I have received several emails from people who have been having problems,
putting the the different movie parts back together.
An example being, the first part being downloaded with an .MPE extension. I
think this problem lies with using Internet Explorer, recognising the file
type as an mpeg and sticking another extension on the file. I don't think
the same problem occurs using Netscape.
Here are a few guidelines to follow, and you should be able to put your
files back together again.
1. Whatever method & browser you use to download the files, they should
only have a file extension corresponding to the part of the file, depending
on the number of parts, e.g.
so_young.001, so_young.002, ...... so_young.006 - for a file split
into 6 parts
If any parts have an .MPE extension, simply remove it, e.g.
so_young.001.MPE --> so_young.001
2. The batch file is essentially the same for each upload, the only
differences being the filename, and number of parts.
The batch file to join our example video, will be as follows. As long
as you observe the procedure in (1), and the file looks just like the
following, you should be able to run it OK. If you change this file, it may
not work properly.
The batch file is automatically generated when the original file is
split into different parts, you should not have to change it in anyway.
@echo off
if exist "so_young.mpg" goto FileExists
goto DoCopy
:FileExists
choice /c:YN 'so_young.mpg' already exists. Do you want to overwrite it
if errorlevel 2 goto End
if errorlevel 1 goto DoCopy
:DoCopy
set MissingFile=""
if not exist "so_young.001" set MissingFile="so_young.001"
if not exist "so_young.002" set MissingFile="so_young.002"
if not exist "so_young.003" set MissingFile="so_young.003"
if not exist "so_young.004" set MissingFile="so_young.004"
if not exist "so_young.005" set MissingFile="so_young.005"
if not exist "so_young.006" set MissingFile="so_young.006"
if not %MissingFile%=="" goto Error
echo The file "so_young.mpg" is now being created . . .
echo.
if exist "so_young.mpg" del "so_young.mpg"
copy /b "so_young.001" "so_young.mpg" > nul
copy /b "so_young.mpg" + "so_young.002" "so_young.mpg" > nul
copy /b "so_young.mpg" + "so_young.003" "so_young.mpg" > nul
copy /b "so_young.mpg" + "so_young.004" "so_young.mpg" > nul
copy /b "so_young.mpg" + "so_young.005" "so_young.mpg" > nul
copy /b "so_young.mpg" + "so_young.006" "so_young.mpg" > nul
echo The file "so_young.mpg" was successfully created.
echo.
goto End
:Error
echo.
echo The file %MissingFile% could not be found. It is needed
echo to create "so_young.mpg".
echo "so_young.mpg" was NOT created.
echo.
goto End
:End
set MissingFile=
pause
I have run the batch on the parts I upload, and everything is fine.
If you still have problems after following these guidelines, give me an
email, letting me know what happened.
TJ
