In the past, splitting a video file was the only way to send movies via email, so you could share them with other people. Although internet connections are much faster and there are online services such as YouTube or other portals where you can send and share videos in private without limitations, there is still the need to divide a long video into various parts when it comes to sharing it on Whatsapp or when you want to create a movie by editing different parts of videos.
Splitting videos can also be very useful for extracting certain pieces from a longer video or for uploading pieces of videos and DVDs to Youtube.
Splitting a video file on your computer is very simple, while merging two videos can become complicated because they could be of two different types.
As long as the files to be joined have the same codecs, everything is fine but if the formats were different, one of the two pieces must be converted to make them uniform to one another.
Let's see together the best programs to use to divide and unify videos .
Article Index
- Video Converter Studio
- MP4Tools
- Freemake Video Converter
- Other free programs
Video Converter Studio
One of the best programs that we can use to unify or split videos is Video Converter Studio.
Once the program is installed, go to the Convert tab, drag the video files to be merged or use the Add files button to load them from the chosen folder, then make sure to tick the item at the bottom right Merge into one file .
To start the conversion, select the profile of the file we want to generate and the path of the file at the bottom of the window ( Profile and Output ) and click on the Convert button to start the conversion.
We will obtain as a result a single file, result of the union of the previously uploaded files.
If instead we wanted to divide a single video file into many files, we load the video inside the program, click on the Edit button at the top and choose the fragments to be generated, then click on Convert to be able to immediately get the various "pieces" of the video.
MP4Tools
A good suite of programs that we can use to divide and unify videos in MP4 format is MP4Tools, which includes MP4Joiner (to unify) and MP4Splitter (to divide).
These programs are very light and very simple to use: we open the type of tool we need, add the video files to unify or divide within the interface and finally click the Join or Start Splitting buttons.
The division or unification process will be very quick, as there will be no conversion whatsoever (only files in the MP4 format are supported).
Obviously it won't work with MKV, AVI or other video extensions.
Freemake Video Converter
Another complete program to be able to divide and unify videos with any extension or codec is Freemake Video Converter.
To unify the videos with this program, we add the necessary files using the buttons at the top (for example the Video button), we wait for the files to be added to the interface then we activate the button on the top right Merge files .
Once the button is activated, we choose one of the profiles available below to start the conversion, which will be merged into a single video file.
If instead we want to divide a single file into many fragments, load it into the program and click on the small scissor-shaped button next to the file, so we can start the division as needed.
READ ALSO -> Programs to edit MP4, MKV and AVI videos
Other free programs
If we want to try other useful programs to split and join videos, we have listed below the best free programs .
VirtualDub2
heir of the old VirtualDub, it is a complete program to become and join videos even between different codecs, so that they can be converted back to the desired format.avidemux
another free and open source program to manipulate multiple videos, so as to join or divide them as needed.Again we can convert everything to get a single video file in the chosen format.
Format Factory
it is one of the best programs for converting videos which also allows you to split or merge them together; to split a video just open the file and select a start and end time.The merging process is also simple and you only need to select the files to be merged; Format Factory supports AVI, MPEG, MP4, MKV, WMV, FLV, SWF videos.
MediaJoin
supports video formats WMA, WAV, OGG, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV and MP3.The operation of joining multiple video files is a game of a few clicks, where you can also choose the output format.
In the video and audio settings you can specify the compression codec for video and audio, bitrate, frame rate or video profiles.
MediaJoin has not been updated for some time and is perhaps an abandoned project but, for now, it still works well.
HJSplit
is the top app for joining files divided into parts of any type on Windows and Linux.If you try to quickly split a file to send it over the Internet, without worrying about codecs and compressions, HJSplit is the ideal program.
HJ Split divides a file into smaller pieces, which can be joined later using the same program.
Free Video Editor
, of the huge DVD Video Soft suite, allows you to eliminate unnecessary parts from video files without any loss of quality compared to the original file.This free program supports MPEG, AVI, MOV, MP4 (MPEG 4) and FLV videos.
iWisoft Video Converter
is a video file converter that also has several functions for video editing including the ability to split videos into various parts or to unify several pieces and video files into one.VidSplitter
is a program to split and join video files with each other in a simple and immediate way, even without experience in the field.It works well for splitting AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF files into small video clips of various formats, with good quality.
Weeny Free Video Cutter
is another video splitting software that can cut different file formats in seconds.It also allows you to set the format of the output files thus functioning as a converter.
If we wanted to convert videos to be able to see them on the smartphone screen, we advise you to read our guide below.
READ ALSO -> Convert movies and videos to watch them on a smartphone
