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Title: AVI in parts
Post by: NickM 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?

Title: Re:AVI in parts
Post by: Alex B 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 (http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mpeg_merging.cfm)

Title: Re:AVI in parts
Post by: NickM on September 12, 2004, 12:23:04 pm

Works a treat - many thanks