dv file joiner

[efiste2]

i have captured some home video through my canopus but winDV captured it into four files, whats the SIMPLEST program to join these files together so i can encode them using tmpgenc in one go!! a freeware onewould be good as well

[thor300]

Virtualdub can do, use Video -> Direct stream copy with DV. Can also use virtualdubs frameserver or avisynth, then you dont need to make an intermediate file. With AviSynth (the best), syntax is
AviSource("File1.avi", "File2.avi") and so on.

[efiste2]

i seem to find virtualdub difficult is there an easier one out there?

[thor300]

Virtualdub takes 20 seconds to set up:
File - Open Video file - File1.avi
File - Append AVI segment - File2.avi
Video - Direct Stream Copy
File - Save AVI

or with frameserving:
File - Open Video file - File1.avi
File - Append AVI - File2.avi
File - Start frame server - <specify .VDR file name>
...then open the VDR file in tmpgenc and start Encoding, no intermediate file, saves lots of time and diskspace.

There may be easier ways, but IMO virtualdub is more than easy enough

[Josef K]

whats the SIMPLEST program to join these files together so i can encode them using tmpgenc in one go!!

You already have TMPGEnc so why not batch encode? (File->Batch Encode.) This would save you lots of space considering joining would require you to have whatever the size of your DV files are spare to give the joined file somewhere to live.

Is there a particular reason why you specifically need to join all the files first?

[efiste2]

thanks for the info guys, yes i have just found the option to batch encode on tmpgenc, thanks again for helping!!