Free wmv joiner/merger without re encoding

[taebog]

I'm looking for an opensource or free programs that can join wmv clips without the re encode which results to long wait. The clips that I have are split and looking for a way to join them easily and fast. Any recommendation?

[poisondeathray]

asfbin

[taebog]

Any idea why the program gave me an error saying "the application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect."? The readme file said the application was ready to use.

[poisondeathray]

There are some pre-requisites, see the developer's webpage

http://www.radioactivepages.com/asfbin.aspx

NOTE: AsfbinWin requires MFC 9.0 libraries to run. If required, download and install them from the following location:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-38...displaylang=en

[taebog]

Disregard. Checked the website and had to download the C++ distributed package or something.

[taebog]

Is there a way to join them on a .wmv format instead of .asf?

.asf files doesn't work on my KMPlayer but they work fine on VLC. I just have a preference using KMPlayer

[poisondeathray]

It's the same thing : .wmv is an .asf stream

You can safely rename the extension from .asf to .wmv , or add .asf as a filetype registered to kmplayer

[taebog]

Found that odd too. I did renamed it to .wmv but still error on kmplayer. Checked the files types and .asf is already added by default(i have the latest version). Let me try to reinstall and see what happens

[taebog]

Still no luck. Oh well I guess I'm stucked with VLC

[poisondeathray]

hmm works ok here with kmplayer (as asf , processed through asfbin)

maybe you have it configured differently ? you can try changing the decoder or splitter for wmv or asf

[taebog]

I uninstalled then delete preferences and reinstall again. So I'm thinking both programs work by default but I'll mess around with KMPlayer's decoder and everything else see what I can find.

[taebog]

Okay so I found there's nothing wrong with my kmplayer. I tried renaming a .wmv to .asf and it worked fine with kmplayer. However, the problem occurs after joining two files from asfbin. Then that .asf doesn't play on kmplayer but plays on VLC

[poisondeathray]

were the clips use the same specs and use encoding settings beforehand ?

use mediainfo(view=>text) for more information on the clips

there are some advanced settings in asfbin that might help you can play with (not sure)

[taebog]

*Working asf file*

Format : Windows Media
File size : 84.9 MiB
Duration : 11mn 25s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 1 038 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 1 044 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-22 06:18:31.687

Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : MP@ML
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9
Duration : 11mn 25s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.109
Stream size : 81.8 MiB (96%)
Language : English (US)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9 - 32 kbps, 22 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 11mn 25s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 22.05 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 2.62 MiB (3%)
Language : English (US)


*Non-working asf file(joined 2 files using asfbin)*

Format : Windows Media
File size : 172 MiB
Duration : 23mn 14s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 1 037 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 1 044 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-05-22 04:42:07.875

Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : Main
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9
Duration : 23mn 14s
Bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.109
Stream size : 166 MiB (96%)
Language : English (US)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9 - 32 kbps, 22 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 23mn 14s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 22.05 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 5.33 MiB (3%)
Language : English (US)
Pixel aspect ratio : 1.000

[poisondeathray]

I meant were clips 1 & 2 the same (before joining) ?

Not sure why , might be the way you have kmplayer configured (e.g. maybe you 're using default wmv codec from wmp, or maybe ffdshow (libavcodec)

asfbin is usually the most reliable for editing wmv clips , not sure if there are any other options

[taebog]

Clips 1 & 2 have the same mediainfo. That's ok bud. I appreciate your help on this. I'll try to mess around with the config more because I do have 4 players(KMPlayer, VLC, MPC and WMP). Can't remember though if downloaded a special codec but I had a few video issues before that involves messing with preferences. If all else fails, I can live with VLC or maybe reformat my pc which I will be doing anyway soon. Thanks again.