Best way to create a 1h long WMV file from a repeated 1 minute WMV many tim

[zopiro]

My mission is to create a 1h long WMV file that is basically the same 1 minute video clip repeated over and over again.

I could edit the file on Premiere and copy it 60 times over, then re-encode, but this sounds way too stupid.

Is there a trick I can use to copy the 1 minute clip 60 times over, using muxing, scripting, or something of the sort?

[jagabo]

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate

For example, I made a batch file (concat.bat) in the same folder as the source file (short.wmv)"

"g:\program files\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe" -f concat -i list.txt -c copy output.wmv

and a list file called list.txt in the same folder:

file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'
file 'short.wmv'

then just double clicked on the batch file. You'll have to change the path to ffmpeg.exe. And that list is only 10 files; you'll need 60.

[Cornucopia]

Why don't you just create an ASX/WVX playlist meta-file and tell it to loop X number of times and be done with it? Unless you are playing this with a settop/general digital media player, it shouldn't have difficulties. No time wasted, no increase in filesize.

Scott

[zopiro]

It's a file to be played on a TV, using an usb stick. The playlist won't work. Well, it might, but we'll still get the "Loading..." screen every time the file will be looped.

ffmpeg concat worked fine! Thanks.

[bobit]

or you could of played the 1 min clip in vlc
stuck it on a loop
hit record for however long you wanted