How to Split WMV File on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard)

Split the video into several pieces so that you can upload them to some particular website. You can convert them to iMovie compatible format and upload them to iMovie for splitting. If you are particular about the video quality, you might don't want to re-encode them because of the unavoidable quality loss.

Or in some cases, you need to trim certain part of the video for editing in iMovie or Final Cut Pro. You don't need to spend a lot of time of converting a long video and then cut it to pieces to get the segment you need if you can trim it before conversion.

WMV Video Converter for Mac can solve the above problems easily! Here is a step by step tutorial about how to Split WMV File on Mac.

You can download it for free:

• Intel Version

Step 1: Load WMV file(s) on Mac to the program

Step 2: Split WMV file

Move the pointer over the thumbnail of the video you want to split and choose "split" from the pop-up menu. Drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click "scissors" icon. When the settings are done, close the window and click "Yes" in pop-up dialogue to save the settings.

Note: You can preview the trimmed video clip before the WMV conversion in preview window.

Step 3: Select an output format and start conversion

Select an output format from the format dropdown list. If you want to stay with WMV format, just select WMV ourput format. Then hit the Convert button to start converting the extracted WMV clips on Mac.

This WMV Editor for Mac splits WMV file to WMV format or any other popular format of your choice.

Related article: Convert WMV to MP4, FLV, MOV, etc. on Mac OS X