[MPlayer-users] combining multiple avi's

[James MS Anderson]

I've tried the same ... and I didn't get the audio out of sync


On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 08:23, Elmo wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Has anyone else noticed that the command listed in the help file:
> 
> cat 1.avi 2.avi | mencoder -noidx -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi -
> 
> combines the two files okay-- except for the several second gap in the 
> video at the end of the first avi which is not accompanied by a 
> corresponding gap in the audio, causing the audio and video for the 
> entire second avi to be out of sync?
> 
> This has happened with every movie I've tried this with since I started 
> using mencoder two years ago, I feel like I must be taking crazy pills 
> or something that I've never seen anyone else post about this...
> 
> The only thing that occurs to me is that the index on the first avi is 
> being sandwiched as data between the two avi's.  Any thoughts?
> 
> I can give you system information if you like, but I'm running the most 
> current version of mplayer/mencoder from marillat's debian mirror.  My 
> system hardware has changed pretty significantly in the last two years, 
> so I'm pretty sure it's not the hardware... except perhaps that it's 
> i386.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions, this has been bugging me for a long time.
> 
> -Brian Neltner
> 
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