copy of Premiere Pro and export each segment onto the external HDD?

In theory (and in practice, as far as I know), there will be no degradation in quality when exporting as DV. It may take a little effort to chop the clips and wait on the exports, especially since you've got about 4+ hours of video, but since you've already got Premiere, it will definitely be free.

Donie Kelly · April 27th, 2004, 04:53 PM

Hi guys

I split it up in Premier and saved it in logical chunks as big as I could make them while staying under the 4G limit. Thanks for the help.

Donie

April 26th, 2004, 09:42 AM	#1
Donie Kelly Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 159	File splitting Hi all I have a couple of clips on my hard disk that I want to transfer to an external firewire drive but the drive is formatted for FAT32 so the file size is limited to 4G. The clips on my raid are 58Gbytes so can anybody give me a solution for splitting the files down to 4G chunks? A free solution would be ideal as hopefully this is a once off. Thanks Donie

April 27th, 2004, 02:33 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I think Scenalyzer might do this. Not sure if their free version can do it as well. Easy to check out if it does... VirtualDub should definitely be able to do this, I'm not sure if it can output DV files though. If it does you will probably need to select Microsoft DV. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 27th, 2004, 03:02 PM	#3
John Britt Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 621	If Rob's suggestions don't work, why not just chop the clips up into 4GB segments (about 15 minutes or so) in your copy of Premiere Pro and export each segment onto the external HDD? In theory (and in practice, as far as I know), there will be no degradation in quality when exporting as DV. It may take a little effort to chop the clips and wait on the exports, especially since you've got about 4+ hours of video, but since you've already got Premiere, it will definitely be free.

April 27th, 2004, 04:53 PM	#4
Donie Kelly Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 159	Hi guys I split it up in Premier and saved it in logical chunks as big as I could make them while staying under the 4G limit. Thanks for the help. Donie