I received a question in regards of merging split avi files into a single video file so that it could be converted into a 1-file movie.

I made a few different merger programs in the past for previous versions of DVD Catalyst, but those don’t work properly anymore, unless you have an older version of DVD Catalyst installed, so I made a new one a few days ago. The merger was something I made in a few hours, and while its fully functional, I can;t guarantee it works with every file you have. The people that used it have successfully merged 100’s of files, so it does work, but I haven’t tested it all the way myself.

It uses a few files from DVD Catalyst 3, so DVD Catalyst 3 (retail or trial, both work just fine. While the trial version of DVD Catalyst 3 is limited to 20% of the conversion, this does not apply to the merger, The merger will do the full 100%)  needs to be installed and at least ran once (to put the required files in the proper location)

What is it for?

If you have a movie or video (divx, xvid etc) that is split in multiple parts (usually to be able to fit the parts onto a sincle 700MB CD for example) you can use the merger program to stitch the files together so that it ends up being one big, continuous video file. Especially when you convert thevideo to a different format, having just one file per video is a lot nicer to work with.

How does it work?

Make sure you have at least ran DVD Catalyst 3 once to make sure the required files for the merger are in place. Uninstalling DVD Catalyst 3 will remove these files.

Unzip the merger file from the downloaded zip file and run it.

Drag the avi files you want to merge onto the program, use the arrow buttons on the right to make sure the proper order is set. Part 1 at the top, part 2 below it etc.

Click the Right-arrow button, and it will ask where to save the merged file and lets you change the name as well.

Wait a little while, and its done.

Limitations:

Files that work: avi files with divx or xvid video, mp3 or ac3 audio. Other formats should work, but these have not been tested.

The merger does not convert the files or modifies them, it just copies the information from one file to another.

The merger does not have any failsafe code to check for overwriting files, however, it does default to append _merged behind the saved filename.

You can download the merger by using the following link:

www.tools4movies.com/merger.zip