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LOTR dvds....how to merge?
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The LOTR Special Extended Edition DVDs come with the movies spanning 2 DVDs each, apparently so they can hold the bazillion audio commentary tracks.
ahhh. That sounds entirely needed.
What a crazily over hyped movie.The only way I can think to solve the OP's problem would be to use iMovie, Final Cut, or maybe even Quicktime.
Not really. It's $200, but it'd be a waste to buy it just to watch a peter jackson film. Only buy it if you're into film making.
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I use Quicktime Pro. You simply open the first part of the movie in Quicktime and then you drag and drop the second part of the movie into the view area of the first part. The save the combined film. Good luck.
I use Quicktime Pro. You simply open the first part of the movie in Quicktime and then you drag and drop the second part of the movie into the view area of the first part. The save the combined film. Good luck.
what?
Oh, you shut your mouth! That was the greatest trilogy of all time. That's not even a debate.
ahhh. That sounds entirely needed.
Oh, you shut your mouth! That was the greatest trilogy of all time. That's not even a debate.
£129 and its most use full for other projects for college and hobbling, its not expensive but then i don't really consider anything expensive i look at things as best value and what i would be most comfortable and happy with buying.
Its like if you were to buy a TV, do you buy one with a feature list and spec longer than your arm but looks pug ugly or one that looks really nice, has a few less features and not as good a spec but would sit nicer and be more ascetically pleasing in your living room on a nice unit.
ahhh. That sounds entirely needed.
You like or dislike for any movie or music or anything is irrelevant to this discussion nor to anyone else but yourself. Everyone has different ideas to what makes a good movie/book/music.
Your opinion on other peoples tastes is irrelevant to that person and best kept to your self unless you are in a movie critics forum. Such statement like "you cant like that because it sucks, or its not cool" and all the other tosh are statements children make in school.
I think it's more like software piracy or corporate piracy; either works. I think you can use VsiualHub to stitch them together.
That wasn't my opinion on anyone's taste it was my opinion on a movie. I answered his question as best I could, I just added something I felt like sharing.
yeah....
Wouldn't it be copyright infringement? If he owns the movie, he's just using it in an illegal manner, but he's not stealing it.
Wouldn't it be copyright infringement? If he owns the movie, he's just using it in an illegal manner, but he's not stealing it.
imovie
I have this same problem and tried it in imovie. IT was taking over 10 hours to just import the movies into imovie ... that was even before I stitched them together to make the final render. I have since given up. I guess visualhub is the way to go or QPro.
I have this same problem and tried it in imovie. IT was taking over 10 hours to just import the movies into imovie ... that was even before I stitched them together to make the final render. I have since given up. I guess visualhub is the way to go or QPro.
I may try viisualhub and/or quicktime pro to see what I can do. But, in the end, I'll definately be needing to convert the files into .mp4
i'm not sure if it's a possibility.
you could rip them visual hub and import the .mov's into final cut pro for example, but I believe it has a 4 or 5 hour limit per track which means it wouldn't all fit.
It's a neat idea though. Would be neat to have 1 long massive file to play seamlessly.
honestly, it might not be worth the effort.
maybe you could set up a script where after playing part 1, it would automatically play part 2, then 3? that might accomplish the same thing?
you could rip them visual hub and import the .mov's into final cut pro for example, but I believe it has a 4 or 5 hour limit per track which means it wouldn't all fit.
It's a neat idea though. Would be neat to have 1 long massive file to play seamlessly.
honestly, it might not be worth the effort.
maybe you could set up a script where after playing part 1, it would automatically play part 2, then 3? that might accomplish the same thing?
ignoring the legality of the operation
convert both discs using handbrake (or program of your choice) into h264 then combine the 2 files using qt pro if you have it or if you don't want to buy it use ffmpegx (don't forget to install the binaries needed. check ffmpegx website)
convert both discs using handbrake (or program of your choice) into h264 then combine the 2 files using qt pro if you have it or if you don't want to buy it use ffmpegx (don't forget to install the binaries needed. check ffmpegx website)
This thread on the Handbrake forums will tell you exactly how to do what you want to do. Instead of using Fairmount I used Mac The Ripper, though. It works perfectly.
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Michael
i tried watching all 3 in a row. i got sick and thought i was gonna die. too much straight tv.
So merging in FCE (import, edit time & export to any decent quality) probably took roughly 20 some odd hours to do, if not WAY more depending on your machine... all so you can have an uncut 12 hour feature (which you watch in one sitting)... sounds like ALOT of wasted time when you can easily just plop in a DVD every few hours... no day job?
yeah....
Visual Hub would have taken a lot less time. I did this because I no longer own a DVD player.
Visual Hub would have taken a lot less time. I did this because I no longer own a DVD player.