converting 2 xvid/divx to 1 continuous dvd

[Rud]

anyone know how to 'stitch' two movie files (xvid or divx) into one full dvd movie....newbie style :P

[Soopafresh]

Use VirtualDub. Open the first Divx file, then choose the menu option "Load Additional Segments". Open the second Divx file, and it will be added to the first one. Click on DIRECT STREAM COPY for both the Video and Audio (VERY important) and save to a new file name.

Download a copy of DivX2DVD from VSO software http://www.vso-software.fr/download.htm


It's free and will quickly encode your newly saved DivX file into a compliant series of .VOB, IFO, and BUP files, ready to burn.

[Rud]

ta very much

[monzie]

Well you COULD use the above method (as long as both halves are using the same codecs/etc)

Or

Just convert each half seperately into mpeg or mpv/m2v + audio then import both into your authoring app (TDA is dead quick and easy) on the same track, starting with the first half.

This method cuts out an entire opp which is prone to many problems unless each appended part is likewise (res/bitrate/audio etc).

[losferwords]

Or you could use Divx to DVD on both files (saving them to separte folders) then reauthor the VIDEO_TS folders in DVDShrink then burn the ISO (or video folder) to disk. I have done this a few times and am quite pleased with the results (so far).

[jimmalenko]

I'm with monzie on this one - too often split files, especially those with AC3, don't join real well in Virtualdub - not all the time, but enough for me to not recommend it as my preferred method.

I always just use TDA to join - the ever so slightest of pauses between, but I can live with it if it means avoiding all the synch problems that can happen if you try to join the beforehand.

[Soopafresh]

Hey Jim, you're right. Better idea to combine the files when they're encoded into MPEGs.

[jimmalenko]

Just a preference thing - I've seen enough synch issues to know what works for me