Multipart mpeg confusion

[tomservo]

Question about multipart mpeg files... (.001, .002, etc.):

I understand that .001 in a series of multipart mpeg files stores information about how many there are in the series.

For example, if I had the batch file for joining all the parts, the .001 file, and .245 and .246, is there any way to trick the .001 file in to believing .245 and .246 are actually .002 and .003, in order to play the movie without a long period of blank space in between? I hope this doesn't sound too much like a mathematical word problem, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

[setarip]

The following suggestion, which may be applicable to your question, was offered by another poster several months ago:

I am surprised that the very simple and easy way of joining MPEG files by doing a binary copy command is not mentioned anywhere in the site. I've been doing this method for years with no problem. I simply open a DOS box (command prompt) or create a batch file and run any of the below commands:

copy /b file(1).mpg+file(2).mpg+file(n).mpg file-total.mpg