Simple Steps to Split Large Video Files Free

Have you ever been stuck with a large video file that you couldn’t e-mail to your team? Or maybe you have a large video file that you need to edit or share the video files as attachments and can’t seem to get done in one sitting. This blog will scrutinize different ways to split large video files. With file sizes growing, it can become quite complicated to manage them.

Well, do not worry about the large video files. With this advancement in the technical era, It is possible to divide large video files into smaller video parts. Read the blog thoroughly to know the exact method to accomplish this.

Read also: Repair Corrupt MP4 Video Files without losing quality.

Split Large Video Files Using the VLC Media Player

We all know that the VLC is a media player not only to view the videos. Besides, it also helps users to perform various actions, split video files, fix Scrambled Video Playback issue, repair minor corruption from the video files, etc. Therefore, In this post, we will discuss How to use the VLC media player as a Video splitter tool for free. Below are the steps to successfully execute the video splitting process.

Steps to Split Large Video Files Online

  1. Run the VLC Media Player.
    Run the VLC Media Player
  2. Click on the Media menu and select Open file.
    Click on the Media menu and select Open file
  3. After opening the video file into the VLC media player, play the video till the duration from which you need to split the video files.
    Play the video till the duration from which you need to split the video
  4. Now, pause the playing video and tap the View menu > Advance control.
    Tap the View menu and Advance control.
  5. By tapping the advance control option, you will find a few more video control options.
    Find a few more video control options
  6. Now, click on the tools option and select preferences.
    Click on the tools option and select preferences
  7. Here, you will find the wizard of Simple preferences. Click the Input/Codec.
    Click the Input/Codec
  8. Scroll down to the Record directory or file name. Click the Browse button and select a path.
    Scroll down to the Record directory or file name
  9. Now, click the Save button and return to the VLC player.
    Click the Save button and return to the VLC player
  10. After that, click on the Recording icon to record and save at the selected directory.
    (It can be repeated to split the video again)
    Click on the Recording icon to record

These are the steps that help to split large video files using the VLC media player. With this manual approach to separating or dividing large video files, a non-technical user can also perform the steps by following the above methods.

User Query: I have tried the manual methods of the VLC Media player to split my large video files, but am unable to process the steps. It continuously displays a pop that can’t play the video to acquire your content. How to deal with it? Any help will be highly appreciated.

Don’t worry! The pop-up can’t play video-acquire your content indicates corruption in the video files. You can use the VLC media player as a Video repair tool to fix the common video errors or corruption in your files. However, the VLC is often used to repair minor corruption from any video files. If your video files are highly or severely corrupted, you must use the advanced Video repair utility to repair the video files, and then use the steps of the VLC media player to split your large video files.

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Summary

Well, are you frustrated with the large video files while sharing, and uploading the video files. Now, it’s your time to relax and follow the entire write-up to know the methods to split large video files. However, due to corrupt video files, VLC fails to split the video. Therefore, to make the process easy and simple you can try professional best video repair tools to repair the corrupt video files and then split them by the VLC media player.

About Olaf Burch

Olaf works as a senior technology editor at Data Repair Tools. Fascinated by technology, he has more than 8 years of experience in the fields of data recovery, IoT, artificial intelligence and robotics. He enjoys the search and provision of DIY solutions to solve Windows technical problems. In spare time, he likes reading novels, and poetry. He also loves travel, rafting, trekking and so on.

Comments

  1. Such an ultimate fix for splitting large video file, I used VLC media player to split my video file by following the steps described by the author. Finally, after splitting my video into 3 parts, I sent it to my friend which was not possible without your tips.

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