The AVI (Audio Video Interleave) multimedia format is used to create movies. You can merge several short AVI files to get one long video. There are many programs that allow you to merge AVI files.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Merge AVI Files with VirtualDub
Step 1. Download VirtualDub from SourceForge website and install it on your computer
Step 2. Open a video file in VirtualDub, starting the program and clicking on "Open" from the File menu
Step 3. Find the first AVI movie you want to add, and click "Open"
By doing so you have just added the first AVI file that you are going to merge into VirtualDub.
Step 4. Drag the scroll bar to the end of the first chunk
Step 5. Go to the File menu and click on "Append AVI Segment"
The window to browse folders will open, and you will have to choose the second movie to add.
Step 6. Select the second AVI file the same way you selected the first one
Click on "Open" to view the file in VirtualDub (it will be added to the end of the timeline, after the first segment).
Step 7. Keep the compression settings of the original video by clicking on "Video" and then on "Direct Stream Copy"
Step 8. Do the same with the audio compression settings by clicking on "Direct Stream Copy" in the Audio menu
Step 9. Save the resulting file by clicking on "Save as AVI" in the File menu, and selecting the path where you want to save the file
Method 2 of 3: Merge AVI Files with SolveigMM Video Splitter
Step 1. Go to the SolveigMM website to download and install SolveigMM Video Splitter
Step 2. Open the "Merge Manager" after starting the program by following these steps
- Go to the "Tools" menu.
- Select "Union Manager".
- Select "View Merge Manager".
Step 3. Click the + icon in the toolbar, or press the Insert key on your keyboard, to open the file viewer
Step 4. Browse the folder containing the AVI files you want to merge, click "Open" to add the files into SolveigMM Video Splitter
Step 5. Continue adding files until the list contains all the files you want to merge
Step 6. Click the Merge Files icon (the green one with a small triangle in the middle) on the taskbar to merge the files
Step 7. Name the new AVI file thus obtained and save it in the folder of your choice by clicking on "Save"
Method 3 of 3: Merge AVI Files with Quick AVI Joiner
Step 1. Go to Goldzsoft website to download and install Quick AVI Joiner on your computer
Step 2. Start the program and click on the folder-shaped icon located on the left of the taskbar
This will open the folder explorer window.
Step 3. Use this browser window to add the AVI files you want, selecting them in the order you want to merge them
You will see that the selected files will be added to a list in Quick AVI Joiner.
Step 4. Click the "Options" button and select "Set Format as Selected File"
This way you will keep the settings of the original movies you added in the final video as well.