[oclug]Splitting up an AVI file

[Michael Hong]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:46 -0500, Vic Gedris wrote:
> I need to chop out a 1-minute section of a 90-minute AVI (divx/mp3)
> file.  I found the "transcode" suite of utilities, but I end up losing
> audio when I use it.  It even says on their web page that it only works
> with transcode-generated AVI files...  I also tried it on a divx/PCM
> version of the same video.
> 
> Is there any other tool I can use to do this?  There's *got* to be!!
> Perhaps an undocumented mencoder/mplayer feature??
> 
> Would prefer a command-line program.

Hi,

mencoder file.avi -ss 20:00 -endpos 60 -oac copy -ovc copy -o 1min.avi

...seems to work most the time.  Or maybe try avidemux.