MPEG2splitter

MPEG2Splitter

MPEG2Splitter lets you split huge MPEG-2 files in smaller chunks of size specified by user. It is also possible to extract a single segment of the file, given the starting and ending offset.
The procedure can be fully manual, assisted, or fully automated.
This program can handle files bigger than 2Gb, as it uses OS 9 new file handling capabilities.

Requirements:
- OS 9 or later, OS X 10.0.4 or later
- CarbonLib 1.4 or later (untested under previous versions)
- PPC processor
- 3Mb available RAM.
- Enough disk space to store the file chunks.

Distribution

MPEG2Splitter is shareware. You can try it for 15 days. after that time, you should delete it or pay the $15 registration fee.

Jan 4 2009 - New release 1.6.10Carbon. You will find a brief description of the new features at the bottom of this page.

"This baby is the only Mac tool I know of which will do a genuine edit of an MPEG file. And do it quickly... If you find you've MPEGged a file that's too big for a CD, JAW can split into smaller chunks. Don't be fooled by the name - JAW splits MPEG-1 as well as MPEG-2 files(*). It also lets you manually set how many chunks and what size they should be. It's quick and dirty, but it works.
If you try and do more than 80 minutes worth on one CD, you can drop your file on Toast. Toast will think about it for a while and then tell you that you haven't got enough room. Time to use JAW.
Bottom line: if you have too much footage in MPEG, JAW is the only workaround. The trick is to edit your raw footage so you don't have to re-MPEG it."

From The Complete Amateur's Guide To Burnin' VCDs
12/21/01 by Remy Davison
Insanely Great Mac

(*) Note: JAW does not endorse this statement, as the program was not designed with MPEG-1 files in mind. If it works with them, good for you; let me know.

Why this program? I did not found any program capable of handling files bigger than 2Gb, and I needed to split huge (4-9Gb) files generated by DVD Extractor in order to pass them to Media Cleaner 5, whose MPEG2 decoder (bloooody slow) cannot handle files bigger than 2Gb (incredible but true).

Giving up the search, I decided to make that program myself, and here it is.

REGISTRATION

From now on, you can pay the registration fee electronically, using Kagi online services (Note: as a partial Kagi processing fee contribute, single license will cost $16 instead of $15; that's about the cost of a stamp, by the way):

DOWNLOAD

Current version is 1.6.10. You can download it here:

1.3 Mb

What's new in this release:

This is a maintenance release.

HISTORY

1.6.10

Maintenance release.

1.6.9

Maintenance release.

1.6.8

Added Broken Link Flag option for expanded compatibility with some players/editors.
Tiger compatible.

1.6.7

Maintenance release. Fixed some artifacts.

1.6.6

Some code refinements.

1.6.5

Maintenance release.

1.6.4

Maintenance release.

1.6.3

Mac OS X 10.2.6 (Jaguar) compatibility
Scriptability fixes and additions.

1.6.2

Scriptability fixes and additions.

1.6.1

Scriptability fixes and additions.

1.6

Mac OS X 10.2.2 (Jaguar) compatibility
Some code mantainance
Fixed a cosmetic quirk (chasing arrows were always visible)
Better integration of online help with Apple Help system
Added AppleScript capabilities (experimental)

1.5

OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility
Revised routines to get more speed in movie processing
Fixed a subtle bug on multiprocessor Macs
Modified online help to work under Jaguar

1.4.1

OS X 10.1.5 compatibility
Preferences modified

1.4

OS X 10.1.4 compatibility
Now accepts more MPEG2 "dialects".
Email and Web addresses updated.

1.3

Carbonized! Runs native under OS X and OS 9
Help is now served using Apple Help Viewer (OS X) or your favorite web browser (under OS 9)
Some interface maintenance to work around some OS X GUI quirks.

1.2

This was an interim OS X-only version. Not released to public.

1.1

Some code maintenance
Added the option of creating overlapping chunks to ease trimming problems with some "difficult" MPEG2 files

1.0.9

Some more performance tweaks
Fixed a subtle bug in threads management that could cause a crash in memory tight situations.
New embedded registration system; it can print or send by email your registration request. Nice interface, IMHO.

1.0.4

6x speed improvement!
Selectable type/creator for new files.
Handy multiplier menu (bytes/Kb/Mb/Gb) for entry of chunks size in Multiple split section
Handy volume info list in the Automated Splitting window (see image).
Added a button to enable/disable balloon help.
Added verification of available space on disk before starting multiple splitting.
Added preferences (available only to registered users).
Slightly reduced speed improvement (from 7x down to 6x) to leave some processor time to other processes and user interface. The progress bar is updated only every about 10 secs as the new machine language splitting routines work with larger buffers to improve speed.

1.0

First public release