The problem
I have a folder containing approximately 1000 .avi video files, which should be split to 1 sec long film clips or alternatively cut at a certain point (say between 7 sec and 8 sec) to a length of 1 sec. These film clips contain moving particles and the program I use to measure the speed of these particles requires 1 sec long film clips. The beginning and the end of the .avi files are corrupt, so I want to take the 1 sec clip from somewhere in the middle. I want to keep the file names, as they are references for video samples I have taken. I am working on Windows 7 and have absolutely no back-ground in programming (apart from R), so treat me as a newbie.
Earlier trials
I been trying to find a solution for this problem for a long time. The first time I did this, I manually cut about 1000 clips with Final Cut Pro. This took me couple of days, but I do not have access to the software. Anyway, I figured that there must be a better solution. I tried to understand VirtualDub, but got overwhelmed and gave up. Now I have been looking if FFmpeg could be the solution. I am pretty sure that it could, but I am overwhelmed again. I found this BASH script and @evilsoup's answer to this question. If I could manage to combine these two, this could work. I have so many questions about this process that it is better I keep it concise:
How to combine these two scripts (splitting and for loops) in FFmpeg under Windows 7?
(i.e. can I use BASH script under windows? If yes, how?)