Stitch two mp4s together without re-encoding

[pinksatin]

Ok... So I encode two parts of a movie in Handbrake (part 1 and part 2). I want to stitch both of these files into one file so I can view it on my Apple TV as one movie and not two parts.

I know Visualhub does this but only by re-encoding both files together.

Quicktime 10 doesn't do this anymore and some of the tricks I see online seem to be over my head.

Is there an easy way to do this... it sure seems like an easy thing to do.

Thanks..

 

[jackerin]

Install Quicktime 7? Iirc it works in Snow Leopard too...

 

[pinksatin]

I have heard that even with QuickTime it will make you re-encode... not 100% sure though

 

[evil_santa]

i had to do this recently with a very old copy of Goodfellas that was on a double sided DVD. so i had to encode each side the edit them togther in QT7,

it quite simple open up part 1 apple+A apple+C make a new player apple+N, on the new player Apple+V then go to part 2 and do same again pasting it onto the end of the new time line then save movie, there was a slight click where the join was, possibly a black frame or 2. the data is just saved , no re-encoding, well if it did it was very fast, lol

I think you need QT pro to do this, i got FCS on my machine so not sure if i have added features in QT

hope this helps

 

[PurpleLogix]

Yep as evil_santa said, but you do need QT pro

 

[Dave Braine]

iMovie will do it.

 

[Denarius]

Ok... So I encode two parts of a movie in Handbrake (part 1 and part 2). I want to stitch both of these files into one file so I can view it on my Apple TV as one movie and not two parts.

I know Visualhub does this but only by re-encoding both files together.

Quicktime 10 doesn't do this anymore and some of the tricks I see online seem to be over my head.

Is there an easy way to do this... it sure seems like an easy thing to do.

Thanks..

Try this,

Burn both halves to two different DVD-Rs, drill holes in each (at the outer edge so as not to damage the recorded area) , get a needle and thread then stitch the two .

Hope that helps.

Sorry, having a silly moment, Dave Braine is quite right.