Split wmv into 4 parts then render each. How best? at DVinfo.net

Ian Stark · February 27th, 2007, 04:04 AM

Hi all,

I have a 100mb wmv file that I wish to split into four roughly equal size separate files.

What is the best render setting to use so as to not further compress an already heavily compressed file? I want the resulting files to be in wmv format too.

Perhaps there are better tools for simple splitting of files and if so would someone be kind enough to give me a heads up?

Many thanks!

Ian . . .

Douglas Spotted Eagle · February 27th, 2007, 04:41 AM

Boilsoft makes/made a tool called AVI/MPEG Split that is a non-recompressing split tool for virtually every format the world has ever seen. Cost is around $50.00, if I recall correctly.

Ian Stark · February 27th, 2007, 08:40 AM

Yep that did the trick. Thanks Spot.

www.boilsoft.com for anyone else that's interested, and the product is now called AVI/MPEG/RM/WMV Splitter (how elegant) and costs $34.95.

The fact that you recommended a third party product suggests that there is no way of doing this within Vegas without re-rendering and presumably therefore adding a further generation of compression, am I right?

Thanks again for the timely advice.

ian . . .

Douglas Spotted Eagle · February 27th, 2007, 08:52 AM

Vegas will recompress any non-avi file, and any file that has been modified in any way. GOP without recompression isn't a simple thing to do well, as evidenced in the community posts related to the few NLE's that do edit GOP without recompression.

February 27th, 2007, 04:04 AM	#1
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Split wmv into 4 parts then render each. How best? Hi all, I have a 100mb wmv file that I wish to split into four roughly equal size separate files. What is the best render setting to use so as to not further compress an already heavily compressed file? I want the resulting files to be in wmv format too. Perhaps there are better tools for simple splitting of files and if so would someone be kind enough to give me a heads up? Many thanks! Ian . . . __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

February 27th, 2007, 04:41 AM	#2
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Boilsoft makes/made a tool called AVI/MPEG Split that is a non-recompressing split tool for virtually every format the world has ever seen. Cost is around $50.00, if I recall correctly. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

February 27th, 2007, 08:40 AM	#3
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	Yep that did the trick. Thanks Spot. www.boilsoft.com for anyone else that's interested, and the product is now called AVI/MPEG/RM/WMV Splitter (how elegant) and costs $34.95. The fact that you recommended a third party product suggests that there is no way of doing this within Vegas without re-rendering and presumably therefore adding a further generation of compression, am I right? Thanks again for the timely advice. ian . . . __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

February 27th, 2007, 08:52 AM	#4
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Vegas will recompress any non-avi file, and any file that has been modified in any way. GOP without recompression isn't a simple thing to do well, as evidenced in the community posts related to the few NLE's that do edit GOP without recompression. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com