user10616: I am looking for a scripting language that can handle cutting together 50+ mp4 files.  In addition to this I'd also like it if I can provide a text file with the date of each video and make some sort of slightly opaque box containing the date that I can burn over the video.  Is there a good tool out there for this?  Most of the stuff I've found only works on avi files.

user3029: Consider the following technologies:

ffmpeg + command line 
Adobe After Effects + ExtendScript language (based on JavaScript) 
Sony Vegas Pro + C# language (or any other Microsoft .NET language)


10616: <p>I am looking for a scripting language that can handle cutting together 50+ mp4 files.  In addition to this I'd also like it if I can provide a text file with the date of each video and make some sort of slightly opaque box containing the date that I can burn over the video.  Is there a good tool out there for this?  Most of the stuff I've found only works on avi files.</p>
 3029: <p>Consider the following technologies:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>ffmpeg + command line </p></li>
<li><p>Adobe After Effects + ExtendScript language (based on JavaScript) </p></li>
<li><p>Sony Vegas Pro + C# language (or any other Microsoft .NET language)</p></li>
</ol>
