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Avidemux => Main version 2.6 => Topic started by: TimW on July 13, 2014, 05:55:32 PM

Title: Load files with sequential file names
Post by: TimW on July 13, 2014, 05:55:32 PM
When loading from a directory containing several files with the same properties, Avidemux says, "There are several files with sequential file names.  Should they all be loaded?"  If I answer "Yes" then in fact only one file (the last one) is loaded, rather than all of them.  I was wondering if this is behaviour anyone else has encountered, and whether there is a work-around?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Load files with sequential file names
Post by: mean on July 13, 2014, 08:24:56 PM
That happens only for images
You should select the image with the smaller number
Title: Re: Load files with sequential file names
Post by: TimW on July 14, 2014, 03:13:50 PM
Hi
Thanks, but I'm afraid I don't follow what you mean by "that".  Are you saying:
If the latter, I appreciate that movies can be loaded sequentially one at a time using the "Append" function, but this is very time consuming when you have a large number of clips to combine.  Is there a work around?
Thanks
Title: Re: Load files with sequential file names
Post by: Jan Gruuthuse on July 15, 2014, 12:21:24 PM
picture sequence should be loaded smallest picture number 1st: 001 if your sequence starts with 001
- work around for video: NO. It loads and indexes in sequence or not.
With some video files the indexing happens only on the 1st part loaded. If times do not match delete the matching "file name" .idx2 . Reload part 1 and append the other parts manual in sequence with [Ctrl][A] (keyboard short cut)
Title: Re: Load files with sequential file names
Post by: AnUser on October 22, 2019, 06:05:38 PM
Hello!
How to switch ON this question panel on the 2.7 version?
Why did I have to take this out?
(in 2.6 working.)

Title: Re: Load files with sequential file names
Post by: eumagga0x2a on October 22, 2019, 06:48:16 PM
Auto-append in the demuxer for sequentially named files exists only for MPEG-PS and MPEG-TS files which seem to belong to one and the same stream, automatically cut in equal parts 256*2^n MiB in size e.g. by video cameras for TS or as a requirement of DVD standard for PS (.VOB). The editor in Avidemux sees such multiple loads as one big file which is also the purpose of this function.

Sequentially named images (*.jpg, *.png, *.bmp) of identical width and height are a special case. They are presented to the editor in Avidemux by the respective demuxer as video frames at 25 fps.

All other input file types can be appended in the editor (e.g. by drag and drop of a multiple selection out of a file manager) if their properties – at least width and height – match. There is no dialog prompting for that, it wouldn't make much sense IMHO.