Scene Splitting Help

Sephirex · Post by **Sephirex** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:16 am

I need help. I have a problem with the auto-splitting. Everytime I tell Ulead to split an episode it splits it into several hundred pieces that are less than a second. I don't need anything under 5 seconds. Can somebody help me.

Post by **lancecarr** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:55 am

What type of file are you trying to slpit?
MPEG, DV AVI...what?

Sephirex · Post by **Sephirex** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:08 am

AVI. It splits it into several hundred clips, I only need no more than about 150 scenes, give or take. I could do it manually but it's Tedious and annoying. Is there a way to preset preferences for the auto-split?

Post by **lancecarr** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:49 am

Yes but only DV AVI and I would like to point out you still haven't answered the question as to what type of file. AVI is a wrapper and could be DV avi, MPEG4, Divx, Xvid etc. So,
When the dialogue box opens for "Split by Scene" if the file is DV AVI you will have the choice of using the timestamp on it to do the splitting. The other chioce is "Frame Content" and this looks for changes in scene that would indicate the need to create a separate file at that point.
If your file is other than DV AVI you can only use the Frame Content method as there is no usable timestamp. There is an additional "Options" button on that dialogue box that allows you to adjust the sensitivity of the scene detection. If you are getting too many clips try lowering that sensitivity.

Sephirex · Post by **Sephirex** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:58 am

Ya I've already done the sensitivity, the lowest I've got using that option is over 500 clips. The files only said that they're .AVI, I don't know if it's DV AVI. How do I find out?

Post by **lancecarr** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:11 am

With the clip either in the timeline or a library in VS, right click and select properties. Copy them here so I can see.

Sephirex · Post by **Sephirex** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:26 am

Well in properties it says the video is MPEG Layer-3 for audio and the video is 24-bit[640 x 480] with a DivX Compression Filter. Also where is the split command to split the audio and video of the file?

Post by **lancecarr** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:13 am

Given that DivX is a distribution format and not an editing format I very much doubt the auto function you are trying to use will work very well if at all.
Unless someone else has a suggestion I think you are where you are!
You could possibly convert to MPEG2 and try that but I think that may introduce it's own problems.

To split the audio just right click the clip in the timeline and you will get that option.