Easiest way to join 2 AVI files

[ITmauritius]

Easiest way to join 2 AVI files (same size but different bitrates)
Nothing more needed. What is the easiest way to glue 2 pieces of AVI together? These AVI files will have to be transformed to MPG afterwards... No VCD or DVD here...

[housepig]

why not convert them to mpg, then join them? you can encode them at the same bitrate and specs, and they should make a clean join.

I do this all the time, I'll have 2 avis that VirtualDub won't see as having the same spec. I trim them up as separate avis, encode and join with TMPGenc. Works like a charm.

[ITmauritius]

I would rather like to stitch everything and then do a Looooonnnnng encoding session than do it bit by bit. What u think.... I have several dozens rather than a few AVI to stitch....

[housepig]

the problem I've found is a reliable software for joining avi's encoded differently... I haven't found any.

as far as the time, set all your avis up as a batch encode, start it running before you go to bed or before you go to work. I've got a couple of movies encoding right now that will be done about 10 minutes after I get home....

[macleod]

dvd2avi

tools on the left. It will frameserve the joined avi's to tmpgenc for encoding to mpeg. I know its not 100% what you want, but it looks like it will get you to your final goal (encoding)

[jydgreat]

Combine them on premier then export them as one movie file.

[cplevel42]

jydgreat Wrote:

Combine them on premier then export them as one movie file.

Yes, if you have Premier. I do and this works great for doing a large number of files. What kind of AVIs are these? If they are xvid or divx you are out of luck. The sound will be missing and you will have to remux that back in later or take a different route altogether.

If they are regular AVIs, you are OK. Are these DV AVIs?

You said that you will NOT be burning the resulting file to DVD or CD-R. Why not?

[funkguy4]

GEEZ, haven't any of you heard of VirtualDub. It doesn't matter if the files have a different video bitrate, only audio. If they have different FourCC, and they are all MPEG-4 derivatives, then just go use the FourCC code changer and change it to one of the MPEG-4 derivatives' FourCCs. If you have different audio, just decompress both the audios then load those up with your AVI for video into VDub. It can join things...... all you tryiin' to make the poor guy spend money.

[State Of Mind]

What funkguy4 said...

[funkguy4]

What funkguy4 said...

I second that!

[cplevel42]

vdub works too! I have just got into the premiere mode lately.

[Tommyknocker]

I still believe AviSynth is the best way. Adds any AVI to as many AVIs as you like, then converts them all to whatever format you want. That "+" operator is a "killer"!

[funkguy4]

I still believe AviSynth is the best way. Adds any AVI to as many AVIs as you like, then converts them all to whatever format you want. That "+" operator is a "killer"!

Could you make an AVISynth scripting guide plz. I know how annoying it is for ppl to ask you to make a guide, but, hell I'm lazy to go find out myself.

[Tommyknocker]

I would, but as my boss likes to put it, it would be reinventing the wheel. That is, the guide already exists.

[funkguy4]

I would, but as my boss likes to put it, it would be reinventing the wheel. That is, the guide already exists.

My bad!

[funkguy4]

I would say use VDub's GUI to figure out what you need to do and demux your things, then do what you need to do through AVISynth. Makes sense right? Best of both worlds. I gotta make a GUI for it.....

[Tommyknocker]

My bad!

Not at all, my esteemed colleague. I just hope he finds it useful.

[funkguy4]

There are GUIs for AVISynth. There's links for them at the AVISynth website.

[DaveQB]

I still believe AviSynth is the best way. Adds any AVI to as many AVIs as you like, then converts them all to whatever format you want. That "+" operator is a "killer"!

was just gonna say that

i find AVSynth can join files that VD cant.

i think coz it frame serves them all as raw video, in its original colour space (?)

[keats7]

Peck's Power Join (PPJ) is a utility designed to let you combine several AVI clips into one large AVI file. It has a simple point-and click method for selecting the files to be joined, and features a preview capability to view any file or preview the finished clip.

Hope this helps very easy to use

[AcidicChip]

Easiest way to join 2 AVI files (same size but different bitrates)
Nothing more needed. What is the easiest way to glue 2 pieces of AVI together? These AVI files will have to be transformed to MPG afterwards... No VCD or DVD here...

I know you've prolly found a good tool by now, but I have found "AVI MPEG RM WMV Joiner" to be the best.

[funkguy4]

I'm pretty sure VDub will join them as long as they have the same frame size.