Once again, I have something that I have no clue how to use and cannot
find any explanation I understand anywhere in a Help menu or the web.
I have upgraded Quicktime to "Pro" because I thought it might be fun to
use.....but....
Let's say you have two small mpeg video clips,
How do you put them together into one movie?
Can you?
I can't figure it out.
GW

Geoff Welsh wrote:
> Once again, I have something that I have no clue how to use and cannot
> find any explanation I understand anywhere in a Help menu or the web.
> I have upgraded Quicktime to "Pro" because I thought it might be fun to
> use.....but....
> Let's say you have two small mpeg video clips,
> How do you put them together into one movie?
> Can you?
> I can't figure it out.
> GW

Firstly, the clips should be the same size (height and width). Open
your two clips; with Clip 2 foremost, press Command-A (Select All) and
then Command-C (Copy); bring the other clip to the fore and move the
playhead to the end of the clip, then press Option-Command-V (Add).

Job done ;)

=:~)

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they start making vacuum cleaners." - Ernest Jan Plugge

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Chas wrote:

> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>> Let's say you have two small mpeg video clips,
>> How do you put them together into one movie?
>> Can you?
>> I can't figure it out.
>> GW
>
>
> Firstly, the clips should be the same size (height and width). Open
> your two clips; with Clip 2 foremost, press Command-A (Select All) and
> then Command-C (Copy); bring the other clip to the fore and move the
> playhead to the end of the clip, then press Option-Command-V (Add).
>
> Job done ;)
>
> =:~)
>
Something must not be right here, when I did exactly what you said, I
ended up with a line of text after clip 1....the line of text just
happens to be the last thing I command-C (copied) before trying this.
I did it again and got the same thing. I do notice that Cut, Copy, and
Paste are never selectable in the edit menu. This of course would make
one think I didn't have PRO, but obviously I do, because I was able to
add something (although, not what I want) to a clip.
GW

Geoff Welsh wrote:
> Chas wrote:
>
>> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>>
>>> Let's say you have two small mpeg video clips,
>>> How do you put them together into one movie?
>>> Can you?
>>> I can't figure it out.
>>> GW
>>
>>
>>
>> Firstly, the clips should be the same size (height and width). Open
>> your two clips; with Clip 2 foremost, press Command-A (Select All) and
>> then Command-C (Copy); bring the other clip to the fore and move the
>> playhead to the end of the clip, then press Option-Command-V (Add).
>>
>> Job done ;)
>>
>> =:~)
>>
> Something must not be right here, when I did exactly what you said, I
> ended up with a line of text after clip 1....the line of text just
> happens to be the last thing I command-C (copied) before trying this.
> I did it again and got the same thing. I do notice that Cut, Copy, and
> Paste are never selectable in the edit menu. This of course would make
> one think I didn't have PRO, but obviously I do, because I was able to
> add something (although, not what I want) to a clip.
> GW

Aha! Convert the mpgs to QT .mov files (use the export function for
this) and then try it.

My fault - I forgot about your using mpgs.

<mutters>
Must get new glasses...
</mutters>

=:~)

--
"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day
they start making vacuum cleaners." - Ernest Jan Plugge

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Chas wrote:

> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>
>> Chas wrote:
>>> Firstly, the clips should be the same size (height and width). Open
>>> your two clips; with Clip 2 foremost, press Command-A (Select All)
>>> and then Command-C (Copy); bring the other clip to the fore and move
>>> the playhead to the end of the clip, then press Option-Command-V (Add).
>>>
>>> Job done ;)
>>>
>>> =:~)
>>>
>> Something must not be right here, .... I do notice that Cut, Copy,
>> and Paste are never selectable in the edit menu.
>
> Aha! Convert the mpgs to QT .mov files (use the export function for
> this) and then try it.
>
> My fault - I forgot about your using mpgs.
>
AHA! That got it. Thank you very much. If you have time, some day,
maybe you can post how to keep the audio track when converting from MPEG
to .mov?
Thanks again,
GW

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:28:28 -0500, Geoff Welsh wrote
(in article <wo6%c.33857$Qa4.19113@twister.socal.rr.com>):

> How do you put them together into one movie?

The best way I've seen so far (that doesn't involve an expensive video
program) is mpgtx.

It's a command line unix open source solution you can install using fink.

You can't directly join mpegs in QT (even the pro version). They removed that
capability (I believe) in some prior version of QT.

-- Verne

Verne Arase wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:28:28 -0500, Geoff Welsh wrote
> (in article <wo6%c.33857$Qa4.19113@twister.socal.rr.com>):
>
>
>>How do you put them together into one movie?
>
>
> The best way I've seen so far (that doesn't involve an expensive video
> program) is mpgtx.
>
> It's a command line unix open source solution you can install using fink.
>
> You can't directly join mpegs in QT (even the pro version). They removed that
> capability (I believe) in some prior version of QT.
>
> -- Verne
>
>
This looks interesting, thanx,
GW

Geoff Welsh wrote:

> Verne Arase wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:28:28 -0500, Geoff Welsh wrote
>> (in article <wo6%c.33857$Qa4.19113@twister.socal.rr.com>):
>>
>>
>>> How do you put them together into one movie?
>>
>>
>>
>> The best way I've seen so far (that doesn't involve an expensive video
>> program) is mpgtx.
>>
>> It's a command line unix open source solution you can install using fink.
>>
>> You can't directly join mpegs in QT (even the pro version). They
>> removed that capability (I believe) in some prior version of QT.
>>
>> -- Verne
>>
>>
Well, that looked promising, but I typed "fink install mpgtx" and got this:

This package must be compiled with GCC 3.3, but you currently have an
unknown version selected.
To correct this problem, run the command:

sudo gcc_select 3.3

Well, that sounded easy enough, but the response to
"sudo gcc_select 3.3" was that it doesn't know what sudo means.

I fear I am in verrrry deep water here and cannot swim.
If someone much more proficient with this stuff would like to help me, I
would greatly appreciate it, because mpgtx looks like a killer app.
Thanks,
GW

Geoff Welsh wrote:

> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>
>> Verne Arase wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:28:28 -0500, Geoff Welsh wrote
>>> (in article <wo6%c.33857$Qa4.19113@twister.socal.rr.com>):
>>>
>>>> How do you put small mpegs together into one movie?
>>>
>>>
>>> The best way I've seen so far (that doesn't involve an expensive
>>> video program) is mpgtx.
>>>
>>> It's a command line unix open source solution you can install using
>>> fink.
>>>
>>> -- Verne
>>>
>>>
> Well, that looked promising, but I typed "fink install mpgtx" and got this:
>
> This package must be compiled with GCC 3.3, but you currently have an
> unknown version selected.
> To correct this problem, run the command:
>
> sudo gcc_select 3.3
>
> Well, that sounded easy enough, but the response to
> "sudo gcc_select 3.3" was that it doesn't know what sudo means.
>
I went back and started over with Fink, (this is a program that I guess
allows users to run real Unix programs on the OSX "version of Unix") and
THIS time, I printed out the Important Info from the installer package.
The super important thing to do here, is to ALSO get the program Fink
Commander, that is on the intall package, but doesn't mount
automatically. Fink Commander is a GUI version of Fink. Now even a
dumb-ass like me can do it!
Anyway I installed mpgtx using Fink Commander, and well, mpgtx, which is
supposed to join mpg files (from a command line Terminal), doesn't work
very well. If you join the same two mpegs over and over again, you may
get a good result eventually, I guess (?).

any and all input welcome and appreciated,
GW

Geoff Welsh wrote:

> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>
>> Geoff Welsh wrote:
>>
>>> Verne Arase wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:28:28 -0500, Geoff Welsh wrote
>>>> (in article <wo6%c.33857$Qa4.19113@twister.socal.rr.com>):
>>>>
>>>>> How do you put small mpegs together into one movie?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The best way I've seen so far (that doesn't involve an expensive
>>>> video program) is mpgtx.
>>>>
>>>> It's a command line unix open source solution you can install using
>>>> fink.
>>>>
>>>> -- Verne
>>>>
>>>>
>> Well, that looked promising, but I typed "fink install mpgtx" and got
>> this:
>>
>> This package must be compiled with GCC 3.3, but you currently have an
>> unknown version selected.
>> To correct this problem, run the command:
>>
>> sudo gcc_select 3.3
>>
>> Well, that sounded easy enough, but the response to
>> "sudo gcc_select 3.3" was that it doesn't know what sudo means.
>>
> I went back and started over with Fink, (this is a program that I guess
> allows users to run real Unix programs on the OSX "version of Unix") and
> THIS time, I printed out the Important Info from the installer package.
> The super important thing to do here, is to ALSO get the program Fink
> Commander, that is on the intall package, but doesn't mount
> automatically. Fink Commander is a GUI version of Fink. Now even a
> dumb-ass like me can do it!
> Anyway I installed mpgtx using Fink Commander, and well, mpgtx, which is
> supposed to join mpg files (from a command line Terminal), doesn't work
> very well. If you join the same two mpegs over and over again, you may
> get a good result eventually, I guess (?).
>
> any and all input welcome and appreciated,
> GW
>
>
I have to change my story again.
It would appear that mpgtx works well, I just had one or two mpegs that
apparently have something wrong with them and don't join well.
GW