Batch capture clips from existing file?

Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out if there's an easy way to capture a bunch of clips from an existing video file on my computer (.mov, .avi, etc). Or to put it another way, I want to automatically extract specific short clips out of a larger video file using a list of timecodes. Is this something I can do with FCE HD, or a free program?
Thanks so much!!!
Claire

Quicktime Pro lets you trim and save the trimmed clip by time, but not by timecode. Just move the in and out sliders on the timeline to the place you want to start and stop, then Save as ...
You can achieve the end result easier & quicker by importing the source clip into FCE and using the VIewer to set IN and OUT points for the various segments you want to use. It's quicker than using QT Pro because you can do all the work in FCE and avoid having to name & save each and every little clip you would create in QT Pro, and then have to import them all into FCE. Doing it in FCE also saves the disk space that the QT Pro clips would take up.
Also, FCE supports timecode directly, with one little gotcha. In FCE, the starting timecode of source media clips is defaulted to 00:00:00;00 and this may not be the actual starting timecode that was recorded by the camera. (It's a limitation in FCE.) If the starting timecode in the camera was something other than 00:00:00;00 you could use a timecode calculator to recalculate the timecode positions your friend supplied. (Google "timecode calculator" and you will find various free & paid calculators. I'd look for one based on Excel so you could copy/paste all the original timecodes and recalculate all at once.) The Timecode Log Spreadsheet from Ken Stone's website would probably do the trick.

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