How to Merge Videos in VLC Media Player

How to Merge Multiple Videos to a New One in VLC

VLC is a cross-platform media player which goes compatible with Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and some others. This guide was carried out on Windows 11/10.

Step 1: Download VLC.

• Visit VLC download site: videolan.org.
• Choose an edition that matches your operating system.
• Click to download the setup file.

Step 2: Install VLC.

Step 3. Merge videos with command-line feature.

• Create a new folder and move all your videos need to be merged to here.
• Hold "Shift" and right-click on the new folder.
• Select "Open command window here".
• Type the following command and press "Enter" to enable VLC to merge your videos.
• "vlc_location" file1.mp4 file2.mp4 --sout "#gather:std{access=file,dst=final.mp4}" --sout-keep

Command line explain:

• vlc_location refers to the location of the vlc on your computer. To get it: Right-click on the VLC media player on the startup menu, choose "Open file location". Again, you right-click on VlC media player, choose "Properties". The location of VLC has been selected and highlighted in blue.
• file1 and file2 are the file name of your source videos. In my case, I need to replace file1 with raining and file2 with wave. final stands for the name of the final merged videos, here I change it to merged. You can name it in your favor.

Step 4. Play the VLC merged video.

• Go to the folder that was created in step 3 to find the merged video. Open the video merged by VLC and start to enjoy it on your PC or Mac.

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[Solved] What If VLC Merged Videos Not Working or only with Sound but no Images?

Error 1. VLC Merge Videos Not Working

VLC can NOT merge videos unless they are in the same format and the portrait orientations. Suppose you need to merge some vertical videos with horizontal recordings or combine MP4 recordings with VOB, AVI, MOV clips, you'll have to convert your videos to the same formats, or correct the videos' rotation, or both.
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Solution 1. To convert videos with VLC:

• Launch VLC and select "Media" on the main toolbar.
• Click "Open Multiple Files". After that, add video clips by clicking "+ Add".
• Unfold the "Play" button and select "Convert".
• Select a profile i.e. Video – H.264 + MP3 (MP4).
• Click "Start" button to run video converting process.

Solution 2. To change portrait videos to landscape in VLC:

• The rotation feature in VLC is concealed and not expressed as "Rotate".
• You need to go to: Tools > Effects and Filters > Video Effects > Geometry > Tick Transform > choose the proper rotation degrees.

Note: VLC cannot set a destination folder for batch conversion.

VLC allows you to do that only when you add a single video. If you added multiple videos, you'll find "Multiple Files Selected" in the destination path and you can do nothing to customize it. If you have 10 or more video clips and want to step away from being tortured by converting them one after another, try the following options:

• Handbrake – convert video to MP4 in batch to a new folder, but you have to switch back to VLC for video merging (It has been verified that merge video feature is unrealizable in Handbrake by its official site.)
• VideoProc Converter AI – the all-in-one solution to convert and merge videos in batch. You can save the newly merged video in whatever format or wherever on local drive as you wish.

Error 2. The Merged Video Has no Images but only Sound in VLC

Go and play the source video clips to see if any of them are corrupted. There is also a chance that the video conversion operated by VLC is incomplete or there was a video codec issue but VLC forced itself to complete the conversion. Try playing the merged video using some other media players such as Windows Media Player, KMPlayer, Potlayer, etc.

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Before we get started, first download and install this handy program on our PC or Mac computer.

Step 1. Open VideoProc Converter AI, click the "Video" button and then drag & drop your video clips that you wanted to merge with VLC.

Step 2. Click "Target Format", and check "Merge" option.

Step 3. Click the "RUN" button to convert and combine videos in one shot. Once done, you will have a new merged video.