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Picmal’s Media section has a Combine Videos tool for joining clips end-to-end, rather than converting them one by one. Drop in a few videos, put them in order, and get a single file back. Like everything else in Picmal, it runs entirely on your Mac.

Combine Videos

Section titled “Combine Videos”
  1. Select Combine Videos in the sidebar
  2. Drop two or more videos into the window
  3. Drag rows to set the order — the list order is the play order
  4. Click Combine

Combine Videos in Picmal: three video clips queued under the Media section of the sidebar, with the Video Options popover showing the output format and name

The combined file is saved next to the first one as <name> (combined).<ext>. If that name is taken, Picmal counts up instead of overwriting — <name> (combined) 2.mp4, and so on.

  • Drag rows to reorder; the number on each row is its position in the finished video.
  • Select rows and press Delete to remove them, or right-click for Remove / Show in Finder.
  • A file Picmal can’t read as video shows an orange warning and blocks the combine. Remove it and try again.

Lossless when it can be

Section titled “Lossless when it can be”

When every clip in the list already shares the same codec, resolution, and frame rate, Picmal joins the streams without re-encoding — it’s fast and there’s no quality loss. Mix formats or sizes (say a 720p MP4 and a 1080p WebM) and it scales each clip onto the first one’s frame and re-encodes to match. Either way you get one continuous video.

Output format

Section titled “Output format”

Open Video Options to choose the output format. Leave it on Same as first file to keep the first clip’s format — the setting that keeps a matched combine lossless — or pick MP4, MOV, MKV, or WebM to convert everything as it combines. WebM is re-encoded to VP9; the rest use H.264. Your choice is remembered between sessions.

Output name

Section titled “Output name”

In the same popover, type a name for the combined file, or leave it blank for the automatic <name> (combined) name. The extension follows the output format you picked. The file is always saved next to the first input.

Use it from Shortcuts and the terminal

Section titled “Use it from Shortcuts and the terminal”

Combine Videos is available beyond the app window:

  • In Shortcuts, the Combine Videos action takes videos in and returns the finished file. See Integrations.
  • From the terminal, use picmal-cli combine-videos to join clips. See Command line.

Like Convert and Compress, the tool requires an active license.