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I would like to combine multiple movie clips with .mov and .avi extension into a single file. Is there any free software in the market that is good and able to perform that?

Edit: Preferably without any loss in quality.

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are you looking for simple concatenation (joining end-to-end), or are you looking for something more complicated (non-linear editing)? – quack quixote Dec 12 '09 at 3:08
Something simple and easy to use for joining end-to-end. – Lopper Dec 12 '09 at 4:37
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I use Avidemux for tasks like this.

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Would appreciate if you can provide the procedure for performing such operations in avidemux. – Lopper Dec 13 '09 at 2:02
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Try mencoder or ffmpeg, both free, both good.

Mencoder: mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o output.avi input1.avi input2.avi

FFmpeg: FAQ How can I join video files? (it's not a one-liner in the general case)

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Will there be any loss of quality by using Mencoder or FFmpeg? – Lopper Dec 12 '09 at 4:41
if you're joining multiple files of different codecs, yes, loss of quality is likely -- the tool will need to re-encode the streams so the final stream uses the same codec/bitrate throughout. – quack quixote Dec 12 '09 at 17:22
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Easy Video Joiner can join multiple AVI, MPEG (MPG), RM (Real Media) or WMV/ASF (Window Media) files into one large movie file. You can add an unlimited number of video files as you like to the list and easily rearrange their order if needed. With just a few mouse clicks, you can enjoy your movie clips without interruption.

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Easy Video Joiner is freeware.

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Will there be any quality loss? – Lopper Dec 12 '09 at 5:08
@lopper: if you're joining multiple files of different codecs, yes, loss of quality is likely -- the tool will need to re-encode the streams so the final stream uses the same codec/bitrate throughout. – quack quixote Dec 12 '09 at 17:23
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