How to Cut/Join MPEG video files (with TMPGEnc)

• Cut/Join warnings
• How to cut one MPEG video file
• How to join two (or more) MPEG video files
• Advanced example, cut and join in one step

Launch TMPGEnc, and close the wizard, if there is one.

Select in the menu "Files"/"MPEG Tools"

	Select the "Merge & Cut" tabbed page
	In the "Type" drop down list, select "MPEG-1 Video-CD" (if you have a MPEG1 file for VCD 1.1 or VCD 2.0) or "MPEG-2 Super VideoCD (VBR)" (if you have a MPEG2 file for SVCD)
	Then click "Add" and select on your hard disk the MPEG file to cut (in this example, "Film_1100_MB_(1h48m).mpg")

	Select the file you have just added... it must be highlighted
	Then click "Edit"

NB: You can also double-click the file to edit it directly

	Time location where the clip should start To produce the first part of the video, put "00:00,00"
	Time location where the clip should end I will use the preview panel to define precisely the end of the first part of the video
	Use the slider to find approximatively the place where you want to cut the MPEG file (in this example, near the middle)
	You can then click "Play"/"Pause" and the Frame per Frame play to find precisely an appropriate place for the cut NB: The time for the cut is displayed on the left side of the slider.
	Then hit "}" (end), this will change the value in
	"Ok" to leave this page

Back to the "Merge & Cut" tabbed page...

	You should see there the range you chose during the editing step
	Click "Browse" to set the output file
	Hit "Run"... and wait!

Back to the "Merge & Cut" tabbed page once the new video file has been produced...

"Edit" again, to now produce the second part of the video

	Enter the previous end value as the start of the second video. NB: You can use Copy/Paste
	Put the slider at the right end, and click "}" (end) "(Last)" should then be in the "end position"
	"Ok" to leave this page

	Again, you should see there the new range you chose during the last editing step
	Click "Browse" to set the output file for the second part
	Again, hit "Run"... and wait!

That's it!

Launch TMPGEnc, and close the wizard, if there is one.
Select in the menu "Files"/"MPEG Tools"

	Select the "Merge & Cut" tabbed page
	In the "Type" drop down list, select "MPEG-1 Video-CD" (if you have a MPEG1 file for VCD 1.1 or VCD 2.0) or "MPEG-2 Super VideoCD (VBR)" (if you have a MPEG2 file for SVCD)
	Then click "Add" and select on your hard disk the MPEG files to join (two or more...) You can add them one by one in the order you want to join them or You can also select them in one step and then change their order in the ordered list using mouse drag
	Ordered list of the MPEG files that will be joined
	Click "Browse" to set the output file
	Hit "Run"... and wait!

That's it!

Let's imagine we have an MPEG encoded film with commercials at the beginning, the middle and the end. We want to remove the commercials, and add an intro video at the beginning of the film without the commercials.

Launch TMPGEnc, and close the wizard, if there is one.
Select in the menu "Files"/"MPEG Tools"
Select the "Merge & Cut" tabbed page
Select the Type in the drop down list

First add the "Intro" file , then add two times the film file
Edit the first "film file" in order to have the first part without commercials
Edit the second "film file" in order to have the second part without commercials