Creating a Quick Action to Combine Multiple Videos Together

This guide assumes FFmpeg is already installed. If you need to install FFmpeg, follow the guide here

  • Download the zip file with the Automator Action below:

  • Check where FFmpeg was installed by copying and pasting the command below into terminal, then hitting enter

which ffmpeg
  • Copy the output

  • Right click on workflow you'd like to install, and click open with Automator

  • Replace “[FFMPEG PATH HERE]” with the output from “which ffmpeg”. The line should look like

FFMPEG="/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg"
  • Save the workflow

  • Double click the workflow to install it

  • Select multiple movie files in finder, then right click and hover over “Quick Actions” then “Combine Videos

  • A finder window will open asking where the combined video wants to be saved

  • Press "Save" and the script will run, combining the movie files

Depending on the size of files this Quick Action may take a few minutes

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