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  • Automatic 30 second clips

    Posted by Shantal Tanouri on October 21, 2024 at 12:42 pm

    Hey I urgently need to cut some large videos into exact 30 seconds segments, to then export them as individual clips, doing it manually is going to take ages, is there an automatic tool or a way to make this process faster? I looked everywhere in the internet and nothing helped so far.

    James Rafferty replied 2 weeks, 6 days ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Devrim Akteke

    October 21, 2024 at 1:08 pm

    Hi,

    I don’t think there is an easy way to cut it into 30-second chunks, but you can make a sequence and cut the first 30 seconds. Then, you can duplicate this sequence, add the next 30 seconds, and duplicate it repeatedly. Ultimately, you can select all the sequences in the bin and batch export them at once.

  • Ivan Eldredge

    October 21, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    Hi Shantal,

    It’s possible to cut your video into exact 30-second segments, as Devrim suggested, by creating sequences in Premiere Pro. You can use markers or the In/Out points in the timeline to help with accuracy. However, this approach can still be somewhat time-consuming if you have a lot of clips.

    For a faster method, you can use FFmpeg, a command-line tool that allows you to automatically split the video into 30-second chunks with precision. This is especially useful if you have large files. Here’s a command that will give you exactly 30-second segments:

    ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -strict experimental -b:a 192k -segment_time 30 -f segment -reset_timestamps 1 -force_key_frames “expr:gte(t,n_forced*30)” output_%03d.mp4

    While this process will recompress the file, ensuring that the cuts are precise at 30 seconds, it’s still faster than manually cutting everything in Premiere Pro, and you’ll get exactly what you need. You can adjust the audio from 192k to what you exactly need.

    Hope this helps!
    Best regards,

    Ivan Eldredge G.

  • James Rafferty

    October 22, 2024 at 12:59 pm

    Hey there, you could give this a try:

    https://aescripts.com/rendersegments/

    You just need to place the in/out markers.

    It has a 10 day free trial to test it out.

    Good luck.

    James

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