How to join mov files?

[msspurlock]

Mmmm, yeah.
Quicktime Pro's looking better all the time.

[Soopafresh]

Pretty good idea if you want to be safe. Too bad their h264 decoder is crap.


One last thing - I found a different version of the Qtsource plugin. Give it a try ?



Let me know how it turns out

qtsource.zip


Also, before you break out the credit card:

[jan.t]

I uninstalled Quicktime Player 7 and installed Quicktime Alternative in a folder with the same name as before, Quick Time, in Program Files. I opened the process script and F5. I got the sign "is a funny thing" but when I press play nothing happened. When I move the frame slider frame by frame I can see the background changing. When I move it faster nothing happens. Media Player classic plays my quicktime movie files in the same jumpy manner as Quicktime 7. When I press start it seems like a downloader window flickers for a moment in the toolbar at the bottom. Still positive?

[Soopafresh]

jan.t - Try the different Qtsource file I posted above. Yes, that's a really good sign.

Try your AkramochHamanScript.avs script next.

[jan.t]

Which script? I have changed it a couple of times. But I will try them one bye one.

[Soopafresh]

A=QTInput("F:\MOV_WAV_files\AOHqtmov.mov", color = 2, quality = 100, audio = false, mode = 0, raw = "yuyv", info = 0, dither = 0)
B=QTInput("F:\MOV_WAV_files\AOHqtmov2.mov", color = 2, quality = 100, audio = false, mode = 0, raw = "yuyv", info = 0, dither = 0)


Combined=A+B


Return Combined.Spline36resize(720,576)

[jan.t]

Well... MY VIDEO IS THERE!!
But I can´t play it. Only drag the slider and view every frame for itself.

[Soopafresh]

That's good ! GREAT !

You can play it, BUT you need to install an external player and tell AvsP where it is.

I'll post those instructions in a little bit, but now, feed the script to CCE ! Good luck!





Edit: Download this, includes mplayer.exe to view the video from AvsP and AVS2AVI, which also is a good little app - let's you encode to Xvid, Divx, etc from within AvsP.


http://www.bestsharing.com/files/vwWS2265254/mplayer_nocss.zip.html

After you unzip, put them all in the same folder and point to Mplayer.exe and Avs2AVI.exe - doesn't matter where you put them, as long as you specify it in AvsP.

The setup screen in AvsP is Options-->Program Settings

Remember, AvsP is just an editor to preview your Avisynth scripts (but a pretty good one). Once you're happy with the image in AvsP, save the script with an .AVS extension and load it into your favorite Mpeg encoder or any other program that allows .AVS input.

[jan.t]

I have encoded the script (the whole movie in mpv!) and viewed it in Nero. I have also viewed the avsscript exactly where the joining was done and it is perfect.
I am very very glad.. NO! I FEEL RELIEVED! This was probably the only mov joiner I could ever get to work in an acceptable way. I have been at both the avid forum, doom9.org forum and contacted cce support, searched the web, and NOONE had a solution at hand. Liquid, the creator of dvdauthorgui recommended this place, and.. well, you KNOW you saved my workflow right now!

Now, is there a possibility that I can buy you a nice dinner this weekend? (and a beer of course)

I will come back with some concluding questions..

[jan.t]

something is wrong with this page. it doesnt update my posts correctly.

[Soopafresh]

Thanks for the kind words. Do you know any blonde Swedish women ? If anything, you can donate to Videohelp.com, and I'll take you up on that beer the next time I'm in Stockholm.

jan.t - clean out your cookies from your web browser and log back in.

[TheWiz01]

Great Forum...

Hope this topic is not dead. I followed the instructios my first time and got everything to work. I am using Windows Media player as the player and when i hit F5 it shows the merged movies and plays them but with NO SOUND!

Just wondering if i missed something to get the sound to work?

[Soopafresh]

Try the change below. Your system might be a little underpowered to playback in realtime, especially if that fixes the audio for you.

[TheWiz01]

Thanks you for the quick response....

I changed the settings and tried to view, F5.
Media player started and then it errored out



Went to Link

[/img]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/webhelp/default.aspx?&mpver=11.0....nalid=800401F0

Set back to false and it run video but no audio.

Any help would be appreciated.

Don't think computer is underpowered, dual processor.

[Soopafresh]

Whoopsies....

Well, you could try the following, although I've never tested it out.

A=QTInput("file1.mov", color = 2, quality = 100, audio = false, mode = 0, raw = "yuyv", info = 0, dither = 0)
B=QTInput("File2.mov", color = 2, quality = 100, audio = false, mode = 0, raw = "yuyv", info = 0, dither = 0)


video=A+B

audio=directshowsource("file1.mov")+directshowsour ce("file2.mov).killvideo()

AudioDub(video,audio)


If that doesn't work, you could go back my original suggestion but try a different player that supports .AVS scripts such as Gmplayer

http://tirnanog.fate.jp/mirror/mplayer/gmplayer2007.04.02.7z

or MPUI (cleaner looking, but slightly slower)

http://www.freewarefiles.com/downloads_counter.php?programid=21340

[TheWiz01]

Wohoo, almost there.

Scraped out Windows Media Player and downloaded the GMPLAYER. Played and no sound.

Switched audio=true and sound.

Bad news - sound is not in time with the video. Used the video player settings and still unable to get sound to synch. Any ideas? What is the mode setting after audio? Is there a place to get the commands for AVISYNTH. This is my first time using the program...

[Soopafresh]

Oh, so close, yet...

I see you've got low cpu horsepower, so it wouldn't surprise me if the A/V was off. I should say this method of playback would stress just about any processor.







BTW, there are tons of better looking skins for that player. Never really liked the default one it comes with.

[lindylex]

Soopafresh, I have always wanted to know how to edit video with a programming language and not use Adobe Premier and other video editors. They are great applications but require a good bit of resources and like I have never had great hardware.

I had recently purchase a point and shoot camera and take lots of video with it. I needed to join the .mov files and I found this post. You have shared the important thing how to setup the development environment. And this can be such a mystery and frustration when you first start to develop. Your great instructions and screen shots you provided have been such a help. There are many forums but this one with you as a functioning member really works. Your screen shot and thorough responses are a clear indicator that you are experienced and knowledgeable. Thanks again if you are ever in North East USA I would love to buy you many drinks. Helpful developers like you come along very infrequently.

I just needed to let you know, thanks Lex

[Soopafresh]

Hey, thanks lex for your kind words

[sikoone]

Try using Mpeg Streamclip

[jan.t]

I will reinstall and do it from the beginning.

[matthew_]

I searched for a free solution for a while tonight and free video joiner finally solved it: http://www.free-video-joiner.com/download.html Other solutions, such as Quicktime Pro and most of the "freeware" that I found didn't work.

[dylz]

There's always been an easy way to do this since xvid4psp launched.

[nerys]

can you explain how to actually combine mov files in that program.

I downloaded it does NOT Look like yours. I added my 12 files. but when I click encode it makes 12 copies and not 1 copy with all 12 files together. IE merge.

I click file and then JOIN FILES

I had to then click + and add each file (no drag drop here) and it APPEARS to be doing it I get a preview of one single file of all 12 but I see no wya to "SAVE" this to a file. again if I hit encode it makes 12 files

[duhmez]

Last time I checked the new avisynth 3.x is YV12 and no longer YUY2. you would need to add converttoyuy2() at the end of your sources.

[jvcbpl]

guys you can use super converter and join the files, provided they are of same same type with no difference is fps.

[Cornucopia]

Boy, people really like gravedigging this thread!

Look, everybody's dancing around trying some almost Rube Goldberg methods trying to avoid/ignore the fact that the BEST TOOL FOR THE JOB is QTPro itself, regardless of cost ($29 USD? whoop-dee-doo)

I've been using QTPro for Quicktime-related work for 17 years, and there has NEVER been a time when it couldn't JOIN WITHOUT QUALITY LOSS any QT files I put to it (unless those files were ALREADY corrupt). Doesn't matter if they're different codecs, different framerates, different resolutions (one of the few nice things about the QT architecture - it's layering/playlist capability). If you can't do the same, you are doing it wrong. If you need instruction, PM me.

Scott

[jvcbpl]

You can use mp4cam2avi it works great

[nerys]

its not about cost. its about not wanting QT on my computer (rational or not)

[Cornucopia]

Then I would call that "not".

Scott