[FFmpeg-user] Cut out middle of a video?

[Alexander Bokovikov]

On 09.12.2011, at 20:09, . wrote:

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> On 12/08/2011 06:27 PM, Lou wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:18:34 -0700
>> Jim Worrall <coniophora at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Lou <lou at lrcd.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:58:23 -0500
>>>> "." <peace at aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net> wrote:
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>>>>> I have an mp4 that's 2 minutes long.
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>>>>> - From the video I want to remove from 1 minute 10 seconds until
>>>>> 1 minute 50 seconds.
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>>>>> How do I do it?
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>>>> ffmpeg -i input -ss 00:01:10.00 -t 00:00:40.00 -c copy output
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>>>> ffmpeg -i input -ss 70 -t 40 -c copy output
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>>> Wouldn't that KEEP only the middle part, rather than removing it?
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>> Yes.
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>>> It sounds like he wants to discard the middle and keep the rest.
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>> I was assuming the middle section was what he wanted.
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> Anybody know how to do it?

I believe you need mencoder for that + batch file, cutting off both  
parts of the source.
AFAIK ffmpeg can't join videos.