How do I unite cd1 to cd2? Is Kino the tool?

Sat Jan 17 10:24:48 UTC 2009

> Okay, you didn't need to, but it's good to organize anyway. :)  Can you
> run:
>
> ls -al /media/sda7/Movies

total 20089368
drwxr-xr-x 2 steven steven       4096 2009-01-16 19:08 .
drwxr-xrwx 9 root   root        12288 2009-01-16 10:41 ..
-rwxr-xrwt 1 steven steven  314920960 2008-09-06 03:40 Awakening
-rw-r----- 1 steven steven  734015488 2007-12-17 03:48 Bloodsport
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  734156800 2008-03-16 17:26 Conspiracy
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  970452992 2008-10-15 03:50 Hostage
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  735864832 2008-10-13 03:23 Incredible Hulk
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  741596088 2008-07-04 05:10 
IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull
-rw-r--rwT 1 steven steven  735041536 2008-01-29 00:14 Just Cause
-rw-r--rwT 1 steven steven  736016384 2008-04-03 05:15 Legend of the Water 
Horse
-rwxr-xr-x 1 steven steven  735840256 2008-09-26 20:26 List
-rw-r--rwT 1 steven steven  733255680 2008-03-01 16:38 Michael Clayton
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  733050880 2008-04-06 19:46 Nims Island.avi
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven         46 2009-01-16 10:49 O Jerusalem.avi
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  735442944 2007-04-15 15:33 O Jerusalem I.avi
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  734171136 2007-04-15 15:35 O Jerusalem II.avi
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  733808640 2008-10-20 04:30 Recount I
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  732573696 2008-10-20 04:28 Recount II
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  734023680 2009-01-16 21:52 Red
-rwxr-xr-x 1 steven steven  736475136 2008-09-05 09:43 Redbelt
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  735610880 2008-10-20 05:31 Reign Over Me
-rw-r--rwT 1 steven steven  734009344 2008-03-17 09:23 Runaway Jury
-rwxr-xr-x 1 steven steven  733816832 2008-09-14 00:16 Shepherd-Border Patrol
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 1102247936 2008-10-13 15:11 Starship Troopers
-rwxrwxrwx 1 steven steven  735641600 2007-07-28 17:41 Stealth
-rwxr-xrwt 1 steven steven  734844928 2008-09-05 11:31 Stop-Loss
-rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  733587054 2008-04-24 13:56 Street Kings
-rwxr-xrwt 1 steven steven  945352704 2006-12-02 06:32 Superman Returns
-rwxr-xrwt 1 steven steven  735332352 2008-09-05 14:46 WarGames-the Dead Code
-rwxr-xr-x 1 steven steven  314908672 2008-09-06 03:40 Watchbird
-rwxr-xr-x 1 steven steven  735156224 2008-09-13 14:08 You Don't Mess With the 
Zohan
steven at Studio25:~$                                                  

> Steven, it looks like you made a couple mistakes.   First, you dropped
> the -i.  Second, you dropped the space between "O Jerusalem I" and "O
> Jerusalem II".  Both the -i and the space are required.

Later in the email you saw I noticed the missing -i, however the space between 
I did not notice.  It looked like they were together to me.
>
> > Usage: avimerge [options] -o file                   output file name
>
> For future reference, when you see a line like this (with Usage and an
> explanation of the command-line options), it usually means you messed up.

Thanks.  You mean the extra space, don't you?

I did some more experimenting and left in the failures so you could see and 
criticize my logic:

steven at Studio25:~$ avimerge -o O_Jerusalem -i "O Jerusalem I" "O Jerusalem II"
scanning file O Jerusalem I for video/audio parameter
AVI open: avilib - Error opening AVI file
REASON: No such file or directory
steven at Studio25:~$ avimerge -o O_Jerusalem.avi -i "O Jerusalem.avi I" "O 
Jerusalem II.avi"
scanning file O Jerusalem.avi I for video/audio parameter
AVI open: avilib - Error opening AVI file
REASON: No such file or directory
steven at Studio25:~$ avimerge -o O_Jerusalem.avi -i 1.avi 2.avi
scanning file 1.avi for video/audio parameter
AVI open: avilib - Error opening AVI file
REASON: No such file or directory
steven at Studio25:~$ avimerge -o O_Jerusalem.avi -i I.avi II.avi
scanning file I.avi for video/audio parameter
AVI open: avilib - Error opening AVI file
REASON: No such file or directory
steven at Studio25:~$ cd /media/sda7/Movies
steven at Studio25:/media/sda7/Movies$ avimerge -o O_Jerusalem.avi 1.avi 2.avi
avimerge (transcode v1.0.2) (C) 2001-2004 Thomas Oestreich, T. Bitterberg

Usage: avimerge [options]
         -o file                   output file name
         -i file1 [file2 [...]]    input file(s)
         -p file                   multiplex additional audio track from file
         -a num                    select audio track number from input file 
[0]
         -A num                    select audio track number in output file 
[next]
         -b n                      handle vbr audio [autodetect]
         -c                        drop video frames in case audio is missing 
[off]
         -f FILE                   read AVI comments from FILE [off]
         -x FILE                   read AVI index from FILE [off] (see 
aviindex(1))
steven at Studio25:/media/sda7/Movies$   

The last time, the Icon for the output changed to a similar Icon as the movie 
files.  Before that change, the icon represented a text icon.  Additionally, 
when I tried to open the movie, the Kaffeine window was white with writing in 
it, indicating that the movie was not going to play.  This time Kaffeine 
opened to a black window, the way my movies usually start, however it did not 
play.  I also noticed that the progress bar was all the way to the right.  It 
would not return to the starting point, and clicking on Play only loaded the 
Codecs and confirmed that they were already open.  Does that suggest 
anything?  Thanks for your continued help.

Steven  