Joining 2 m2v files - can it be done?

[cinephile]

I have 2 m2v files of a movie split in 2. Is there a tool for joining these together into a single m2v I can use to author a DVD?
I have tried TMPGenc but only seems to output mpg files and not m2v files.

Reason I have 2 files is that I was re-encoding a movie in TMPGenc and someone stopped it at 95% :mad: , so I just restarted from the next frame and created another m2v file.

Does anyone know this cos I don't want to re-encode all over again :(

TIA.

[Dvd@Best]

Hi Dude,

Well it is unclear wat u want to do,But u can merge the two m2v files easily with Filemerger.


Dvd@Best

[cinephile]

Hey Dvd@Best,

Sorry if not clear, here are my steps...

I was re-encoding a video stream in TMPGenc to create a single m2v file (under 4.38GB) to author a DVD with.
At 95%, someone stopped it b4 it had finished. Since I don't want to re-encode all over again (another 8 hours), I thought I'd re-encode the remaining 5%. I now have 2 m2v files but want to merge these into a single m2v file.

I have d/l FileMerger and will give it a try tonight.
Another alternative seems to be that I CAN use TMPGenc to merge the 2 m2v files into 1 mpg file. Can I then demux this file in TMPGenc to get the m2v stream out? Would that be possible?

[auenf]

drop them both into your dvd authoring program.

Enf...

[cinephile]

I was going to use SpruceUp - can it take 2 m2v files and a single ac3 file?

[slk001]

Use TMPGenc's FILE > MPEG TOOLS > CUT/MERGE option. Put in your two files:
PART1.M2V
PART2.M2V

Save as FULL_MOV.M2V

Then press the RUN button. I do this all the time.

[cinephile]

Cheers, will try that.

[mazoul45]

You can demultiplex your .mpg by using "simple demultiplex" to have
your m2v stream & import to authoring.

[eddy29]

I have exactly the same problem.

The reason why it stopped is that probably the maximum file limit is 4 GB !

95 % of 4.38 GB = approximately 4 GB.

What you can try is to use DVDdecrypter to demux the AC3 and M2V file of each VOB file.

Then use ReMpeg2 to make each of the M2V file smaller.
Then merge these M2V files to 1 file which is not bigger than 4 GB.

Want to have to procedure to use ReMPEG2 to make it smaller in the quickest way, just email me at e.bijman@chello.nl

[scryber]

Use TMPGenc's FILE > MPEG TOOLS > CUT/MERGE option. Put in your two files: ..When I do that it gives an error that it's "not an MPEG file." Apparently the second m2v file is bad. This is from a DVD rip (Memento) -- I had SmartRipper demux the main movie and the result was 2 m2v files. Not sure what to try next..

[Arky]

Beware that whenever you attempt a direct-stream merge, you may get an inconsistent GOP sequence at the intersection where the clips 'join' each other. Or you may be lucky and never have any problems. This is one reason why M2-Edit Pro has the option to re-encode joined MPEG streams into a consistent new stream, although unfortunately there is always a quality drop, for obvious reasons. I suggest going with the advice for a standard (aka direct-stream) merge, just to see if all works to plan, and only worry about the above issues if you are unfortunate enough to be forced to do so!


Arky ;o)