Join Mulitiple avi files with different Sampling rates using Virtual Dub

[JammerRules]

Hi Experts,

Please give me a soln to my ugly prob. Okay, I have like 200 avi files and I am trying to join them using Virtual Dub(some 1.6 version) but the very second after I try to append the second avi file I get this annoying error: The two avi files have different sampling rates and hence can't be joined( I dont remember the same exact words...but simalar)....I have read in one of the threads in this forum that if similar problem like this occurs when joining two avi files, we can change the settings for each of file to be equal. But my case is joining 200 avi files. how can I go about it. IS THERE A SETTING THAT AFFECTS A BATCH OF AVI FILES???

[setarip]

Your question seems a bit out of the ordinary, to say the least. Before thinking about how to respond to your your question, please advise - Just how large will this merged file, comprised of 200 files, be?

[JammerRules]

Hiya setarip


Why hide... Okay I am trying to convert some 7 seasons of Friends that I got as .avi s to DVDs. I would say like more than 17 Gigs approx...Does that answer your question

[ormonde]

"Okay I am trying to convert some 7 seasons of Friends that I got as .avi s to DVDs."

If you do not "Own" the original content, then it would be a violation of the rules of these forums to discuss this further.

[setarip]

"Does that answer your question"

No, not really - What necessitates JOINING ALL of the episodes together? Do you have any idea of how huge that one joined file will be?

By the way, I'm fairly certain that the way you've worded your statement is just fine, regarding the rules:

"I am trying to convert some 7 seasons of Friends that I got as .avi s"

[tigerman8u]

200 avi files with different settings. WOW. If you want to keep them as avi files You can do one of these
1. buy a divx capable dvd player and burn as data file/s, easiest
2. re-encode the files with the same settings, longest

@"setarip" do you know if it's possible to do a header change with an avi file, similiar to what you do with a svcd to make a dvd player think the svcd is a vcd and play it ? If so this might be an option for him.

[setarip]

"@"setarip" do you know if it's possible to do a header change with an avi file, similiar to what you do with a svcd to make a dvd player think the svcd is a vcd and play it ? If so this might be an option for him."

No, it's not possible. About the only thing you can change is the FourCC code. Besides, the primary problem is joining 200 files and the resultant incomprhensibly huge filesize.

Perhaps the poster will provide further enlightenment in this regard...

[anonymez]

if you don't want to buy an mpeg-4-capable player, here is a (time consuming) solution:

convert all to mpeg-2 using 'tmpgenc' (or similar, as long as it has batch mode) in batch mode. it will take a while, as you have to set each file up for encode. it will then take even longer to encode to dvd compliant files.

but, once it is all done, you can author with any program you like, such as tmpgenc dvd autor or dvdlab

[ormonde]

I personally don't know why anyone would want to join "17+ Gigs" worth of video into one file...but each to his/her own.

[setarip]

To ormonde

I think your abacus is broken.

The combined filesize may be closer to 140Gb! (Assuming a typical .AVI filesize of 700Mb for each of the 200 files)...

[ormonde]

setarip

I certainly am not disputing your math. I was attempting to make a "General" comment as to why one would want to combine/join 200 files as one file. Whether it is 17 Gig or 140 Gig - it's still overkill in my view.

[setarip]

"it's still overkill in my view."

I absolutely concur. That's why I said, "What necessitates JOINING ALL of the episodes together? Do you have any idea of how huge that one joined file will be?"...