Video Joiner

2009-02-08 13:52:17

#1

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6757|N. Ireland

Hi

I'm looking for a decent video joiner that supports MPEG2 and H.264 (MP4) formats with no re-encoding (the videos are bad enough quality as it is). As in, just a simple application so that you select two files and merges them into one (just puts one after another). Please don't just Google a result and say "this" unless you've actually used it because the majority out there are complete rubbish.

Thanks

2009-02-08 14:10:38

#2

alexb: <3; +590|6204|Kentucky, USA

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic357763.html

Has instructions and download links.
Tell me if it works.

2009-02-08 14:12:49

#3

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6757|N. Ireland

alexbay13 wrote:
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic357763.html

Has instructions and download links.
Tell me if it works.

a) I said don't just Google a result and give me a link and b) judging from the instructions it is re-encoding the video

2009-02-08 14:49:59

#4

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6884|Mhz

I've always just used Sony Vegas for simple cut/join jobs, Adobe After Effects / Premier would also do the same job and not lose quality.

2009-02-08 15:38:08

#5

CrazeD: Member; +368|6937|Maine

Any video editing program. Hell, even windows movie maker will work.

2009-02-08 16:30:40

#6

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6884|Mhz

CrazeD wrote:
Any video editing program. Hell, even windows movie maker will work.

WMM will recode it/ruin the quality yet more, Vegas will recode but wont lose quality.

2009-02-08 17:40:50

#7

Far: Member; +22|6995|USA

VideoReDo TV Suite will handle the MPEG2's with zero re-encoding but doesn't do H.264 (unfortunately)
Excellent program.
Best part about VRD is it's designed to counter the sync problems you'll find when editing MPEG2's on other software, including Vegas. (and especially WMM)
It's not free, but worth every penny if you work with MPEG2.
http://www.videoredo.com/en/index.htm
demo available
I use it to edit out commercials of crap I record off my tv tuner. It usually does the job in about 2 minutes. Often closer to 1 minute depending on what it is I've recorded.
Joiner function is flawless.

2009-02-08 23:29:00

#8

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6757|N. Ireland

^ thanks for the responses, I'll take a look at them later. I can't afford to have any re-encoding done, even if it is high quality as these were VHS casettes in the first place and are in dire quality already.

2009-02-09 14:41:28

#9

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6884|Mhz

kylef wrote:
^ thanks for the responses, I'll take a look at them later. I can't afford to have any re-encoding done, even if it is high quality as these were VHS casettes in the first place and are in dire quality already.

vegas, premiere and after effects are all lossless.

2009-02-09 20:07:14

#10

Defiance: Member; +438|6935

VirtualDub?

2009-02-11 15:35:16

#11

Freke1: I play at night... mostly; +47|6811|the best galaxy

Avidemux 2.4 GTK+ can also joins videos but they have to be the same size/resolution.
A friend uses it but my videoclips have different sizes, can Vegas handle that?

https://bf3s.com/sigs/7d11696e2ffd4edeff06466095e98b0fab37462c.png

2009-02-14 03:29:05

#12

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6757|N. Ireland

Update

alexbay13 - the GUI is pretty terrible, and I still can't find any easy to simply join two files
TEP - Vegas is great but I was looking for a tiny application
FAR - Thanks for the suggestion, free is of course preferred but that does look good

I'm currently using MPEG Streamclip (couple of guys at MacNN recommended it to me too). It seems to have done the job. It does take a while to save the files but I'm pretty sure it isn't re-encoding the files. Only thing is the output file is 1.63GB whereas the two files separately are 1.73GB - can anyone explain the 100MB loss?

Thanks for all the suggestions, karma all round.

Edit: Hmm, I'll tell you where its going - or more precisely where it isn't. There is no sound in the video. Anyone used this program before?

Last edited by kylef (2009-02-14 03:43:48)

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