joining .DV files

[themoog]

is there a way I can join dv files before putting them into CCE encoder basic to convert them to mpeg so that I can keep a contiguous timecode?

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

Neil

[pijetro]

a) Open up and append the files within Vdub, and save out as a single .AVI..Load it into CCE..
b) Same as above, but if you're low on disk space, frameserve to CCE..
c) Open the videos with AVISynth, append them and frameserve to CCE..
d) Within CCE, drag n drop the first video onto the pallete. Double click on the file, and go to the "Settings" option..This will open up another box showing the .AVI..From here, you should be able to drag'n'drop additional .AVI files...

These wouldn't happen to be segmented .AVI files would they??

[themoog]

thanks for your quick reply, problem is I have some .dif files from a camera.

1) They wont open in vdub
2) I tried your plan for CCE but i dont see how this could work, I do only have the basic version
3) when i get all this working i need to script it.

Should vdub open .dif files? I thought they were .dv files?

[JohnnyMalaria]

A DIF file is a straight bit-for-bit copy of what's on the tape whereas an AVI file wraps this information in additional information that tells the OS what the file is all about.

What OS are you using and how did you create the DIF files?

On Windows, you could simply use the command prompt to copy the files to a new, single file (this trick also works for MPEG files). But it won't work for AVIs or anything else that has additional information beyond that in the original video data.

Something like this:

copy *.dif bigdif.dif /b

This will copy all the .dif files and join them together as one big dif called bigdif.dif. The /b is important.

[themoog]

hi thanks treid that still no luck

OS is windows and the dif files come straight from a panasonic p2 camera (I have to unwrap them from an mxf) but thats it.

When I join the mpegs i need the timecode in one stream thats the challenge, it seems the basic cce differs in the fact that it will not join the files

But im willing to try anything

[jagabo]

copy/b file1.dif+file2.dif output.dif

[JohnnyMalaria]

Panasonic P2 - wow!

So the DIFs are DVCPRO-50 format? If so, you'll need a specific DV codec that supports DVCPRO-50....

[themoog]

copy/b file1.dif+file2.dif output.dif works!!!!!!!! wonder why copy *.dif bigdif.dif /b didnt????? Anyway guys im sorted!!!! But really appreciaate you help as always.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Excellent!

(Sorry - I was being a bit lazy earlier and probably should have said that the *.dif may not work and you might have to explicitly name each source file in the copy arguments. Must confess had forgotten about the + bit - long time since I joined files together that way!)