Merge avi's by name

[Qwerty147]

Hi, I have over 1000 avi files that I'd like to combine
They are in format YY-MM-DD_HH-MMSS.avi and I'd like to combine all the YY-MM-DD files together.

e.g.
05-07-06_20-5300.avi
05-07-06_20-5400.avi
05-07-06_20-5500.avi
05-07-10_15-4700.avi
05-07-10_15-5600.avi
would be merged and the resulting files called 05-07-06.avi and 05-07-10.avi

Is this something HandBrake can do for me?

Thanks

[Woodstock]

No, handbrake does not merge files.

The ffmpeg.org web page has examples of doing this with ffmpeg, including optional change of container type.

[Qwerty147]

Thanks Woodstock for the prompt response, I'll take a look

[Deleted User 13735]

With AVI files, simple concatenation in a Windows prompt will work as well as anything.

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COPY /B 05-07-06_20-5300.avi+05-07-06_20-5400.avi Output.AVI

To be clear, you can add your AVI files to Handbrake's Queue list and output a single MP4 file, as well.