Cutting entire movie in half for uploading considerations

[Guest]

Howdy, all. I pose this question with regards to a 10 1/2 WMV video I made
for my Biology students. It took 16 minutes to save it on my hard drive; I
am now trying to save it to TeacherTube (which always take a while anyway),
but it is taking forever, and TeacherTube is logging me out due to
"inactivity".

I would like to cleave my movie in half for time/space so I can upload 2
smaller files. What's the easiest way to do this? I'm certain there's a
better way than going in to the project and painstakingly going through each
segment, audio, narration, text, transition, etc. I basically want to
"karate chop" the whole thing and save each 1/2. Any solutions? THANKS!!!

 

[Graham Hughes]

Insert 10 1/2 min video into new project, save as project 1
Save as project 2.
Cut movie at desirable point.
Save as project 2
Save movie file as part 1.
Open project 1
Save as project 3
Cut at same point as before, but discard first part of movie.
Save as project 3
Save movie file as part 2.

Ok, you have some save projects in there that you don't really need, but it
is good practise to do it this way, so I'd recommend it.

 

[John Inzer]

Howdy, all. I pose this question with regards to a 10 1/2 WMV video
I made for my Biology students. It took 16 minutes to save it on my
hard drive; I am now trying to save it to TeacherTube (which always
take a while anyway), but it is taking forever, and TeacherTube is
logging me out due to "inactivity".

I would like to cleave my movie in half for time/space so I can
upload 2 smaller files. What's the easiest way to do this? I'm
certain there's a better way than going in to the project and
painstakingly going through each segment, audio, narration, text,
transition, etc. I basically want to "karate chop" the whole thing
and save each 1/2. Any solutions? THANKS!!!

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Import the finished .wmv movie file
into Movie Maker...drag it to the
timeline and split it.

Play the video/audio by clicking the
"Play" button under the view screen.

You will see the Playback Indicator
(vertical line) advancing across the
timeline.

Click the "Pause" button at the point
where you wish to split and type...
Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the
bottom of the view screen.
(you can also make adjustments by
dragging the Playback Indicator)

Delete one half from the timeline
and save the remaining portion
as a movie.

Clear the timeline and drag the
complete file to the timeline once
again...split it...delete the other half
and save the remaining portion as
a movie.

Here's a tutorial that may be useful:

How To Split up a Project
due to complexity issues
http://tinyurl.com/2mne5q

The following article may offer
something useful:

From Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3
PapaJohn's Guide to YouTube
http://tinyurl.com/2eh3d3


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[Guest]

You are too cool!!! Thank you so much! This had been driving me crazy all
day and I really wanted to get it on my website for my students before the
end of the day. Thanks so much!!

 

[John Inzer]

You are too cool!!! Thank you so much! This had been driving me
crazy all day and I really wanted to get it on my website for my
students before the end of the day. Thanks so much!!

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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[Graham Hughes]

How come you get all the credit...........................

 

[PapaJohn]

Because he's there all the time.... while you and I just pass through at
times...

And he earns every comment...

 

[Graham Hughes]

He needs to get back to his piano's more often

I beat him by a good 8 mins I was so proud of my achievment and then
this............. set me back a good couple of months :-0

 

[John Inzer]

How come you get all the credit...........................

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Simply because I'm extremely
old but exceedingly good looking )

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[John Inzer]

Because he's there all the time.... while you and I just pass through
at times...

And he earns every comment...

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Wow! John...what a nice compliment.

Just think how great it would be if I
actually knew what I was doing )

Thanks,
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John Inzer
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[John Inzer]

He needs to get back to his piano's more often

I beat him by a good 8 mins I was so proud of my achievment and then
this............. set me back a good couple of months :-0

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Hey Graham,

I'm sure the pianos miss me )

Don't forget that you answer lots of
questions that I have no clue about.

Thank you so much for your participation
in this group and for your great website.

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[Graham Hughes]

You calling me ugly :**-(

 

[John Inzer]

You calling me ugly :**-(

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Not guilty )

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