[MPlayer-users] Splitting avi file in the middle

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Matthew Youssef <onesikgypo <at> hotmail.com> writes:

> Hi, im wanting to split an avi file in the middle, however im having a bit of
trouble, i tried using the
> following command:
> 
> mencoder -ss 00:05:00 -endpos 00:06:00 -ovc copy -oac copy infile.avi -o
outfile.avi
> 
> to split the avi from 5mins - 6mins -however the reuslt was the first 6mins
were cut.
> 
> Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thankyou

You can try other values for ss, but it will (normally) not cut exactly at the
position you specify: This is a technical limitation of -ovc copy.

Carl Eugen