So does the mpstream program. I just opened the files and it merged 1 after the other and then saved it. did it with in about 10 minutes.
S On Aug 24, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > The QT Pro cut/paste way doesn't re-encode the clips so you can pretty much > just save it and be done. > > CB > > Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >> I got mpstream clip to work just fine actually. It is very slow at encoding >> but it works very good! >> >> Thanks all for your help and have a wonderful day >> Sarah Alawami >> MSN: marri...@gmail.com >> aim: marri...@gmail.com: >> >> website: http://music.marrie.org >> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >> >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >>> Quicktime Pro is $30 from Apple and will allow you to merge multiple movies >>> with different sizes and codecs. The final movie will have the image size >>> of the largest piece and others will play in the top left corner of the >>> window. That said, you have to use QT Player 7 if you're on Snow Leopard as >>> the regular one lacks all the editing features. So you just open up fileA >>> and fileB in QT7. Make a new movie, go to fileA, select All, go to the new >>> movie and paste, go to fileB, select all, go to the new movie and paste. >>> When you're done save your new concatenated movie. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>> >>>> I'll give that a go and hopefully post back with results. You ar ecorrect >>>> in saying that the header info will be a royl pain inthe but to edit. lol! >>>> a friend of mine last ngiht gave me a lecture on that. >>>> >>>> Take care. Oh and hoe much is QT pro? I am jsut curious. >>>> Thanks. >>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Esther wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Sarah and Barry, >>>>> >>>>> First, Barry's instructions about using the "cat" command in terminal to >>>>> concatenate files are quite accurate, but they won't solve Sarah's >>>>> problem about how to join .mov files and end up with a playable result, >>>>> and this has to do with the structure of these files. Such a file joining >>>>> program has to both put the data in the individual files together, and >>>>> update the header information so that it reflects the new total length. >>>>> Further, there can be potential incompatibilities between the different >>>>> files being used -- an easy example would be if you were joining constant >>>>> bit rate audio mp3 files, where one of the files was encoded at a >>>>> different bit rate. If all the files are constant bit rate and encoded >>>>> at the same rate, it's relatively easy to just concatenate the individual >>>>> files (with a "cat" command), and then to update the file header >>>>> information to reflect a new total time. However, once you include a file >>>>> with different properties, simply sticking that file into the m >>>>> >>>>> iddle may no longer work, and you might have to re-encode the >>>>> information. The structure is actually more complicated for movie files, >>>>> since instead of a single header with tags, you have a "container" that >>>>> holds both the audio and video parts of a movie, with separate atoms >>>>> (like "tags") for the various metadata. >>>>> >>>>> I believe QuickTime Pro (paid) will join movie files, and allow you to >>>>> operate through the GUI interface. I've also heard that MPEG StreamClip >>>>> will handle this kind of operation. Probably someone like Darcy Burnard >>>>> could comment on this, since I don't know whether these work with the >>>>> output formats that Sarah wants. I've only really explored this subject >>>>> in the context of working with audiobook files. >>>>> >>>>> Here's the page for MPEG StreamClip to check for more information: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MPEG_StreamClip >>>>> >>>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, Barry Hadder wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Well, it is going to get a little more involved, but you can do the >>>>>> fallowing. >>>>>> this will strip the header from file1, contatinate it with file2, and >>>>>> write the final result to final_file: >>>>>> sed 1d|cat file2 /dev/stdin>final_file >>>>>> >>>>>> This is assuming that the header is 1 line. you need to know how many >>>>>> lines it is and replace the integer in the sed command accordingly. >>>>>> >>>>>> if you have a bunch of files who's headers need to be stripped: >>>>>> ( sed 1d file1&&sed 1d file2&& so on )|cat file /dev/stdin>final_ >>>>>> file >>>>>> >>>>>> It might be a good idea to play around with this on simple text files >>>>>> just so you know what order you want the files to be in. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Except the headers in teh *.mov files might be different so youtube >>>>>>> might not play them. Basically I read an artical on how to merge *.mov >>>>>>> files in QT but it involves draging and dropping. I've tried several >>>>>>> other programs including imovie and tht didn't work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Take care. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> S >>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, Barry Hadder wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but if all you are >>>>>>>> doing is concatenating files you can do the fallowing: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> cat file1 file2>file3 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That will merge file1 and 2 putting the contents into file3. You can >>>>>>>> type man cat to learn more about how to use it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is also a merge command that is useful for merging changes in to >>>>>>>> or more files. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> hope that helps. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Oh I did and I found out it might not work. I need another method of >>>>>>>>> doing this with a gui. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is there a program that will merge mov files and be accessible. >>>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Barry Hadder wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sarah, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hit control-c to shut down the cat util. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It doesn't mater if a file name has spaces. you can saround it with >>>>>>>>>> quotes, escape the space with \, or use tab. The tab completion >>>>>>>>>> applies at any time. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The cat command expects a file name, and if it doesn't have one in >>>>>>>>>> it's parameter list it just sits there. Any time that happens, use >>>>>>>>>> control-c. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 3:12 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I did. Now I can't get the cat command to work. it sits there with >>>>>>>>>>> no output or errors >>>>>>>>>>> Sarah Alawami >>>>>>>>>>> MSN: marri...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>> aim: marri...@gmail.com: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> website: http://music.marrie.org >>>>>>>>>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >>>>>>>>>>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 1:07 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Can you rename it in finder? 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