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? asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 8 years ago

Is it possible to join two video files without having to render them?

I'm currently using Sony Vegas Pro to join two video files, one over an hour long, the other two minutes long. It takes forty-five minutes to render them. I wouldn't mind the long render, if I didn't have to do this thirty more times and burn them to discs by Sunday afternoon. Can anyone help?

Update:

No, I have to do it to thirty individual videos, each with a one hour video file and a two minute run-over. Woman hired me to transcribe her old tapes to DVDs, but wouldn't splurge for dual-layer discs, meaning more work, and ultimately more money from her.

Update 2:

I already have a program that puts the videos into DVD movie format and burns them. Gives 'em title screens with custom music and everything.

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  • 8 years ago

    You're gonna have to render them to get it into a burnable format. Otherwise it's just a .veg file instead of a .wmv or .mp4. Well, I guess you could put a .veg on a disk, but you'll need sony vegas on a computer to watch it. Also if you want the videos to play on the disks right when you put them in a dvd player, you're going to have to get a different converter and covert the final rendered version to movie format. I'd recommend AVS Video Converter for that. Unless you don't need to do that or know how to make dvds automatically play in a dvd player with a .mp4 format.

    Source(s): Why would you have to render it 30 times? Do what the above says if that's what you were thinking. Then burn the final product to 30 disks or 1 depending on how many you need. I'm still confused on exactly what you're trying to do.
  • 8 years ago

    Wait, why do you have to do it thirty more times? If you think that you have to add the clip, then render, then add another clip, and render again, you're wrong. just put all of the clip you want in any order and render them all at once, then burn them to a disc. this will take maybe 1.5 hours total depending on video quality, length of video, your PC specs, etc...

    Source(s): professional video editor
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