How to merge all 1min files into one video

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This simple guide is for windows users but should work as easily under linux or mac.

Put all your files and daily folders in /record/ into a folder, example /wizemerge/

Press start key and type “cmd” to open command line.

Go to that folder by typing “cd folder” until you’re into it.

for me that was;
cd desktop
cd wyzemerge

type
dir /s/b *.mp4 > list.txt

This will print a list of all mp4 files in all subdirectory into a file called list.txt

Open that file and make it compatible with FFMPEG by turning

C:\Users\T3\Desktop\wyzemerge\Videos\20230301\00\06.mp4
C:\Users\T3\Desktop\wyzemerge\Videos\20230301\00\07.mp4

into

file ‘C:\Users\T3\Desktop\wyzemerge\Videos\20230301\09\47.mp4’
file ‘C:\Users\T3\Desktop\wyzemerge\Videos\20230301\09\48.mp4’

Open a text editor and use replace tool, CTRL-H

Replace
C:
by
file 'C:

Replace
.mp4
by
.mp4’

Now download a copy of FFMPED and put it into that same folder.

choose ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip

then type the command
ffmpeg.exe -safe 0 -f concat -i list.txt -c copy all.mkv

to create a single video called all.mkv

It should be very fast as there are no re-encoding.

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Very nice!

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This is fantastic! Thanks for the step by step. This post earns a bookmark!

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Not seeing where this is sorted into proper name or date order?

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Awesome post

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Yeah, That was my surprise too, Didn’t expect they’d all be in order.

It’s sorted by folder and given the largest unit is in front, it stay chronological.

Year, Month, Day / Hours / Minutes

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Well that’s good to hear but it’s not something I’d count on, especially as the drive gets rewritten. All you’d need to tweak is a sort parameter in your command, e.g., /od or /on.

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