# Question about downloaded video

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-downloaded-video/498920>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 6, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-downloaded-video/498920 "2009-06-06T13:29:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![czarcaztic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@czarcaztic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/czarcaztic)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-downloaded-video/498920/1 "2009-06-06T13:29:52Z")

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I have downloaded video in the following file format:

abcde.wmv.001  
abcde.wmv.002  
etc  
etc  
abcde.wmv.018

I would like to join these together into one video, so that i can burn it to a DVD. I can rename the first section “abcde01.wmv” and it plays just fine, but when I rename the subsequent sections, they are not recognized by any media player that I have. Soooo…what am I doing wrong, or what other method of joining these should I be using? 😕 Bottom line, I just want to be able to watch this video on DVD.

Thanks for any help…I appreciate it.

Cz

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-downloaded-video/498920/2 "2009-06-06T13:42:28Z")

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You need a program called HJSplit to rejoin the numbered files. Google it; it’s free.

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**Author:** ![czarcaztic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@czarcaztic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/czarcaztic)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-downloaded-video/498920/3 "2009-06-06T15:02:34Z")

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Thanks, mhendo…that was EXACTLY what I was looking for!😃

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-downloaded-video/498920/4 "2009-06-06T15:12:18Z")

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Open command line and type the following:

```auto

copy /b abcde.wmv.001+abcde.wmv.002+.......+abcde.wmv.018 abcde.wmv

```