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macOS Applescript to join video files

I'm in doubt if AS could manage this on its own, but with QuickTime this is possible.

Try this quick 'n dirty hack as template for your first approach:

Code: 
set inFile1 to "yourVideo1.avi"

set inFile2 to "yourVideo2.avi"

tell application "QuickTime Player"
	make new document
	
	open inFile1
	tell document 1
		rewind
		select all
		copy
		select none
	end tell
	close document 1 saving no
	
	tell document 1
		add
		select none
	end tell
	
	open inFile2
	tell document 1
		rewind
		select all
		copy
		select none
	end tell
	close document 1 saving no
	
	tell document 1
		add
		select none
	end tell
	
	export document 1 to "yourNewVideo.avi" as AVI
	
end tell


You'll have to set up the paths to your own video files and the output file correctly, as in this example they're located in your root folder.

In this case, there are only two files to concatenate, so if you want to process more of them, a loop would be better.

Another possible issue i haven't solved yet is a quicktime timeout processing large videos.

And maybe the script is working only with the pro-version of Quicktime: Some of the features of Quicktime Pro are accessible via AppleScript in QuickTime Player, some are not - i'm using QuickTime Pro and this works for me, so try it out.
 
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