How can I join video files at a high quality????...help!!!!

[caesarhawy]

Hi...I'm Caesar again...
Does any body know how to join avi files in one avi file with the same source quality....
I've tried Cyberlink PowerDirector but it reduced the quality quite a lot although I chose the best settings and got a very big sized dvd file...
so please tell me what I have to do?????and what program do you advise me to use?????
THANKS A LOT....
CAESAR

[sanjayk]

Use VirtualDubMod.

[caesarhawy]

Well I used it before and it caused me a problem when I tried to save
my work as .avi file...
the problem was in the size that I got....((( I filtered about 10 minutes
with my custom mark >>>>and I got about 7gigabyte AVI file
in addition (((windows xp wouldn't let me proceed because I have FAT32 partition and it's not allowed for a file to exceed the 4gigabytes
that what win xp told me)))
so any help please>>>>
CAESAR

[Baldrick]

Select under Video->Direct Stream Copy in Virtualdub or Virtualdubmod or Virtualdub-mpeg2 and you wont get a 7 gigabyte file. Virtualdub will just COPY the file then...if you use something else it will reconvert to an uncompressed video file.
www.videohelp.com/virtualdubedit

[AZKaban]

windows xp wouldn't let me proceed because I have FAT32 partition and it's not allowed for a file to exceed the 4gigabytes

It's not a good idea to use FAT under XP anyway..
Yes, "Direct Stream Copy" should help...

[caesarhawy]

Baldrick wrote:

Select under Video->Direct Stream Copy in Virtualdub or Virtualdubmod or Virtualdub-mpeg2 and you wont get a 7 gigabyte file. Virtualdub will just COPY the file then...if you use something else it will reconvert to an uncompressed video file.
www.videohelp.com/virtualdubedit

I'm sorry but can I do the same on VOB files...and If not what do you advise me to do to put a custom mark on vob files like what I've tried to do In VirtualdubMOD but I couldn't do ((( putting the mark on AVI files
then converting them into DVD with WinAVI Converter...(quality is very important)
THANKS THANKS THANKS
CAESAR

[CrisCr0ss]

Iv used Easy Video Joiner It mite be shareware but it does no encoding whatsoever and so the quality remains high. (assuming you have the video in good quality)

Reason i like it is because it does what it says it does no encoding whatsoever.

[sanjayk]

If you are making a DVD then DONT join your AVI files. Encode each separately by putting your custom mark. Then use your authoring s/w to create your DVD.

FAT32 will not allow to have files bigger than 4GB. Convert to NTFS if you can WITHOUT loosing data.