Combining Multiple Files for Contiguous Playback

sean@oregonsound.com wrote on 7/8/2007, 11:12 AM

I realize DVDA isn't designed as an editing program, but is there any way to lay files end-to-end to create a continuous video? It would of course be best to create a single, DVD-ready file in Vegas, but what if one is given two or more MPEG-2 files that are meant to form a single movie, and you want to avoid re-compression in DVDA? Possible?

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jimmyz wrote on 7/8/2007, 1:03 PM

Create a music compilation and the program treats the video the same.
Will play one after another.

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 7/18/2007, 4:32 AM

In DVDA, create a 'playlist' containing the videos you want to play one after the other. You can name that playlist 'my movie' or whatever, and it will appear as a menu item in the menu.

MPM wrote on 7/25/2007, 5:20 PM

Besides methods already posted, use project x or cuttermaran to join the mpg2, though you'll likely have to edit the audio a bit.

LoomTheElf wrote on 2/17/2008, 11:02 PM

I'm desperate for help on this. I created a playlist that contains all 25 clips, and put a "play all" button on the main menu page. There are six pages of menus. It plays the four files shown on page 1, then stops playing and goes back to the main menu.

I'd like to buy this software because the audio and video output is so great, but I have got to find a way to make the whole playlist play without stopping (preferrably before the trail period runs out).

If anyone can help, I'll be most grateful.

johnmeyer wrote on 2/19/2008, 2:10 PM

Put the files into a Music Compilation instead of a playlist. Both approaches have been suggested, but the Music Compilation creates a single titleset. Each MPEG-2 dropped into the Music Compilation becomes a chapter stop in a continuous playback single titleset.

The only downside to using a Music Compilation is that you cannot add additional chapter stops within an MPEG file dropped into the compilation.

I would only use a playlist if I wanted to provide the user with more than one way to navigate the same set of material. That is what it is really designed for. It is NOT designed as a way to combine individual MPEG-2 files into a seamless playback experience. That's what the "music compilation" is designed for. Because the term "music compilation" made people think that this was only for music, Sony changed the terminology starting in DVDA 4.0, and this feature is now more accurately labeled "music/video compilation."