VirtualDub: Joining AVI files
If you have multiple AVI files that you would like to join together (like if you made a DVDRip before and ended up with two 700MB AVI files, then you might want to join them together) then this guide will show you how to do just that with VirtualDUB.
Introduction & Requirements
VirtualDUB - You need this excellent tool to join two AVI files together.
This will not work for files that have different
framerates,
codecs or
resolutions. The idea is that we will add the two files together quickly without having to do any re-encoding.
Step. 1 - File --> Open Video File
Launch VirtualDub and open the first AVI file in the sequence of videos you want to join by selecting
File--> Open video file.
Step. 2 - Open First AVI file
Find the first AVI file, select it and then click
Open. You will now see it open in VirtualDUB. If the program says it's unable to locate a decompressor, then you will have to find the appropriate codec at
AfterDawn. I recommend you install
FFDShow.
Step. 3 - Scroll to the end of the file
Drag the
slider straight to the end of the video stream. Make sure it is set on the very last frame.
Step. 4 - File --> Append AVI Segment
Now after you have made sure the last frame is selected, click
File --> Append AVI Segment and the
File Browser will pop up again.
Step. 5 - Open Second AVI file
Locate the second AVI file, select it and click
Open, the second file should now be added to the end of the first file. Now this is where you will get problems if you have file with separate
framerates,
resolutions or
codecs.
Step. 6 - Video --> Direct Stream Copy
Now we have to make sure that you don't end up with decompressed Video (which would probably result in a file 100's of GB's in size). Click
Video --> Direct Stream Copy. This is very important, do not forget this.
Step. 7 - Audio --> Direct Stream Copy
Just as we had to with
Video, we just have to make sure that you won't wind up with uncompressed Audio (
LPCM). Click
Audio --> Direct Stream Copy. This is very important, do not forget this.
Step. 8 - File --> Save As AVI
Now you are ready to save an AVI file. Click
File --> Save As AVI, select where you want to save a new AVI file and then it will only take a few minutes at most to save it.
Any other troubles
If you have any troubles with this method it is most likely due to different sampling rates for the audios in each piece. To eliminate this problem (or cure it if you have tried using regular Virtual Dub) you will need a modification of Virtual Dub coined
Virtual Dub Mp3 Freeze which is available here:
Virtual Dub MP3 Freeze
Run that and use above guide as normal.
Finally
Hopefully this will have helped you to join two AVI files together. If you have any problems or questions, please visit our
Discussion Forums to ask there.
Version History
v1.0 -- 19th November, 2003, First version online (
JK)
v2.0 -- 9th February, 2005, Updated to most recent version, fixed problem causing uncompressed Video. (
Dela)
v2.1 -- 6th March, 2007, Added Virtual Dub Mp3 Freeze as troubleshooter. (
DVDBack23)
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