Just like video splitting, video merging is also a very important part of video editing. By splitting or trimming videos, you can get only any specific part of a long video. On the other end, by merging videos, you can join or combine two or more short videos clips into one long video file. Today we will demonstrate how you can do the opposite, join or merge video files together using different video editors on both Windows and Mac.
Contents
- Method 1. Combine multiple videos in QuickTime Player on Mac
- Method 2. Merge two videos with LosslessCut on Windows or Mac
Method 1. Combine multiple videos in QuickTime Player on Mac
QuickTime Player is the default video player on Mac. We can not only play all kinds of media files with it, but also edit a wide range of video and audio files using this pre-installed app on Mac.
Open a video in QuickTime Player, then click Edit menu and choose Add Clip to End…, then choose the second video and insert it after the first video clip in the QuickTime Player.
The player control bar will now turn into a container box where the video thumbnails are placed. You can drag the video thumbnails to re-order them.
To merge multiple video files and save them to your Mac as one video file, click File menu, choose Export As, select target video resolution, 480p, 720p, 1080p or 4K, name the video file, choose a different directory to save it if like, finally click the Save button to complete.
Method 2. Merge two videos with LosslessCut on Windows or Mac
LosslessCut is a free and open source video/audio editing tool for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Click Tools from the top menu bar, choose Merge/concatenate files from the drop-down menu list.
You will then be prompted to select and add source video files that you intend to join them together. Use Shift+click or Ctrl+click to select multiple files and add them into LosslessCut.
The Batch file list displays all videos you have added, you can rearrange the order in the list or delete unwanted files from the list. When you have put them in the right order, click the Merge button.
Click the Merge button to join all media files together into one.