Cut Mpeg2 video files on the command line with Freeware for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Raspberry Pi

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Cut or extract parts from Mpeg2 video files on the command line, by specifing byte positions, with free open source tools for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Raspberry Pi. Mark sections interactively by VLC media player and use exported bookmarks directly for cutting in SFK. Also find an article about PVR example hardware here.

Download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge.
Open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell.
OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk
Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk. OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool.

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sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's, no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for windows, linux and mac are included).

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