Simplest way to join AVI files with diffferent Sampling rates.

[dagerousdave]

I have tried the Virtualdub 'Append AVI Segment' method which doesnt work for different sampling rates.

So my only other option is to extract the audio and join the video and audio files separately which seems very time consuming for what should be a simple process of joining 2 files together. Is there a program that ill do it in one go even with different sampling rates?

[jagabo]

AVI doesn't allow for changes in audio sampling rates in the middle of the file. One will have to be converted. It's easy to do in VirtualDub:

File -> Open Video File
Video -> Direct Stream Copy
Audio -> Full Processing Mode
Audio -> Convert -- select proper settings
Audio -> Compression -- set same codec and settings as other file
File -> Save as AVI

It'll probably take 5 to 10 minutes to recompress the audio.

[dagerousdave]

Thanx, i will give it a go.

[dagerousdave]

Sorry, but that didnt seem to work.

You lost me after :

File -> Open Video File
Video -> Direct Stream Copy
Audio -> Full Processing Mode

[redwudz]

File -> Open Video File
Video -> Direct Stream Copy
Audio -> Full Processing Mode (R click on the audio, select 'Full processing mode'.)
Audio -> Convert -- select proper settings (You probably just need to change the sampling rate to the same as the other file. If the format is different, you will need to use 'Compression' instead.)
Audio -> Compression -- set same codec and settings as other file (If the audio file is MP3, then you may want to add the Lame MP3 ACM codec as it will give you more settings than the default one.)
File -> Save as AVI

In VD if you go to 'File>File information', you should see the attributes of the audio and video, including the sample rate, etc., for comparing the two files. You can also do this with Gspot 2.70.

[jagabo]

You probably figured it out, but rather than Audio -> Convert, it's Audio -> Conversion. Sorry.

If you're using VirtualDubMod the audio handling is a little different. Use the Streams menu and select Stream List. Right click on the audio stream to get the Audio options.

[dagerousdave]

I actually sorted it very simply with vdub mp3 freeze. It doesnt give the sampling rate errors that normal vdub does.