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NickM

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AVI in parts
« on: September 10, 2004, 10:24:14 pm »
I copied a couple of VOB files from a DVD to my HDD and renamed them AVI.  Media Centre plays them OK, but it would be nice to have a seamless gap between the two parts.
Is there a setting for MC to play in sequence for this?  Alternatively, is it possible to combine the AVI's?
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Re:AVI in parts
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2004, 04:40:22 am »
I have not seen a player software that can play large video files gapless yet. Would be nice though.

I suppose your video files are still in MPEG-2 format since you just copied the VOB files from a DVD. Usually .mpg is used for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 videos instead of .avi. The file extension does not tell what codecs are used. Especially the AVI is a container format. Video & audio content that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs can be stored in an .avi file and played, if the appropriate codecs are installed on the computer.

For combining MPEG-2 files you could try this:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mpeg_merging.cfm
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Re:AVI in parts
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2004, 12:23:04 pm »
Works a treat - many thanks
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