SPlit Tool is not working

Question

I added a video to Movie Maker. It is displayed on the storyboard, but I can not access the Split Tool. It doesn't light up, it is only gray. The trim tool works, but I wanted to split my movie into several pieces. Any advice?

Answer 1

First, make sure you have selected the clip you want to split. Then make sure you are on the Video Tools | Edit tab. You should see the button for Split. Next, make sure you have the playback marker somewhere in the *middle* of the clip. If it is at the beginning or end of the clip, it will be grayed out (because it doesn't make sense to split a clip at the beginning; it's already split). Click the button.

Barring all that, you can always use M on the keyboard to make a split in your clip wherever the playback marker is positioned.

So do any of those instructions work?

Answer 2

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Comminity.

Was it working before?

The trim tool seems to be not working in Windows Live Mail 2012. Even I tried to check in Windows Live Mail, trim tool option has been grayed out.

I suggest you to provide feedback through Windows Feedback app.

Thank you

Answer 3

Hi Uttam,

Do you by chance have another video editing program (free) that you recommend? I am trying to remove chunks of my video to only show the fun parts, so the split tool (or something similar) is critical.

Thanks!