[Pr.Sinister]

I guess I'm going to start merging.  Looking for merge-tool recommendations (Windows).  I tried Free Video Cutter Joiner which is pleasantly speedy, but seems a little buggy.  

Thanks, all.

I use a command (windows batch) file i wrote to join videos. Speed depends on the speed of your hard drive.

It works for .avi, .mpg, .mov, .mp4, .m4v and .mkv

All you need is ffmpeg in your path. Adding other video types is self-explanatory

parameter is the name of the folder. I use FileMenu Tools to add this to my right-click menu for folders.

If you would like to try FMT, the last freeware version is 7.0.5 and you can get it from AfterDawn

Code:


@echo off
for %%* in (.) do set CurrDirName=%%~nx*
:avi
for %%l in (*.avi) do (
echo file '%%~nxl' >> files.txt
set outputfile=%%~pl
)
IF NOT EXIST files.txt GOTO mpg
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy "%CurrDirName%.avi"
del files.txt
:mpg
for %%l in (*.mpg) do (
echo file '%%~nxl' >> files.txt
set outputfile=%%~pl
)
IF NOT EXIST files.txt GOTO mov
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy "%CurrDirName%.avi"
del files.txt
:mov
for %%l in (*.mov) do (
echo file '%%~nxl' >> files.txt
set outputfile=%%~pl
)
IF NOT EXIST files.txt GOTO mp4
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy "%CurrDirName%.mov"
del files.txt
:mp4
for %%l in (*.mp4) do (
echo file '%%~nxl' >> files.txt
set outputfile=%%~pl
)
IF NOT EXIST files.txt GOTO m4v
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy "%CurrDirName%.mp4"
del files.txt
:m4v
for %%l in (*.m4v) do (
echo file '%%~nxl' >> files.txt
set outputfile=%%~pl
)
IF NOT EXIST files.txt GOTO mkv
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy "%CurrDirName%.mp4"
del files.txt
:mkv
for %%l in (*.mkv) do (
echo file '%%~nxl' >> files.txt
set outputfile=%%~pl
)
IF NOT EXIST files.txt GOTO end
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy "%CurrDirName%.mkv"
del files.txt
:end