Combining avi segments in VirtualDub to send to TMPGEnc?

[beastafa]

How do you make a single avi file from avi segments so you can send it to TMPGEnc? I recorded 1 hour 10 min concert from VHS and it was broken up into 9 segments. VirtualDub autoloads all 9 segments. Then I want to run a few filters. I then tried to frameserve and saved an avi file, but TMPGEnc wouldn't open it. It will open indivual segments, but the filters aren't applied. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Beastafa

[Vejita-sama]

Actually instead of frameserving with VDub I would frame serve with AVISynth.

http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~benrg/avisynth.html

There's a nice little tutorial at:
http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~benrg/avisynth-tutorial.html

The site also has a full script language page. The command you want is:

SegmentedAVISource("base-filename"[,...])

Just work the tutorial and all will become clear.

If you really want to use VDub, then you can frame serve from VDub to TMPGenc:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/virtualdubframeserve.htm

But Vdub is much slower than AVIsynth.

[vhelp]

beastafa,

do this:
1 - rename your segments like this, a.avi/b.avi/c.avi/d.avi. . . . .
or use 1.avi/2.avi/3.avi/4.avi. . . . .
2 - load first avi, ie., 1.avi
3 - go to menu bar and select file/append... and then select 2.avi
and then on bottom of dialog box, you'll see a [x] check box. Put
a check in it (click it) and then click on Open button.
** all will open in it's proper sequence.

Now, you go to the filters and apply whatever filters you want

Next, you
1 - select file/frameserve
2 - name you file, ie., 1.vdr and save it

Now, open tmpgenc and:
1 - click video button and open the 1.vdr
2 - now, click on load button and load your template (SVCD?)
3 - make any final adjustment(s) by click on the configure button, left
of load button
4 - click on the Encode or Start button to begin encoding the all the AVI
files to mpeg files.

Follow the above procedure/steps and you should be fine. If this IS your
first time, it will take time before you become knowledgeable, etc.
of vcd/svcd/dvd/encoding processes and whatnot, etc.
Keep reading (to your left, the guides and utilize the Search link at the
top of this page) i.e., by clicking on Search link, and then you enter
something like, ie., how to encode to... etc., etc.

good night!
Happy endevers!

[CocoPops]

I can only make it work one way...

I have read many times in here, that under win98 TMPEG don't want to open a frame served Vdub file unless AVI proxi is on (look in vdub dir).

When using the proxi thing it's a little bit slower.
Tried making it work without proxi on, but no matter what I do it TMPEG always says "Can't open or unsurportet format".

Under Win2000 TMPEG opens ".vdr" files (vdub server files) without any problems, don't know why. (so if you have the space.....)

AVIsync would be nice to use, IF it stop inserting green frames into my movies >
Under Win98 TMPEG opens AVIsync files fine.

Only one way to go and that's the Vdub frameserver mode with proxi on. (if you use win98 and don't want win2000 installed too).