How to join short MP4 video clips?

buyitall

Hi,
I need to join together some video clips I have taken on my Android phone (Galaxy S5), they are just short clips, total length when joined together will be less than 5 mins. I also have the video clips copied onto my laptop. I took the videos separately, thinking it would be really easy to make them into one single video - it seems that it isn't that easy after all!
Can anyone recommend a free programme for pc, or an app from the Play store which will do what I need? Thanks in advance for any advice

buyitall

Update: After trying many programmes and apps, some of which would add music and effects whether you liked it or not, some of which would join and play but not allow you to save - The app 'Video Editor' (the clue's in the name )on the play store did exactly what I wanted - just joined up the video clips and saved them on my phone

AshleyPomeroy

Good old Virtualdub will append several video clips one after the other, although beyond that it's more suited for effects than sequence editing:
http://www.virtualdub.org/

The only problem is that it might not open your files (it should do by now) and in general Virtualdub comes from the Linux school of user-friendliness, e.g. it's actively user-hostile. Like in Fight Club, you know? Where they shout at the chap for being too blonde; it's part of the initiation ritual.

Here's a guide:
http://www.wikihow.com/Merge-AVI-Files#Joining_AVI_Files_With_VirtualDub

Bollotom

If you go to Give Away of the Day there's a program that might suit. It's free but only until 8-00am tomorrow. :cool:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

Laz123

Try ASF file splitter it may work http://www.gilisoft.com/asf-splitter.html

johnmc

Or you could try Microsoft's bundled offering, Windows Movie Maker

Laz123

johnmc wrote: »

Or you could try Microsoft's bundled offering, Windows Movie Maker

But that involves re-rendering, with the other choices there's not.