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    Strange thing to do...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by calot, Sep 13, 2007.

  1. calot

    calot Notebook Evangelist

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    I have two video files .avi

    They together form a whole movie. How can I make them ONE simple file instead of two separate?
     
    calot, Sep 13, 2007
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    freefisheater Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Use a video editing program to stitch the two files together. You can do this even in Windows Movie Maker, but I think you need to convert the AVI files into a compatible format.

    Simply drag the first file onto the timeline, and then drag the second file onto the timeline, immediately after the first. They should sort of stick together. Then render the movie to one file. Ta-dah! You've got the whole movie in one file.
     
    freefisheater, Sep 13, 2007
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  3. dimonay

    dimonay Notebook Consultant

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    There are apps that were made specifically to join .avi files and such.

    Check out Xilisoft, they pretty much make anything.

    But as freefisheater stated, any video editing program should work.
     
    dimonay, Sep 13, 2007
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  4. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    There are some programs that will combine the two files without having to reconvert the entire movie. Most do NOT do that though. That means they take a LOT longer and usually introduce the typical conversion artifacts.

    There is one from Sloveig Multimedia that does this withour reconverting the file.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 13, 2007
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  5. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    I use WinAvi, which is pretty good at converting and merging videos.
     
    hehe299792458, Sep 13, 2007
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  6. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    I use STOIK Video Converter 2 to combine and convert video files. My main purpose for using it is to convert DivX files to WMV so I can use my 360 to watch them, but I have also used it to join two files while converting them, and it worked great for that. Just as a side note, this program may be one of those that only joins while converting, in which case it could take as much as 8 hours to join two files.
     
    Eleison, Sep 13, 2007
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