ffmpeg to join videos

Question

I previously learned that FFMpeg can join videos:

However, I am attempting to join recorded over-the-air broadcasts (.ts files), and I believe that minor hiccups in signal quality are causing FFMpeg to have problems joining 95% of these.

The command I use is:

ffmpeg.exe -i concat:file1.ts^|file2.ts -vcodec copy -acodec copy -f vob combined.ts

The error I almost always get is something similar to:

Application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 1: 857442 >= 857442

If I join the same exact videos using TSSplitter (which is GUI only -- I need CLI), it works without error.

So my question is, what can I do to make FFMpeg joing these files better, OR is there an alternative CLI that is better at joining recorded .ts files?

Answer 1

You can try with mencoder. Generally speaking you can join more files with mencoder using the following syntax:

mencoder file1.ts file2.ts -ovc copy -oac copy -o combined.ts

Answer 2

Try simply;

cat *.ts > output.ts

Works for me for most TS files