# Linking audio/video files

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-audio-video-files/214927>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 24, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-audio-video-files/214927 "2003-11-24T03:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-audio-video-files/214927/1 "2003-11-24T03:05:34Z")

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Is there a relatively easy way for a computer non-expert such as myself to link together individual audio/video files into a single file? I have various formats like MPEG, Real Player (.ra), and something called Windows Audio/Video file (is this .wav?), but I just want to connect files with similar formats not cross between different ones.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-audio-video-files/214927/2 "2003-11-24T06:18:19Z")

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MPEG files you can splice together easily with [TMPEGEnc](http://www.pegasys-inc.com/) in the MPEG Tools section. [VirtualDub](http://www.virtualdub.org) does a pretty good job with Windows Audio/Video files (.avi). I think you’ll need Real Audio Pro to merge .ra files, but I’m not sure about that.