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I am Windows user. I have about 300 .mp4 video from my XIaomi YI action camera. A duration of each file is about 2-50 seconds. I need to merge them into 1-3 file(s).

I have tried about 12 video joiner program wich I have found on Google Search. Each of them have on of the following issues: - a virus - an intallation problem - crash of performing for multiple (>80) files.

I tried to reduce the number of files in the same package up to 80, it was unsuccessful.

Do you have experience to handle such a large number of small files? Which the program could you propose?

Thank you.++

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VLC media player can convert and merge video files.

Steps:

  1. Select File > Open Muliple Files

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  1. Add the required files by clicking the add button

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  2. Select the output format. Add a destination file name and click start

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  • I don't see how this works, as of now vlc 3.0.8 the input field for "Destination file" is locked if you have multiple files selected... Sep 27, 2019 at 12:44
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You can do this task by using any-video-converter

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The program is pretty straight forward and you don't need any special tutorial for merging videos.If you face any difficulties, take a look at This video that explains how to merge videos.

I used this free program for many years, it is gratis, virus free and has many nice features that you cannot find in paid softwares.

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Normally I would use ffmpeg for this sort of thing, and many of the tools that you have tried may well do so behind your back, but with 300+ files you are likely to hit the command line buffer size problems, especially on windows.

To get around this, as explained here, you can list all of your files in a text file in the format:

# This is a comment
file '/path/to/file1'
file '/path/to/file2'
file '/path/to/file3'
#etc.

Then invoke ffmpeg from the command line:

ffmpeg -f concat -i mylist.txt -c copy output.mp4

I would also suggest taking a look at MoviePy - there are a few dependencies to sort out but it should let you take a list, (in the order that you specify), of files and concatenate them.

Both ffmpeg and MoviePy are: - Free - Open Source - Cross platform, including windows - Virus & ad-ware free

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I needed to have recorded video files from my YI CCTV installed home, but I faced all the files are fragmented and not easy to pick/merge the necessary files. I tried to find solutions on internet, but I haven't found good solution yet. I just developed a simple application can merge(concatenate) files based on the aligned time, and save that merged files to the target directory.

You can do that easily by "Yi Home Clip Merger"

http://qsok.com/display/YIHCM/YI+Home+Clip+Merger

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