Merging two .avi files

[Brownie]

I'm looking to merge two .avi files into one so that I can burn it onto a DVD. Does anyone know of a free program I can use to do this?

 

I have convertxtodvd which I use to convert and burn my DVD's but it doesn't do file merges.

 

Anyone?

[George Costanza]

easy video joiner

[Lucky Pierre]

I've probably understood it wrong, but wouldn't Windows Movie Maker do it?

[col06]

virtual dub and that's a guide on how to do it

 

AfterDawn.com: Guides: VirtualDub: Joining AVI files

[Brownie]

I tried that Virtual Dub but it didn't work, said something about a codec. I also tried Movie Maker and it didn't work.

[gaz75]

download avidemux pretty straight forward to use

 

Open the first video file if it asks about building a VBR time map click yes, yes for rebuild frames if it asks, if it asks about packed bitstream select no.

 

When that first part has done click File and select Append and choose the video file you wish to merge choosing the same options as the first, when that has done press ctrl+s and select where you would like to save giving a file name and file extension of the video file like merged.avi it will then merge the files and output to where you requested.

 

Hope this helps.

[Torvald Utne]

download avidemux pretty straight forward to use

 

Open the first video file if it asks about building a VBR time map click yes, yes for rebuild frames if it asks, if it asks about packed bitstream select no.

 

When that first part has done click File and select Append and choose the video file you wish to merge choosing the same options as the first, when that has done press ctrl+s and select where you would like to save giving a file name and file extension of the video file like merged.avi it will then merge the files and output to where you requested.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Much quicker and easier than the method I used to use, I've got one that won't copy the audio though, it's xvid with AC3 audio...any suggestions?

[Brownie]

Much quicker and easier than the method I used to use, I've got one that won't copy the audio though, it's xvid with AC3 audio...any suggestions?

 

I think that's the issue i've got as well. I keep getting an error message which mentions xvid audio and there seems to be a lack of software out there which can help.

[gaz75]

It loads and merges xvid with AC3 fine for me, I do have AC3 filter installed as well so not sure if that makes a difference. I also have k lite codec pack installed.

[Torvald Utne]

it does for me too generally, it was just the one file. The effort trying to merge it was far more than selecting the second file while watching so I've given up on that one.

[Lucky Pierre]

Did anything work in the end Brownie?

[TheWrongTrouser]

Bit late into this but Virtual dub is pretty much the king of doing this. It will join the files without re-encoding them.You may also need GSpot to check if the codec for the Audio and Codec for the Video are the same.

[Brownie]

Did anything work in the end Brownie?

 

No mate, I just fucked it off in the end!