I do videos so this is a needed product, and I still downloaded FormatFactory- as I have downloaded products from here before-and got malware and a few trojans.

We always rave about Format Factory. But last week I tried to use it to convert identically-sized jpeg photos to a smaller identical size while converting to GIF. None of the resulting files could be read. I just did it with a macro in another program. My point is that even our sacred cows seem unable to do everything right.

So disappointed!
I have a cam-coder which produces ***.MOD video files. I tried to use Plato to join my MOD files. Unfortunately, Plato didn't support MOD files. Whilst Windows Movie Maker can deal with this file type.
Big thumbs down!

I recommend SUPER, it's consistent in doing the same thing as this and it's free too.

Thanks, Mike. - It's good to have a knowledgeable voice on board. It sounds like perhaps you are the developer.

Program doesn't seem to work at all in Vista 64. It appeared to have installed extra crap with it. Not only uninstalling, but doing a system restore to an earlier date just to be sure it's gone.

@ #22 Rich
Does anyone know if there any free alternative which will place two or more vob movie files upon one DVD disk with a menu? I am mainly interested in consolidating copies of my purchased exercise DVDs onto a single DVD, so I can leave it in the player and select which one to play. Thanks

Grab DVDFlick.

As for me, AVS Video Editor is the best tool to join video.

Does anyone know if there any free alternative which will place two or more vob movie files upon one DVD disk with a menu? I am mainly interested in consolidating copies of my purchased exercise DVDs onto a single DVD, so I can leave it in the player and select which one to play. Thanks

Slightly off-topic, but is there a program that can automatically split movies into scenes (without me having to set the start and end points of each scene)?

Movica is open source make split and join on:wma,wmv,mpeg and flv.Another to extract audio from mvideo is :Extra Video to Audio Mp3 converter Free.Another is SuperDVD Video Editor it loock beautifull but i don't work with this.Another joiner:Free Video Joiner.With Sothink Ipod Video Converter that was here you can split file and convert.Leawo series converters free also have a section:merge into one file.Moyea Video4Web Converter-free soft it can also split and join files:join with section:merge into one file and split with section:Customize>Trim and is also converter.

For #4, Aniruddh, I see it as an analog to a video music playlist, where you have the options of taking video music with you in a specific order.

Also i forget to say another free alternative for join video files is:Kate's video joiner.For split(in special but not only) we have:Avidemux,Virtual Dub,Moyea FLV Editor Lite,Kate's Video Cutter,Movie Maker,Avi Split Classic from Bobyte,AoA audio extractor-split video from audio,Video Edit Master(cut and Join),Video Cutter,Join Vob File,Movica(if i remember has a free version and is an videoeditor), Freesky Video Splitter,AsfBinMaster,JVeditor,t@b ZweiStein.Are on Cnet,Softpedia,MajorGeeks and other sites.

Format factory rocks it`s freeware and does the job brilliantly. So i don`t need or wan`t this. thanks anyway.

Also i try it Plato Youtube Search and Downloader free and don't work.Maybe is firewall?Until now i don't have succes to make to work Plato products.I'm wait to see how work at others.

No use of this software. I am sad that GAOTD has never offered a video splitter

Thank you for the information Ashraf, I rarely bother with the daily giveaways now as I'm happy with everything I have on my computer; though this would have been one of the rare downloads that I'd have bothered with. :(

I too checked out Plato's home site and was given a warning about potential malware as soon as I entered their site; so won't be downloading today’s giveaway unless the giveaway team inform us that today’s giveaway has been cleaned.

Thanks for the alternative, which I downloaded previously on your recommendation. :)

I want to join file that are identical in parameter:the same format,frame and soft say that parameter are not optimal.Maybe or i make some wrong or wrog is this.I have direct x 10 and 9,quick time and the rest.

Products Plato offers Relekvant.Search on Google and don't accept to install this Relekvant.My antivirus have allways a strong reaction at Releckvant.After this introduction you can test products.I test in the past media player Plato and don't work for me.Also have some free soft that probably i will test it.This soft i install with succes i must only to test it.Description is good ,now to see in practice.Some free alternatives:Moyea Flv Editor Lite for FLV,Windows Movie Maker for wmv and wma,CombiMovie from Bobyte,Free video joiner,probably Avidemux(split i know that make for some format but i don't know if is good for join) and converters are many.

Failed to install properly on Windows 7
" _RegDLL.tmp has stopped working "
Will not run when installed either.
Also not a fan of the bundled sponsor program included.

The software installed and registered with no problems using Vista Home Premium. I only used .mov files to process. I tried loading one file which was 94,212 kb and Plato video joiner crashed each time. I tried loading 2 smaller video files, one being 35,138 kb and the other being 66,876 kb. I tried to convert the combined videos to one .avi file. The program did not crash, but came back with 'Create Fail'. I find it difficult to give this software a thumbs up.

SUPER is the free video tool that can join video clips.

You need to convert and join simultaneously. Why can't just join without converting if 2 or more files has the same format and codec?

Windows movie maker will join many formats and then you can convert them to any format you want wh FF that is good and free all the time. Windows movie maker also will do so much more than just hoin clips so why use anything else that just is for one purpose.

This will do as it says, muc too limited for me to even consider.

What's the use of this software?

"You can add an unlimited number of video files to the list and easily rearrange their order if needed."

mean to say it give u the list of the media files? or it joint the two different media files?

If it's just creating the list then I think mostly other media software can do that too but if it's joining two different media files in a single one then may be it will useful when you need to transfer a 2 VCD movie in to a single DVD. other then that I dont see any see of this software.

This application is not happy with Vista SP2 as a runtime error is generated, even as 'administrator', and terminates. Looking at the Plato web page and reading the release notes, this is an old version, about three and a half years old. The current one also works with DVD VOB files, which this one does not.

A shame, could have been worth using.

JA

Okay just downloaded the giveaway and it looks like GOTD forced the developer to remove the malware crap that is attached if you grab the software from the developers website. It seems okay to download. I still recommend FormatFactory over it because...

# Input and output is limited to AVI (.AVI), MPEG (.MPEG/.MPG), Windows Media (.WMV/.WMA/.ASF), QuickTime (.MOV/.QT), and RealPlayer (.RM/RMVB) videos; there is no support for FLV, 3GP, or MP4.
# The control over output video settings is limited. Not once did I ever see the ability to change the video bitrate.
# When you add videos to join, the "Video Size" is automatically set. If you want a different video size, you must manually type them it. There is no drop down menu, or anything similar, to allow you to select videos sizes (i.e. so you must have them memorized).
# Clicking on "Help" does not do anything so not help file.
# The developer is falsely advertising the features of Plato Video Joiner on their website

Please be warned the trial version I downloaded from the developer's website to evaluate this product comes packed with malware (the usual third party "let us monitor your activity" crap). You can read about it in more detail by clicking here. I sent GOTD an e-mail about it and hopefully they can clean up the giveaway before they release it tonight but because of the time difference between me and them they may not be able to. Please proceed with caution.

That being said, for a free and clean video joiner, grab FormatFactory. Amongst all its features, FormatFactory has a "Video Joiner" feature.