Comments on: Merge multiple video files using the free version of QuickTime

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:32:32 +0000

One problem though, if you combine a large number of files, say over 10,the sound will become more and more out of sync with the video with each file you add. Another problem, no sound on a Galaxy player with combined files while single files play fine with audio. Gotta take it back solely for this reason.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:27:46 +0000

A quicker way is to highlight all the files you want to combine, drag them by the LAST file up to the player. They are now combined in the player ready to be saved.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:32:47 +0000

For those reading this on the PC side hoping for the same thing, I’ve got QTfW 7.7.1 and any movie added after the first “add” will fail to copy the audio. Anyone else have this issue? Copy and Paste also fails to do this simple addition.

Thanks for the post!
Chris.

By: seelenpfluecker

seelenpfluecker — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:12:26 +0000

Great article! Works pretty fine, thanks a lot!

By: Purba

Purba — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:59:20 +0000

John, I guess why people experienced different on this issue were because they’re using different version of QTP.

I’m using QTP version 10 on MacBook Pro OSX 10.6.8., and i couldn’t figure it out. I have no idea where was the locator or program heading in this version. So, i kept trying to put my second video, and like Greg said, the #2 video will be opened in the new window.

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:20:06 +0000

Lauren: Set the locator to the end of the first movie that is playing in Quicktime. Then just locate the file in Finder, drag and drop it into that Quicktime window.

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:18:23 +0000

Works for me, using QP 7 on Mac OSX 10.6.8. Merged two m4v files together flawlessly (2 one hour long videos) doing it exactly as was described.

To those that say it doesn’t work… obviously it does work for some people. Try to figure out what is wrong with *your* situation and fix it, instead of just posting “this isn’t true” or “this does NOT work.” You are just flat out wrong, period.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:20:02 +0000

How do you open the second video in “finder”?

By: Keith Cromm

Keith Cromm — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:04:39 +0000

To merge multiple files (of the same or similar type), open movie #1, position the video playback head (usually at the end of movie #1) then, in the Finder, select the additional movies you want to add and Drag/Drop them onto the QuickTime movie to add/append/merge them together.
Finally, save the movie as noted above in the article.

I just now did this with Mac OS X 10.6.8, QT v7.6.6.

I had 26 movies to merge. 7.75GB of 1080p HD (1920 x 1080) amateur wedding footage (H.264 format).

Works like a charm!

Side note: It’s nice to have a 2nd hard disk to “save” the final to, as it saves rather quickly when dealing with HD footage.

By: greg

greg — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:13:01 +0000

quicktime just opens it in another window for me, so this doesn’t work.

By: Gabriele

Gabriele — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:53:30 +0000

Very cool. thanks for the info. I KNEW it was out there somewhere. Here to the Intertubes!!!

By: Starci

Starci — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:47:18 +0000

awesome! great post!

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:35:09 +0000

Thank you!!!! Just saved me!

By: don sumpey

don sumpey — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:04:29 +0000

This is not true

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:05:54 +0000

This does NOT work!

By: SARAH

SARAH — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:26:28 +0000

haha yeah, where is the programme heading?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:42:12 +0000

where is the the programme heading?

By: Sir Lorad Veins

Sir Lorad Veins — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:09:53 +0000

Thank you for this great tip!

Now I can merge video files, but what about the subtitle files?
Do you know how can I merge the subtitle files?

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:42:34 +0000

This technique apparently does work, but the resulting video file that’s created, won’t work for YouTube. All the added on videos were so badly corrupted, it cannot work on YouTube. Somehow, Quicktime makes it incompatible with YouTube. I am on Mac, so I do have iMovie. Problem is, this appears to be a fairly complex program, designed for professionals, with a long learning curve.

By: Ant

Ant — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:43:37 +0000

Ben,
This doesn’t work with QuickTime X. You need QuickTime 7, which you can install from your Snow Leopard disc.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:30:42 +0000

I can’t get this to work. I have Version 10.0 (113) I open the first file, then when I go to drag file #2 on to the player, I get no + sign or any indication I can add the 2nd video to the player. If I release the 2nd file on top of the player, nothing happens. Any help is appreciated.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:45:59 +0000

Thanks! Woeked for me, and allowed me to meet a deadline!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:37:51 +0000

I merged Quicktime video files into one, and it plays fine as one big file (total of over 7 minutes, and while I can upload the file onto Youtube or a blog, the playback function only plays a few seconds from the first file (all later merged files won’t playback after uploading). I also noticed the file size didn’t change, and the probably the cause of the playback feature being capped, once uploaded. Anybody know how I can upload a merged file and enable complete playback?

BTW, I’m on a Windows PC.

By: Kumar

Kumar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:48:58 +0000

Brilliant! This is a lifesaver! :)