Toast 8 - Can I join 2 avi files to make one video?

[Ivor Bigone]

Hi all,
I have 2 .avi files which hopefully I can join together to make one dvd movie iso (.toast) file. Am I right in thinking that if I tick the "play continuously" box I will get one complete seamless movie file not 2 individual files?
Here's hoping!

[Case]

The "play continuously" box should author a DVD with (in this case) two "titles", but at the end of part one, playback should continue with part two, without going back to the menu first (if you selected to have a menu).

[KeepItSimple]

Yes it would play both titles and then repeat forever. I wish there was a way for Toast to make DVDs that play all titles once then return to main menu like DVD Recorders do.

If you want just 1 title you could "join" both .avi files using ffmpegX before burning in Toast.
Or you could make a disc image of the 2 titles in Toast, then combine the titles into one using DVD2OneX "join multiple movie titles" feature.

[Ivor Bigone]

Yes it would play both titles and then repeat forever. I wish there was a way for Toast to make DVDs that play all titles once then return to main menu like DVD Recorders do.

If you want just 1 title you could "join" both .avi files using ffmpegX before burning in Toast.
Or you could make a disc image of the 2 titles in Toast, then combine the titles into one using DVD2OneX "join multiple movie titles" feature.

I managed it in the end knowing now it will keep on repeating. However I am interested in the above ffmpegX and DVD2OneX but it all looks very complicated with requests re "bitrates .." etc. Is it that simple?

[terryj]

It does take a bit of reading , but both ffmpegx and DTOX ( ie. DVD2ONEX)
are both simple to setup and use.

[Case]

Yes it would play both titles and then repeat forever. I wish there was a way for Toast to make DVDs that play all titles once then return to main menu like DVD Recorders do.

While Toast may not be able to do that directly, you could use MyDVDEdit to alter the disc's behavior:
Select the last Program Chain (PGC) part, e.g. 'VTS 2' in the top left section. Select its PGC settings in the bottom section. Go to 'Post cmds'. Select the (last) line with the Call command. Change 'Call VMG Menu Pgc' in 'Call VMG Menu title', Cell Resume 'None'. This will stop the loop and return to the main menu after the last video.