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How to join 1000s of video clips (MP4)?

AmitzAmitz Member
edited April 2016 in Help

Dear all,

my name is Amitz and I have a problem (for those who did not notice yet).
Unfortunately, that problem changes from day to day.

Today is Monday and my daily problem is that I have to join thousands of small MP4 clips to one, either on OS X or Linux (command line).

The problem: All those clips have slightly different dimensions. All are around 640x480, but some are 632x482, some 639x480 and so on. I would like to join them to 1 movie in 640x480.

Most tools that I came across in the meantime bitch around when you try to joins clips in various dimensions. Do you have any hint for me? I feel that my Monday problem will also be my Tuesday problem in addition to the one that I will have anyway. Any help is very much appreciated!

Kind regards
Amitz

Comments

  • NyrNyr Community Contributor, Veteran
    edited April 2016

    FFmpeg should be able to do this easily.

    You just need to do this in two separate steps:

    • Transcode all the videos to the desired resolution and a common target format.
    • Then, just merge all of them.

    I don't have a lot of experience with the FFmpeg software myself so I won't put any random command copied from the Internet but should be easy enough, you just need to transcode first.

  • ehabehab Member

    my toolkit: FFmpeg , handbrake

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  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    Epic cumshot compilation? Been there, bro.

  • CVPS_ChrisCVPS_Chris Member, Patron Provider

    Nekki said: Epic cumshot compilation? Been there, bro.

    Dying laughing haha

  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    @CVPS_Chris said:

    Do I seriously see Trump in your Profile?

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  • gestiondbigestiondbi Member, Patron Provider

    @Amitz said: my name is Amitz and I have a problem (for those who did not notice yet).

    Just one problem? :P

    Thanked by 1ehab
  • AmitzAmitz Member
    edited April 2016

    @Nyr & @ehab:

    Yep. FFmpeg will probably be the tool of choice - Thanks! :-)

    Neoon said: Do I seriously see Trump in your Profile?

    Of course you do. They are both known morons - Perfect fit! ;-)

    Nekki said: Epic cumshot compilation? Been there, bro.

    Haha! Nearly. :-)
    Screencasts of someone who had no idea what he was doing. But rest assured that I know what I will use that new knowledge for... Good times ahead!

    davidgestiondbi said: Just one problem? :P

    One main problem a day. Let's put it like this. ;-)

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  • dedicadosdedicados Member
    edited April 2016

    fastest way to do it is

    rm -rf *

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Nekki said: Epic cumshot compilation? Been there, bro.

    I have a collection of @Nekki's work in this field, but none of them fit in 640x480, let me tell you. Rumor is that 4K was invented primarily for this purpose.

    Thanked by 2Nekki yomero
  • AmitzAmitz Member

    Tested with the first clips and the combination of
    http://www.iffmpeg.com
    and a binary from here:
    http://www.osxexperts.net/ffmpeg/ffmpegexperts.html
    works like a charm. Thanks again!

  • ehabehab Member

    and the videos links?

  • AmitzAmitz Member

    ehab said: and the videos links?

    As said - not half as spectacular as you imagine... ;-)

  • @nyr +1

    That is the best was I think..

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @raindog308 said:
    I have a collection of @Nekki's work in this field, but none of them fit in 640x480, let me tell you. Rumor is that 4K was invented primarily for this purpose

    You've clearly experienced my finest 7 hours, 'Aim for the Acne 17' - I never tire of the level of finesse and control required to 'Hit the Zit'. Breathtaking.

  • @Nekki said:
    You've clearly experienced my finest 7 hours, 'Aim for the Acne 17' - I never tire of the level of finesse and control required to 'Hit the Zit'. Breathtaking.

    You are a classic slob.

  • AmitzAmitz Member

    Nekki said: You've clearly experienced my finest 7 hours, 'Aim for the Acne 17' - I never tire of the level of finesse and control required to 'Hit the Zit'. Breathtaking.

    The second Peter North - "This man got much to give!".

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @mafiadon said:
    You are a classic slob.

    I don't think you'd be saying that if you understood the amount of effort, doublestuff Oreos and masterbation it takes to put a compilation together. I lost about 3 stone in weight (albeit gaining 2 in muscle) during the making of 'Spaffcannon 2 - Revenge of the Chutney Ferret'.

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  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Nekki said: I don't think you'd be saying that if you understood the amount of effort, doublestuff Oreos and masterbation it takes to put a compilation together.

    Any truth to the rumor that you're doing to do an Imax release (har!) soon?

    image

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