split large video file

ffmpeg -i 100_0029.MOV -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:04:00 100_0029_1.MOV

i have a large video file, 500+ MB, so i cant upload it to flickr, so to reduce the size i split it into 2 files. the command shows the splitting for the first file, from 0-4 minutes. ss is start time and t is duration (how long you want the output file to be). credit goes to philc: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=480343 NOTE: when i made the second half of the video, i got a *lot* of lines like this: frame= 0 fps= 0 q=0.0 size= 0kB time=10000000000.00 bitrate= 0.0kbit just be patient, it is working =)

Sample Output

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '100_0029.MOV':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: qt  
    comment         : KODAK Zi8 Pocket Video Camera
    comment-eng     : KODAK Zi8 Pocket Video Camera
  Duration: 00:07:57.74, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 8778 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 8644 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 127 kb/s
Output #0, mov, to '100_0029_1.MOV':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf52.64.2
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30k tbn, 29.97 tbc
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: libfaac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame= 7192 fps= 30 q=31.0 Lsize=   68221kB time=239.94 bitrate=2329.2kbits/s    
video:66194kB audio:1879kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.216892%

By: nickleus

2010-08-08 23:43:28

video bash Ubuntu ffmpeg split mov

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