by the way, i read the guide about joining different files as one with tmpgenc... should i set the environmental settings as instructed and then just add one file by one as a batch encode? or if im to add all three at the same time plz explain how

ive done that already, but it doesnt seem to work, heres what ive done so far: i set the environmental settings so that videos that end in numbers are taken as one (at least that what i understand that option does), then i do according to your guide for all my files, which end in 01, 02, and 03 respectively, but instead of creating a single, aprox. 4.7 GB file it starts creating 3 (im not sure what size they end up being, i really dont want to wait for all 3 files to encode to discover i made a mistake), is this supposed to be this way? what am i doing wrong?

their 3 different episodes (files, movies), their encoded by the same group and all...

well, sort of, last time i tried i got 3 4.7 files, im guessing this could have happened if i didnt set batch encode or maybe something went wrong when i set disk space...dont remember well though, ill try as batch encode on all 3 and see what happens, just to make sure, all 3 files im encoding should add up to roughly 4.7 gyga\'s once their encoded right?

afonic, thenk you for ur help, every thing worked ok, EXCEPT, that two of my files became twice as long.... at the last frame, the video keeps running displaying the last frame, and with no sound, making my 22 min file into a 1 hour 10 min file! is this ok? or if its not, what should i do???

Try to fix the video BEFORE you encode to MPEG2. Load the DivX file in VirtualDub and chop the last frames or use a utility like VideoFixer that can find and correct any mistakes automatically.