How to concatenate two MP4 files using FFmpeg?

Question

I\'m trying to concatenate two mp4 files using ffmpeg. I need this to be an automatic process hence why I chose ffmpeg. I\'m converting the two files into .ts files and th

Answer 1

The concat protocol described here; https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate#protocol

When implemented using named pipes to avoid intermediate files

Is very fast (read: instant), has no frames dropped, and works well.

Remember to delete the named pipe files and remember to check if the video is H264 and AAC which you can do with just ffmpeg -i filename.mp4 (check for h264 and aac mentions)