combine mp4 files

I have read masses of items on the web re this but failed to find a satisfactory answer. I want a way to QUICKLY combine two fairly large mp4 files - about 1.8GB each and in identical format straight off a video camera. At present I use mpeg Streamclip which is great and does the job in about a minute or so. However it looks as if it will not be made 64bit and will therefore shortly die. Using 'cat' script technique in terminal works fine with .mts files but with mp4 seems to have the (known) problem of combining the files but Quicktime etc only sees the first file due to some header issue which I (as a non expert) don't fully understand - and the solutions to that are more than a bit over my head. I know I can just add the files to Quicktime (or other software apps) and EXPORT but that is slow - for my purpose speed is important. Any ideas out there??

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 1, 2019 1:14 PM

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May 2, 2019 3:43 AM in response to Limnos

I have downloaded Subler but find it very difficult to understand. Can Limnos or anyone else tell me what to do with it. I have imported my files to Subler (each file shows the two streams for video and audio). I then have 4 lines showing in Subler plus a line titled metadata. Checking all the files (or the 4 excluding metadata) and doing 'save' just creates the one file with only the first video file playing. ie same problem as I mentioned I have with 'cat' joining. With Subler should I somehow be altering the heading in metadata. If so I'm afriad my level of understanding is nil and I need line by line instruction if anyone can help.

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