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Q: Splitting long video.

I need to split a long video, then save the splits as new videos without converting or re-encoding. If I could split videos in events this would help me, but creating a new project is too cumbersome and time consuming. In the old imovie I could split, move split to the side, drag split to my desktop where it was saved, extract audio and drag to save. I used to be able to do this in iMovie, but now with all the changes its lost its most important functions. What can I use now? Please help? I'm on OSX Yosemite. Thanks, Jen

Posted on Jul 21, 2015 4:52 AM

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  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Jul 21, 2015 4:56 PM in response to Badmacblues
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    Jul 21, 2015 4:56 PM in response to Badmacblues

    You can do this using Quicktime Player rather than iMovie.  See: Mac Basics: QuickTime Player creates, plays, edits, and shares video and audio files - Apple Support

     

    Geoff.

  • by Badmacblues,

    Badmacblues Badmacblues Jul 22, 2015 2:06 AM in response to GeeD
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    Jul 22, 2015 2:06 AM in response to GeeD

    Hi GeeD,

     

    Thanks for responding! I had already read this and tried on Quick Time. Yes, I can split a long video, but for saving, I'm not sure how it works. I have hour long videos of concerts that I need to split into 11 separate videos. One for each song. So in Quick Time I split the video, but I couldn't figure out how to save or export it so that all the splits are saved as separate files. This is not explained in your link. I believe QT is designed to edit just one video.

     

    I did find an application for $5 that does what I need. Only problem is you can't play the video in the application, so you have to watch it in Quick Time and write down the time code, then return to the application to enter the splits by time code. It does then save all splits as separate files.

     

    I never understood why Apple changed iMove to the "Final Cut" format. It lost so much ease, precision and functionality. My thinking ... if you want Final Cut, buy Final Cut. lol! Oh well. Thanks for helping. If you know a more efficient solution for my challenge, I'd be grateful to hear it!

  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Jul 22, 2015 2:51 AM in response to Badmacblues
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    Jul 22, 2015 2:51 AM in response to Badmacblues

    " I couldn't figure out how to save or export it so that all the splits are saved as separate files."


    Yes, Quicktime can only save one split off part of a video at a time.   I have not had the need to search for another solution but I'm sure they must exist.

     

    "I never understood why Apple changed iMove to the "Final Cut" format. "

     

    iMovie 10 is now a quite severely crippled version of FCP X, sharing much low-level code.  (I switched to FCP X  18 months ago and would never go back to any version of iMovie)

     

    Geoff.