# Merging videos

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029 "2021-09-13T20:48:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@johnov](https://forums.plex.tv/u/johnov)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029/1 "2021-09-13T20:48:41Z")

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Hi  
Please could anyone help me please, I’m new to plex.

I am trying to merge some home video clips together but for some reason when i for example try to merge 5 clips together i lose 4 of them and only see the 1st one a select, the only way to get them back is to split them apart and they come back.

Do you know why this is happening?

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029/2 "2021-09-13T20:58:39Z")

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Do you want to append/stack those 5 clips to 1 single item in your library or is this about 5 different versions of the same video?

Plex uses the term [merging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201018248-merge-or-split-items/) for the latter (e.g. different quality versions of the same content).  
Such merged items should have an option to `Play Version` in the context menu of the video’s page.

Or do you just want to “logically group” the clips (e.g. `Family X-Mas` or `Kids' Birthday Parties`)? That’s more a job for [Collections](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201273953-collections/).

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**Author:** ![johnov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@johnov](https://forums.plex.tv/u/johnov)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029/3 "2021-09-13T21:14:17Z")

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Thanks for your reply, they are different clips of kids birthday partys that i would like to merge together so can be watched in one go, all together

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029/4 "2021-09-13T21:24:40Z")

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## Option 1: Force them into a single item that’ll always play all of them

naming example:

```plaintext
Movies <- the top-level folder linked to your library
  Kid Birthday Party (2021)
    Kid Birthday Party (2021)-pt1.ext
    Kid Birthday Party (2021)-pt2.ext
    Kid Birthday Party (2021)-pt3.ext
    Kid Birthday Party (2021)-pt4.ext

```

This will produce a single item in your library called `Kid Birthday Party`. You won’t be able to play individual clips.

## Option 2: Collections

Keep the individual clips on their own but groups them as a collection (see link above).  
This way you can play the entire collection or individual clips.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/merging-videos/743029/5 "2021-12-12T21:25:39Z")

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