The program's first dialog allows you to select multiple files from the
same directory. These are the pieces that the HG10 broke your files
into. You select the files by clicking on the first one to highlight it
and the depressing the "shift" key and click on the last one in the
list. All of your files should then be highlighted. (this is just
standard Windows file-selection stuff here, but in case there's someone
that's not familiar...) Alternately, you can press the "Ctrl" key and
select individual files until you've highlighted all that are in the
sequence.
The program DOES NOT try to figure out if two video files actually
belong in the same resultant file. I trust you to identify only the
files that made up the original sequence. With that said, my program
DOES make sure that the files that you select are processed in the
right order. That is, in the numbering sequence as produced by the
HG10. For instance, file "00055.MTS" comes before file "00056.MTS".
The second file-selection dialog allows you to specify a directory and file name for the resultant, contiguous file.
Once you've identified all files, the program goes about building the
contiguous file. I currently use 10MB buffers for reading and writing
data. This allows pretty fast operation. For a couple of segments, this
amounts to about 3 minutes 11.5 seconds on my 2.3Ghz Core 2 Duo. It's
single-threaded so it ties up one processor. If folks want a more
robust operation, I'll try to find time to work on it and smooth it
out. I just thought you'd want to get it ASAP...
There are a few files to this program... the "MTS_FileJoinerProj.exe" file
which is the executable and weighs in at about 30KB, and some DLL files. Put them in a folder
called "FileJoiner" and hook them up to your "Start" button by moving
the folder to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs". Start the program by clicking
"Start->Programs->FileJoiner->MTS_FileJoiner.exe"
I haven't had any problems with it, but cannot guarantee its operation.
Test it on copies of your files, just to gain confidence that it's
working properly.
If you like the program and it helps you, please consider throwing a couple of
bucks in my Paypal account (thesuperstitions@gmail.com). Anything
collected will be donated to my son's Cub Scout Pack (Pack 618).
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