Creating video clips from MP4 movie

Can anyone recommend a piece of software that will allow me to capture pieces of an mp4 movie and save them as clips for use in iMovie projects? I have converted some analog video Hi8 vacation movies to digital mp4 format. The problem is that the end result of the conversion is a 60 min movie with no breaks in it. I would like to select pieces of the movie, save them to a folder and be able to use them as video clips in iMovie projects. Trying to work with a 60 min movie as opposed to individual clips in iMovie is proving to be impossible. Any suggestions on how to do this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

What you don't want to do is compress more than one time. So the best way to do this is choose file/export/QuickTime Movie... then choose use current settings and include audio and video if both are needed. Also check on "Make movie self contained". This is a single QT movie of your short videos... and it is of the highest quality possible. But it's a large file compared to what you've been suggesting. However... it will end up being compressed to flash and that final should look better because you didn't compress it twice.
That said, it's really making sense to me for YOU to make the flash movie directly from your edit station... You'll need either Flash pro, or Sorenson Squeeze or Episode Pro to do the best job of this. That way you're only compressing one time too.
Jerry

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It's like a Swiss Army knife for media files.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/extending/
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Toad, you are incorrect...
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find clip you want to use. search for info on what studio produced it and who distributed it. Sometimes the product gets either sold or someone other than producer ( like distributer maybe ) gets "rights" for showing and licensing etc... lots of deals going on... so look below for links to help find out who owns what copyrights.
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http://www.reelclassics.com/Buy/licensing.htm#stills-clips
========excerpt =========
(step 1) Studio Image/Clip Licensing Departments:
    * Allied Artists (273 W. Allen Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773; tel: 626-330-0600; fax: 626-961-0411) --licenses only from post-1980 Allied Artists Pictures library.
    * HBO Archives (1100 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036; tel: 877-426-1121) --licenses the use of video clips from their in house productions and sporting events as well as the famous MARCH OF TIME newsreel series (produced by the publishers of Time and Life from 1935-1967) and the Universal newsreels.
    * Disney Consumer Products (500 S. Buena Vista, Burbank, CA 91521-6781) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax Films and Dimension Films libraries.
    * MGM Clip+Still (2500 Broadway Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, tel: 310-449-3572, fax: 310-449-3277) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the post-1982 MGM, post-1996 Samuel Goldwyn Films, United Artists, Orion, Polygram and Cannon libraries.
    * Paramount Clip Licensing (5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90038; tel: 323-956-5184; fax: 323-862-2231) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the Paramount Pictures, Republic Pictures, Rysher Entertainment, Spelling/Worldvision, and Viacom Productions libraries.
    * Samuel Goldwyn Films (9750 W. Pico Blvd, Ste 400, Los Angeles, CA 90035; tel: 310-860-3100; fax: 310-860-3195) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the Samuel Goldwyn Sr., pre-1996 Samuel Goldwyn Jr., and portions of the Rodgers & Hammerstein film libraries.
    * Sony Pictures Entertainment Clip & Still Licensing (10202 West Washington Blvd., Turner Bldg., Suite #4314, Culver City, CA 90232; info line: 310-244-7306; tel: 310-244-7554; fax: 310-244-1336) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures Classics libraries.
    * 20th Century-Fox Licensing and Merchandising (P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0900; tel: 310-369-1000; fax: 310-369-4647) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Fox Animation Studios libraries.
    * Universal Studios Media Licensing (100 Universal City Plaza, 1440/15, Universal City, CA 91608; tel: 818-777-1273; fax: 818-866-2399) --licenses the use of movie stills, video clips and audio clips from titles in the Universal Pictures, Universal/International Pictures and International Pictures libraries.
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    * Greenlight Rights (6060 Center Drive, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90045; tel: 212-445-8107) -- manages personality rights for a few deceased celebrities, including Steve McQueen and Mae West.
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          o The Sammy Davis Jr. Estate
          o The Errol Flynn Estate
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          o Elvis Presley Enterprises
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(step 3) Contacts for Licensing Music:
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    * ASCAP Licensing - licenses the right to perform songs and musical works created and owned by its thousands of songwriter, composer, lyricist and music publisher members; the second big stop for obtaining blanket public performance licenses that allow you to play/broadcast/feature copyrighted music.
    * Christian Copyright Licensing International - licenses a wide variety of religious music to churches for congregational use.
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    * World Intellectual Property Organization --understanding copyright, trademark and other intellectual property issues across national borders.

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