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DoesItReallyMatter: --sout-all is default since 2.2.0

2019-04-04T08:42:04Z

--sout-all is default since 2.2.0

DoesItReallyMatter: Misc.

2019-04-04T08:40:16Z

Misc.

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DoesItReallyMatter: tag with Template:Howto for consistency

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tag with Template:Howto for consistency

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			{{Howto\|merge and transcode multiple videos with a script}}
	==Merge & Transcode==		==Merge & Transcode==

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	Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams appears to merge them with correct time signatures<ref> even when replayed in VLC (causing seeking errors), so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of several various 3rd party "video joining" utilities.		Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams appears to merge them with correct time signatures<ref> even when replayed in VLC (causing seeking errors), so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of several various 3rd party "video joining" utilities.

	~~[[Category:How_To]]~~

OpenIDUservsv02: an example for windows where many users find this example difficult.

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an example for windows where many users find this example difficult.

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	% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''		% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''

			% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=out.mp3} --sout-all'''

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.

			For Example in Windows (all input files are in the same directory from where the command is executed):
			% '''"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -vvv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=combinedout.mp3} --sout-all'''

	See also [[Documentation:Modules/gather]]		See also [[Documentation:Modules/gather]]

DoesItReallyMatter: tweaks

2014-11-12T09:51:12Z

tweaks

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	If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):		If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):

	% '''vlc file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''		{{%}} '''vlc file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''

	NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]		NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]
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	% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''		% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode ~~peramiters~~ to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.

	See also [[Documentation:Modules/gather]]		See also [[Documentation:Modules/gather]]

J-b at 14:45, 30 September 2013

2013-09-30T14:45:08Z

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	Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams appears to merge them with correct time signatures<ref> even when replayed in VLC (causing seeking errors), so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of several various 3rd party "video joining" utilities.		Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams appears to merge them with correct time signatures<ref> even when replayed in VLC (causing seeking errors), so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of several various 3rd party "video joining" utilities.

			[[Category:How_To]]

RogerDPack: /* Merge & Transcode */

2010-11-17T12:51:27Z

Merge & Transcode

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	% '''vlc file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''		% '''vlc file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''

	NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok).		NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]

	If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.		If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.

	% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all''		% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode peramiters to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode peramiters to meet your needs.

RogerDPack: cleanup

2010-11-17T12:48:46Z

cleanup

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	==Merge & Transcode ~~in Windows~~==		==Merge & Transcode==

	If you have more than one source files that need to be merged ~~and transcoded resulting in~~ a single ~~out put~~ file ~~create a batch script with~~ the ~~following line in it~~:		If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):

	~~<pre>~~		% '''vlc file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''
	"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all
	~~</pre>~~		NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok).

			If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.

			% '''"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all''

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode peramiters to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode peramiters to meet your needs.

	~~No transcoding is necessary if all streams match~~		See also [[Documentation:Modules/gather]]

			Or you can use file appending:

	% '''vlc go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 --sout ~~"#gather:std{access=~~file~~,mux=ts,dst=out.ts}"~~ --sout~~-keep~~'''		% '''vlc go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 vlc://quit --sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go.ps'''

	~~Or you can use file appending~~		==Non Interactive Mode==

	% '''~~vlc go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3~~ vlc://quit ~~--sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go~~.~~ps'''~~		To do any of this in "non interactive" mode, add '''-I dummy''' and also "vlc://quit" to the end of your list of inputs. See [[Transcode]] for more detail.

	~~To do this in "non interactive" mode, add '''-I dummy''' and also "vlc://quit" to the end of your list of inputs. See [[Transcode]] for more detail.~~		==Other options==

	Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams ~~seems~~ to merge them with correct ~~times~~ when replayed in VLC, so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of various "video joining" utilities.		Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams appears to merge them with correct time signatures<ref> even when replayed in VLC (causing seeking errors), so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of several various 3rd party "video joining" utilities.

RogerDPack: note many more ways to concat a file

2010-11-16T23:08:24Z

note many more ways to concat a file

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	<pre>		<pre>
	"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather~~{} --sout=#~~transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all		"PATH_TO_VLC" -vvv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all
	</pre>		</pre>

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode peramiters to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode peramiters to meet your needs.

			No transcoding is necessary if all streams match

			% '''vlc go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.ts}" --sout-keep'''

			Or you can use file appending

			% '''vlc go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 vlc://quit --sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go.ps'''

			To do this in "non interactive" mode, add '''-I dummy''' and also "vlc://quit" to the end of your list of inputs. See [[Transcode]] for more detail.

			Overall, none of the ways VLC offers to combine streams seems to merge them with correct times when replayed in VLC, so a non VLC option might work better. Please update if you find one. Straight concatenation works at times. See also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjWmZ0umsuZHdHNzZVhuMTkxTHdYbUdCQzF3cE51Snc&hl=en for a list of various "video joining" utilities.

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	If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):		If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):

	{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#[[Documentation:Modules/gather\|gather]]:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#[[Documentation:Modules/gather\|gather]]:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --no-sout-all --sout-keep'''

	NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]		NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]
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	If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.		If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.

	{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} ~~--sout-all~~'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg}'''

	{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=out.mp3} ~~--sout-all~~'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=out.mp3}'''

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.

	For Example in Windows (all input files are in the same directory from where the command is executed):		For Example in Windows (all input files are in the same directory from where the command is executed):
	{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=combinedout.mp3} ~~--sout-all~~'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=combinedout.mp3}'''

	Or you can use file appending:		Or you can use file appending:

	{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 vlc://quit --sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go.ps'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 vlc://quit --no-sout-all --sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go.ps'''

	==Non Interactive Mode==		==Non Interactive Mode==

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	If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):		If you have more than one source files that need to be merged into a single output file, the general way is this (no transcoding is necessary if all streams match):

	{{%}} '''~~vlc~~ file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#gather:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps --sout "#[[Documentation:Modules/gather\|gather]]:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=all.ts}" --sout-keep'''

	NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]		NB that whenever you use sout, your video and audio codecs must "be appropriate" for the mux you use (in this case, ps works with a ts mux, so we're ok). See [[Transcode#Transcoding_with_the_Wizard]]
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	If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.		If you want to write your files out to a mux that doesn't support the current audio or video encoding, or if you are wanting to join streams that do not have matching video/audio, then it is recommended to transcode as well. Here is an example.

	% '''~~"PATH_TO_VLC"~~ -~~vvv~~ FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.EXT FILE2.EXT FILE3.EXT ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=6}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=out.mpg} --sout-all'''

	% '''~~"PATH_TO_VLC"~~ -~~vvv~~ FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=out.mp3} --sout-all'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 ETC.ETC --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=out.mp3} --sout-all'''

	Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.		Next edit the path to vlc, input files, and transcode parameters to meet your needs.

	For Example in Windows (all input files are in the same directory from where the command is executed):		For Example in Windows (all input files are in the same directory from where the command is executed):
	% '''~~"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\~~VLC~~\vlc.exe"~~ -~~vvv~~ FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=combinedout.mp3} --sout-all'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} -vv FILE1.mp3 FILE2.mp3 FILE3.mp3 --sout-keep --sout=#gather:transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=file,mux=dummy,dst=combinedout.mp3} --sout-all'''

	~~See also [[Documentation:Modules/gather]]~~

	Or you can use file appending:		Or you can use file appending:

	% '''~~vlc~~ go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 vlc://quit --sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go.ps'''		{{Prompt\|cmd}} '''{{Path to VLC\|windows}} go.ps.1 go.ps.2 go.ps.3 vlc://quit --sout-file-append --sout=file/ps:go.ps'''

	==Non Interactive Mode==		==Non Interactive Mode==