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    Getting started

    Video Splitter is a fast and powerful video splitting tool (see supported file formats). You can split your video file into parts with a few mouse clicks without any quality loss.
    It is also possible to cut out several file portions of a movie at one time. You can get rid of all commercials in your movie in a couple of simple steps.

    Video Splitter supports batch processing. If you need to process several tasks at a time, the Batch Manager help with it. You can add all your trimming tasks to a batch queue and process all of them at a time. Batch processing is supported only in Video Splitter Business Edition.

    Join Manager of Video Splitter allows to join multiple audio/video fragments. The reencoding is not involved in the joining process so all files must have the same parameters, such as video frame height/width, audio/video compression type, etc.

    The slicing feature of Video Splitter allows to split files in parts by specified duration, size and by number of equal parts.
    It is also possible to make the screenshot from the selected video frame.

    Since v.6 Video Splitter has a multitimeline which supports processing of multiple files being placed on the same timeline per one run. Simply add files of the same format to the "Media" list of files, drag them to the timeline, place markers and get the desired video or audio track.

    In this section:

    • Distinction between Home Edition and Business Edition: The explanation of difference between Video Splitter's Home and Business Editions
    • Basic terms: The explanation of concepts and terms referred to in this document
    • Supported file formats: The list of file formats that Video Splitter can handle
    • System requirements: Minimum and recommended system requirements for SolveigMM Video Splitter
    • Keyboard shortcuts: The list of keyboard shortcuts

    Distinction between Home Edition and Business Edition

    Video Splitter is available in two editions, Home Edition and Business Edition.
    You can compare these editions in the table below.

    Feature Video Splitter
    Home Edition
    Video Splitter
    Business Edition
    Batch Manager. Unlimited number of editing tasks in one run ✔
    Command line interface (Batch Splitter console utility) ✔

    Basic terms

    This section explains the key terms referred to throughout this document. Understanding these terms will help you start using Video Splitter in the most comfortable way.

    • Splitting process
    • Joining process
    • Source and destination files
    • Markers
    • Intervals

    Splitting process

    Splitting is the process of dividing your video files into parts. For example, you can cut out a piece of video with undesired scenes (e.g. commercials, corrupted video). The splitting process leaves source files intact saving the result in the destination file.


    Joining process

    Joining is the process of combining multiple parts or fragments of video/audio into a single file. Joining does not involve reencoding so it does not affect the output audio/video quality.


    Source and destination files

    The source and destination files are the video files of a supported format. The source file contains video that you can split into parts, the destination file contains the final movie clip. During the splitting process, the source file remains in its original location and will not be changed or deleted.


    Markers

    A marker is a constituent part of an interval. The interval consists of two markers: start and end. It is set in the current cursor position. When the mouse pointer is in the area of the timeline the marker is set in the mouse pointer position.

    The blue color means that the marker is selected. If marker is not selected it has the white color.

    Operations such as deleting and positioning are applied to selected markers only.

    Selected state Not selected state
    Selected marker Unselected marker

    Intervals

    An interval is a part of a movie (or audio) file limited by two markers that is to be removed or kept in the final movie, e.g. the commercial block you need to be cut out.

    The cut out interval is usually highlighted with the red color.

    You can see a sample keept and cut out intervals in the selected and not selected state below.

    In case of some marker's time position corrections, you could deploy the collapsed interval by double clicking on it.

    Selected state Not selected state
    Keept interval Cut out
    interval
    Collapsed interval Keept
    interval
    Cut out
    interval
    Collapsed interval
    Keep interval (selected) Cut interval (selected) Collapsed interval (selected) Keep interval (unselected) Cut interval (unselected) Collapsed interval (unselected)

    For more detailed color definition see Using splitting controls section.


    Supported file formats

    - Video Splitter supports the following media file formats:

    H.265

    video elementary stream
    in MP4/TS/MKV
    H.264

    video elementary stream
    in MP4/TS/MKV/AVI
    MPEG-2

    video elementary stream
    in PS / TS
    MP4 ISO Format

    with H265 / AAC
    with H264 / AAC
    other video/audio
    AVCHD Format
    MPEG TS Format

    with H265 / audio (AC3, AAC)
    with H264 / audio (AC3, AAC)
    MOV Format

    with H264 / AAC
    other video/audio
    AVI Format

    DV AVI type 1, type 2
    OpenDML AVI
    any video/audio type
    any size > 2GB, > 4GB
    ASF Format

    any 3rd party video/audio type
    Matroska Format

    with H264 / AAC
    with H265 / audio
    other video / audio
    WEBM Format

    VP8 Video
    Vorbis Audio
    WMV Format

    any Windows Media Video
    any Windows Media Audio
    MPEG-1

    System stream
    Video elementary stream
    Audio elementary stream
    FLV Format

    H264 Video
    AAC Audio
    Audio

    mp3
    mp1
    aac
    ac3

    - Indexation supports the following file formats:

    • MPEG-1 Video Format files (*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.m1v, *.mpv)

    • MPEG-2 Video Format files (*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.mpv, *.m2v, *.vob, *.ts, *.m2ts, *.vob)

    • H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC Elementary video files (*.h264, *.h265)**

    - Support of embedded subtitles of formats (*):

    • UTF8

    • ASS

    • SSA

    • GAB2

    - Support of external subtitles of formats (**):

    • ASS
    • SRT

    (*) - Available for file formats: AVI, MKV, WEBM
    (**) - Available for file formats: AVI, MKV, WEBM, MP4


    System requirements

    Software Requirements

    • Windows® 2000 / 2003 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
    • DirectX 8.0 Runtime or higher
    • Video and audio decoders for the preview feature (DirectShow, VFW or DMO)
    • WMV/ASF support requires Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime (shipped with Windows Media Player 9 and higher) MS: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/14209/get-windows-media-player
    • Windows Media Format 11 Series Runtime for WMV file frame accurate editing https://www.free-codecs.com/download/windows_media_format_11.htm

    Hardware Requirements

    • CPU (Intel® Pentium II, Celeron, AMD® Athlon, Opteron etc.)
    • 128 MB RAM
    • Any VGA card
    • About 110 MB of free disk space
    • Microphone or similar sound capture device for Voice Over feature

    Keyboard shortcuts

    Almost every procedure in the Video Splitter can be done using shortcut keys. Using these shortcut keys you can do some tasks faster.
    The table below provides the list of operations that you can perform using keyboard shortcuts.

    Hot Keys of Video Splitter (main window):

    Operation Shortcut key
    Add Marker M
    Clear All Markers Ctrl + C
    Cut Out Previous Fragment F
    Cut Out Selected Fragment D
    Invert Time Line Fragments I
    Keep Selected Fragment S
    Play/Pause Space
    Redo Ctrl + Y
    Remove Marker(s) Delete
    Save... Ctrl + T
    Undo Ctrl + Z
    Close Ctrl + W
    Open Media File Ctrl + O
    Save Project Ctrl + S
    Jump 1/20th Backward Page Down
    Jump 1/20th Forward Page Up
    Jump Backward to Shift + Left
    Jump Forward to Shift + Right
    Jump to Movie End End
    Jump to Movie Start Home
    Next Frame Ctrl + Right
    Next K Frame Right
    Previous Frame Ctrl + Left
    Previous K Frame Left
    Select Next Marker Tab
    Select Previous Marker Shift + Tab
    Select Slider Cursor Ctrl + Tab
    Preferences Ctrl + P
    Maximize Zoom Num /
    Move Scaled Area Left Alt + Left
    Move Scaled Area Right Alt + Right
    Reset Zoom Num*
    Zoom In Num+
    Zoom Out Num-

    Hot Keys of Batch Manager:

    Operation Shortcut key
    Add Task to Batch Queue A
    Delete Selected Fragment Shift + Delete
    Delete Selected Task(s) Delete
    Start Batch processing Ctrl + T
    Start Batch Processing For Selected Task(s) Shift + T
    Update Task U
    Load Batch List Ctrl + O
    Edit the task in main window or show the selected fragment in the main window Enter
    Select all tasks Ctrl + A

    Hot Keys of Join Manager:

    Operation Shortcut key
    Add media file(s) to the list Ins
    Delete the selected files from list Del
    Move the selected item down PgDown
    Move the selected item up PgUp

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