How to join several videos into one

Joining clips turns a handful of separate recordings into one video you can share in a single go. The few decisions that matter are the order, the shape of the result, and what happens to the sound.

Set the order

Choose your first video, then add the others. The arrows move a clip up or down and Remove takes one out. The clips play in the order shown, and you can join up to ten at a time.

The first clip decides the shape

The joined video takes the size and shape of the first clip. A clip with a different shape is fitted inside it with black bars, so nothing is stretched or cut off. If you mix upright phone videos with widescreen ones, put the shape you want for the final video first.

What happens to the sound

Sound from each clip is carried across and stays with its own picture. A clip with no sound gets silence for its length, so the sound that follows still lines up with the right scene.

Time and file size

Joining makes the video again, so longer or bigger clips take longer. How big the result is depends on the footage and on the size and shape of the first clip, so it is not simply the clips added together. If it is too big to send, trim each clip first and compress the result afterwards.

Before you join

Trim each clip to just what you need. It is quicker than trimming one long result.
Use clips of the same shape where you can, all upright or all widescreen, so none of them gets black bars.
Play the result once, especially at the joins.

Join videos Free, no account, nothing uploaded.