How to Split Long Video for Instagram Story? [No Quality Loss]

• Launch Free HD Video Converter Factory and open the “Converter” module.
• Press the “+ Add Files” button to import your video files. You can also directly drag and drop the files into the workplace.

💡 You can import multiple videos to queue up for later one-by-one splitting & conversion.
💡 The software can import Instagram unsupported files for splitting and then convert them to Instagram-supported ones.

• Hit the scissor-shaped icon below the video task to open the video-splitting window.
• Drag the sliders on the timeline to determine the beginning and end positions of the video segment or type in the start and end times to cut the video clip more accurately.
• Then, you can click the duration playback icon "(▶)" to preview the split segment and press the green “Trim” button to create a video clip.
• Repeat the process to split the video into different segments, and finally click “OK” to go back to the main interface.

To upload a video to Instagram smoothly, the best video format is MP4. So if your videos are in other formats, you can click the format image on the right side of the interface and navigate to the “Video” tab to choose MP4 as the output video format.

💡 Tips: If needed, you can open the "Parameter settings" window to adjust the video output settings to better fit Instagram.

Recommended video specs for Instagram:

• H.264 codec with MP4 format;
• 30 fps;
• 8 Mbps for 1080p videos and 12-15 Mbps for 4K videos;
• AAC audio codec, 48 kHz sample rate, 128 kbps bitrate for audio.

Press the down-arrow icon at the bottom of the interface to specify an output folder and hit “Run” to start the video splitting process and wait for exporting the final files.

For Mac users, iMovie can help you split videos for Instagram without downloading any software, as it is pre-installed on your device.

It allows users to do audio and video edits like a pro. If you’re not familiar with its video-splitting function, just follow the instructions below to split videos for Instagram story with this app.

Step 1. Launch iMovie and upload the video you want to split. Drag the video clip into the timeline and select it.

Step 2. Move your mouse to the exact position where you want to split the video.

Step 3. Click “Modify” on the main menu bar and press “Split Clip” or use the hotkey “Command + B” to split the video into two parts.

Apart from splitting video for Instagram on desktop, users may want to split videos directly on their smartphones as Instagram is mainly used on smartphones. And this post also shares a video editing app—Videoshop, which is both available on iPhone and Android.

It enables you to trim, merge, rotate, flip, resize videos, and finally export edited videos to Instagram and other platforms instantly.

To split video for Instagram with this app, you just need:

Step 1. Download and install Videoshop to your Android or iPhone device. (You can visit https://videoshop.net/ to download Videoshop for your device or directly open the app store on your device to search and install it.)

Step 2. Open this app on your smartphone and click the “+” button to import the video you want to split.

Step 3. Press the scissor-shaped button and choose “Split” at the top of the screen. Drag the slider to adjust the video segment you want to split.

Step 4. Tap “Done” when you finish the video splitting process.

💡 Tips: iPhone users can also use iMovie to split videos for Instagram story without downloading other third-party applications.

If you don't want to install any software to edit and split videos for Instagram, have a look at online video editors. Clideo is a popular and reliable online video editor that can split videos on your desktop or mobile devices. You can also make more edits within this online tool.

However, its free plan only supports 720p output and will put a watermark on the exported video.

Here are the simple splitting steps:

Step 1. Visit https://clideo.com/instagram-video-splitter and click "Get started".

Step 2. Click the "+" button at the upper-left corner to import a video you want to split.

Step 3. Drag the video to the timeline, move your cursor to the place you want to split and press the scissors icon to split it into two or more parts.

Step 4. Press "Export" and select the desired output quality. Click "Continue" > "Download" to save the exported video.