MPEG streamclip batch exporting HELP?

can you do batch exporting and not make it one large file?
basically can you keep the files seperated?

The only thing extra you need when using MPEG Streamclip is the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component from Apple. That allows MPEG Streamclip to work with MPEG-2 files, like those found in DVD-Video (VOB).
I don't understand how you have MPEG-4 entered into this at all.
From: http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
"For MPEG-2 playback and conversion, you need the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component. You can buy it from Apple (www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2). If you have either Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro, then the component is already installed and you don't have to buy it; but you may need to download the latest version from Apple. If you bought an older version of the component, you can update it to the latest version (www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/update). Note that the MPEG-2 component is neither required nor useful for MPEG-1 or MPEG-4 files. But it is required for VOB files and transport streams, because they are MPEG-2 files."
-DH

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http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
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http://i44.tinypic.com/29zdhr9.png
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http://i44.tinypic.com/of3h8h.png
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