How to limit size of video clips

[George Polansky]

Hi.

The issue I'm having is Blue Iris stores up to 4 gb for each video clip. When I export that to an mp4 format, it exports fine, but the software I'm using to edit/trim the videos (Windows Photos), only opens about 5 minutes of each clip and cuts off the remaining. So, I either need to find a way for Photos to open the entire file, get a different video editing software or have Blue Iris save smaller chunks of video rather than 4 gb. Is there a way to do this in Blue Iris and if not, can anyone recommend a free video editing software that can handle 4 gb files? I just need to trim the video - no other fancy editing. Thanks!

 

[Flintstone61]

are you doing " combine or Cut each Video ____ hrs ____min ____GB? on each individual camera?
if so rather than save by size, try saving by time? like clip each video every 5 min or 0.5 GB? maybe experiment a little.

 

[Flintstone61]

mine is set to clip every 15 min or 4gb, not sure which comes first. Probably the time.
so I checked a 5MP camera.
it's clipped about every 500MB for 15 minutes of idle video,

 

[Flintstone61]

but im looking at folders that are in .bvr format.
If your exporting motion events, and choosing .mp4.... slide the red and blue sliders to shorter period of time.

 

[George Polansky]

but im looking at folders that are in .bvr format.
If your exporting motion events, and choosing mp4 slide the red and blue sliders to short period of time.

I was only looking at the general settings, but as you said, I went into the individual camera settings and see the time/gb limit, so I can adjust that and it should take care of my issue! Longer term I should probably get a better video editing tool, but this should work in the meantime. Also, I guess if there were a way to export only a portion of the 4gb clip that would be fine also, but didn't seem to see a way to export only a portion of the clip to mp4. Thanks again.

 

[Flintstone61]

i export to folders from here. manually.

 

[George Polansky]

@Flintstone61 This is perfect - I can just move the triangles left and right and trim the video right in BI, then export. Thanks!