splitter
 

looking for something (free) to cut an mpeg into smaller clips

virtual dub will cut it to avi
tmpgenc will cut them to mpg or mpeg

exactly,both rule and easy to work with

If you want to split a big movie in smaller chunks, i found this is a perfect solution:

http://mpgtx.sourceforge.net

Small DOS program that is pretty fast.

hrm, with tmpgenc ic an only get my 14 second clip down to 2.5 megs, thats way too large for such a small film