joining AVIs

[Delta2]

Hi,

I'm using AviMux-GUI for joining AVIs, but I wonder if there is another free tool (stable) that is better than this tool to join avis

is there any ?

if not, what is the better whay to join AVIs ?

thanks

[TaoTeWingChun]

I use VirtualDub to append one AVI segment onto another, especially when movies have been split into 2 or more AVI chunks.

Best Wishes!

TTWC

[The Comedian]

I use file saw works good so far no problems its free do a google search for file saw .

[mats.hogberg]

From the File Saw home page:

# Notes: This product can only join pieces of one single original file. It is not a movie editor to create one long file from separate pieces nor can it create smaller viewable pieces from one long media file. This applications is for file storage and transfer only.

It just blindly concatenates (and splits) files. Inly time it's work with AVI is if you first used File Saw to split one AVI into smaller pieces, and then join them back again. Full separate AVI's have headers and indexes and stuff, so can't be just glued together - a new AVI has to be created, and VirtualDub is the tool to use. The restriction is that all parts have to share all properties - frame size, codecs, bit rates & c. Not a shortcoming of VirtualDub - it's just the way it is.

/Mats

[Delta2]

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The restriction is that all parts have to share all properties - frame size, codecs, bit rates & c. Not a shortcoming of VirtualDub - it's just the way it is.
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yeah, that's why I don't use VirtualDub because o this limitations. Frame Sizes must be equal ? didn't know that, I thought was only codecs and frame rates

I think there is no better solution for this in order to convert 2 AVIs to DVD

[redwudz]

If you were going to convert them to DVD, don't join them. Encode them separately to DVD compliant MPEG-2 and let the authoring program do the 'joining'. You will avoid a lot of sync problems that way.

[Delta2]

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... let the authoring program do the 'joining'
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thanks for your reply. But How can that be done with Sourceforge FREE DVDAuthor tools ?

I encode video and audio separately and then muxed it together using DVDauthor's MPLEX.EXE tool. Then I make a XML file and DVDAuthor the muxed MPEG-2 file

Where and how to include or join the other MPEG-2 file ?

can you give me some clues ?

thank you very much

[jimmalenko]

dvdauthorgui or GUI for dvdauthor perhaps ?

[mats.hogberg]

yeah, that's why I don't use VirtualDub because o this limitations

You didn't understand me - it's not because of a shortcoming in VirtualDub. You can't properly join 2 AVIs with different properties, regardless of tool. Only way is to reencode one or the other piece (or both) to make them match.

/Mats