How to join several MPEG files in just one *.dat file?

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I need to join several MPEG files in just one *.dat file. But when I put those MPEG (VCD compliant) files on EZ CD Creator 3.5, the EZ CD burns a good CD-R, but in separated files. So, What's the momento to join them all - when encoding (with XING) them or when burning a CD?

Thanks for your attention,

Sebastico.

-- Jose Sebastico Chaves Santos (mimosa@persocom.com.br), August 11, 1999

Answers

Try programs like Camel's MPEG Joiner on the encoded, smaller files.

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-- L. Candover (l_candover@hotmail.com), August 12, 1999.


MPEG joiner seems to use the DOS concatenation function to join the mpeg files. Fine if your target audience is PC only, but it screws up the length of the final MPEG when played on Macs. You could try MyFlix (an MPEG editor from www.mediware.com.au) to make longer MPEG files that are valid on both platforms.

Cheers Keith

-- (keith.mortimer@health.gov.au), August 12, 1999.


WARNING: MyFlix may not support VCD MPEG output (their tools tend to output 'system' stream'). Long story, but at one point I used WebFlixPro to edit some VCD streams then it stopped. When I asked them why, they said it should have never done so to begin with.

-- Blake Freeburg (blakef@mrdata.com), August 17, 1999.

As for joining a clip, I just thought I should say I have tried WebFlixPro, ClipEdit, and mpeg_join (similar to the dos tool?). Each tool has had it's problems: WebFlixPro - doesn't support VCD output (may work, but that's nonsupported). ClipEdit - seems to load, play segments properly, but fails to save them with various errors. Many of those that are saved fail to load into EasyCD. mpeg_join - segments were fine, but output would not load into EasyCD

-- Blake Freeburg (blakef@mrdata.com), August 17, 1999.

Don't forget to take the read only check off of any files you are trying to copy.

Taylor

-- Taylor (taylor@sisna.com), November 21, 2000.



If you are using win XX use DOS. Why download yet another program? The command is easy enough:

COPY /B FILE1.MPG+FILE2.MPG+FILE3.MPG+FILE4.MPG NEWFILE.MPG

Take the new file and make it a dat file and burn away.

-- Bigby (GreatBigby@netscape.net), April 19, 2001.


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