i don't know if its the best way, but i always use avisynth when possible.
Install avisynth (latest release) and just use something as simple as:
avisource("DriveLetter:\Path\file1.avi","DriveLetter:\Path\file2.avi")
into notepad, save as avs file, Load this into TMPGEnc to encode.
Hi leechness,
before I got your reply I was trying out a couple of things on my own.
I`m new to DVD conversion and burning etc, and I only know "avisynth" as something that crops up now and again but have no idea what it is, or does for that matter.
What does it do then ?
Anyway for want of a better idea, I converted the DivX files with "DivxToDVD" and then found them in Clone DVD (VIDEO_TS) and it worked.
I loaded the files in reverse,ie CD 2 & then CD 1 (must be the Irish in me) to make sure it encoded in the right order it so Ididn`t have to mess around later.
heh for newbs it may be easier to go that route with a program that does most everything in one. For more advance users or people who want to go a little more advance gets into avisynth as it is a quite powerful tool to learn for video editing. If you read more about avisynth and learn how to use it, life can be so much easier as most things can be done in one script and loaded into an encoder to do the rest. Avisynth will allow audio/video joining, splitting, filtering, cleaning, cropping, resizing ect... tons of other playful things.
i am quite sorry, but avisynth is not at all very newbie friendly. You can sort of think of it as a compiler script which you have to type out the commands you want it to do before loading it into an encoder. So in that sense you will have to do quite a bit of reading and research to some degree to be able to properly use avisynth. It all just depends on how much you are willing to learn video editing. Its not extremely difficult, but you will just have to learn the command lines of it basically.
also it depends on which type of file you will be encoding it into, and of course each encoding program only accepts a certain bit of detailed filtration. For example, if your using VirtualDub, there is possibly more filtration and cleaning you can do to a video, but for mpeg encode in TMPGEnc, some of those command lines which you use in vdub (VirtualDub) will not work. Avisynth is a very playful and manipulative script for video editing. So if you really want to learn it, have fun with it. Try things out and see whats best quality you can make of it. There is no script out there that is suited to say its best in every aspect for everyone. In other words, everyone has a slightly different opinion on quality, so you gotta play around with it and get your own HQ vid output.
I think you can find that the avisynth site is quite useful in tips and tricks. www.avisynth.org
