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avi joiner? by The_Thief on 10-27-2004 at 02:07 PM

Anyone know a good avi joiner that I can use?

RE: avi joiner? by Eljay on 10-27-2004 at 02:28 PM

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RE: avi joiner? by The_Thief on 10-27-2004 at 02:42 PM

Pecks did it thanks

RE: avi joiner? by CookieRevised on 10-27-2004 at 04:41 PM

IIRC you can just copy to AVI files together without any problem.

You need to do this in a DOS command box though:
copy file1.avi /B + file2.avi /B filetotal.avi /B

(the parameter /B indicates that it is a binary file)

EDIT: only if the codec used in the AVI is the basic MPEG codec.

RE: avi joiner? by WDZ on 10-27-2004 at 04:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
IIRC you can just copy to AVI files together without any problem.

You need to do this in a DOS command box though:
copy file1.avi /B + file2.avi /B filetotal.avi /B

(the parameter /B indicates that it is a binary files)
Hmm... that would be pretty interesting if it was possible... O_o Don't the files have headers or something that need to be at the beginning?

I just tried with 2 avi files I had, and when I played the resulting file in WMP, I only saw the first source video, then it stopped. :p Maybe both source files need to be in a specific format... :^)
RE: avi joiner? by CookieRevised on 10-27-2004 at 04:59 PM

yeah, I dunno exact which codec, but I did this before. They do have headers, but due the way itis formatted, it is possible. (both files need to be of the same "basic" type though)

I'm gonna try this again myself to make sure... hang on...


EDIT: Ok, it is with a basic MPEG file that you can do this (make sense though, mpeg is a streaming format). So if your AVI codec is the basic mpeg codec it should work....

RE: avi joiner? by frankiedaman on 10-27-2004 at 05:56 PM

i would've thought CookieRevised's method would corrupt the headers of the AVI, especially if it used a codec such as DivX or Xvid.

you're most probably better off downloading software that joins AVI files without risk of corruption.

If you have VirtualDub, this can join AVI files for you.
VirtualDub : Joining AVI files

If you don't have VirtualDub, download it or find other software that does the job by google search.

RE: avi joiner? by CookieRevised on 10-27-2004 at 06:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by frankiedaman
i would've thought CookieRevised's method would corrupt the headers of the AVI, especially if it used a codec such as DivX or Xvid.
first of all, there will be no corruption at all, at worst only the first video will be played. (concatenating two files doesn't change anything, not the smallest bit, in the files itself) Second, I said it is only with mpeg encoded files ;)