rendrag Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Hi all,i have some avis of home movies on my computer. Before i had a DVD burner, I made them into a bunch of 650-700MB files to fit on a CD... now that i have a DVD burner (and time to deal with it) I'd like to combine them and make DVDs...I used a avi combiner program (can't remember the name) that just combines the 2 or more avi files and makes 1. Well, i figured 700x2 would be about 1.5GB... not so. after combining, the file size is 4GB!! Anyone know of any programs (commercial or free) that can combine avis without spiking the file size?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekenaar Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 It's been a while since I used it, but if I remeber correctly, you can do it with virtualdub.I think "direct stream copy" (video & audio) keep the size the same.Look for "append avi". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albator Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 boilsoft does all video software you will need, use their trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendrag Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 thanks for the suggestions... i'll check them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what3v3r Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 personally i use "virtualdub mod" its an enhanced version of vdub that also works with mpeg2 and ac3 sound - if you have the right filters installed.your "Combiner program" propably didnt just combine your two avi files but also recode them to mpeg2, so that the resulting DVD can be played in every stand alone DVD-Player. thats why the file size became 4GBkeep in mind, that if you just combine two avi files and burn the resulting file to DVD, you will only be able to play them back on a PC or a standalone player that can play XVID/DIVX files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSage Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 your "Combiner program" propably didnt just combine your two avi files but also recode them to mpeg2either that or it is a full-frame uncompressed avi which is easy enough to change into compressed avi or mpeg (probably a bit faster too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 VirtualDub: Joining AVI files http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/vi...ub_join_avi.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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