Hello All. First time poster here. I've been a lurker for a couple months and have a question I hoped someone here could answer.

I'm using STOIK SVC 2.1 to concatenate clips of different types (WMV, AVI, MPG) into single DV-AVI (NTSC) files for conversion by Quenc for titlesets. My question is, can I setup several titlesets (i.e. several pairs of clip lists and destination files - even stored in STOIK's SVC project file format) and run them in batch? Alternatively (and really ideally) if there is a command line utility that is capable of concatenating files into one I would love to know of it. (It needs to handle WMV and AVI though.)

Before someone suggests using the "+" command in the AVS source for Quenc, I have already tried that and discovered that the resulting MPEG-2 file has audio synch issues (appears to be that the video lags the audio) but when I append them all together with STOIK the resulting compressed MPEG-2 is perfect.

I'd like to explain my process and see if a) something I am doing is inefficient and/or wrong and b) someone has some suggestions for improving my efforts.

Sources: AVI files from my digital still camera (320x240) and WMV files (slideshows) created with Windows Movie Maker.

1. Create titleset DV-AVI files using STOIK.
2. Create separate AVS files for each AVI from (1) and batch process all through Quenc.
3. Use GUI for DVD Author (GFD - AMAZING program, btw) to create menus and author/burn DVD.

I have tried using DVDAuthorGUI and found that I am more comfortable with the GFD menu creation method. Also, while working with elementary files may be preferable for pros, for simple folk like myself working with program files is easier.

Oh, and to answer a question I was asked by a more proficient friend, I got hooked on STOIK because it was the only freeware I could find that would make a WMV file into something TMPGEnc freeware would accept for MPEG-1 (in my VCD days).

Thanks in advance for any ideas and/or help you may offer. I look forward to sharing ideas and learning.

Oh, and since I have your attention ... given my above method, at what point in the process would I need to change my settings from NTSC to PAL in order to make a DVD for someone in the UK? I am guessing that just taking my MPEG-2 and starting a new GFD project with PAL instead of NTSC would not be enough... am I correct?

Edited to add question about PAL/NTSC