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  1. Hey, this may be a simple question, but how do I merge two videos (that are from the same tape, captured losslessly in lagarith) together? The reason I ask this is because on some 8mm captures, my camera doesnt rewind all the way, so I will have 3 or 4 seconds that didn't make the original 2 hour capture (and I dont want to capture for 2 hours again just to get 4 seconds in). So I replayed the tape at the beginning and the beginning is left out.

    The captures overlap somewhat, so additionally, is there a way I can ensure there isn't noticeable overlap, or is that just something you have to do by eye (through careful editing of both tapes)?

    I use AmarecTV to capture, and VirtualDub to edit stuff. I'm pretty new to all this so handholding is encouraged

    And just to make sure I'm doing this right, I just bring the file into Virtualdub, click direct stream copy under video and audio, edit stuff, and hit Save as avi...that seems to be the process that works losslessly right? Because thats what I've been doing.
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  2. use some video editor and OR trim both video files and later combine or perform soft transition between aligned timelines. Your title is a bit confusing as it may lead to conclusion that you wish to combine two videos for special processing - your problem is common - basic in video editing - approach depend from owned/used software perspective.
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    VirtualDub can append an AVI.
    Re-save with direct stream copy to not re-encode.
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  4. Open the first video in VirtualDub, set Video -> Direct Stream Copy, figure out where the first overlapping frame is, mark from there to the end, Edit -> Cut that section. Append the second AVI file. File -> Save as AVI to create a new file.
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  5. Cool, thanks for the advice guys.
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