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Having trouble reading a YUV video with mplayer/mencoder

I'm making some experiences with the YUV raw video format. This YUV video I created (with ppmtoy4m from mjpegtools, from a series of screenshots taken at 24 fps) plays OK with Totem, correct rate, ...
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Is there a relation between a video file size and buffering speed on Youtube? [closed]

For example assume I have 2 video files of similar length while the first one is 100Mb and the second one is 30Mb. Does the 30Mb one will load faster on Youtube? NOTE: I'd like to know for sure, not ...
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How can I multiplex a video and audio stream?

I have a seperate video and audio stream (coming from IPWebcam on an android device), and would like to multiplex (and perhaps transcode) them into a single video file, using a linux server. How can I ...
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Add custom resolution to Control Panel in Windows

I have an ATI Radeon HD 4800 graphic card, when I open CCC I can select many different resolutions. When I open Control Panel > Screen Resolution, I only get few resolutions (1920x1080x, 1280x1024, ...
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How do I remove all metadata from a quicktime movie file?

My camera takes .mov files as movies. How can I remove all metadata from them so I can feel confident sharing them on youtube without accidentally sharing when/where they were filmed, what type of ...
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Multimedia PDF (Audio, Video and Links) That works on Desktop and iOS

We've got a client that wants to have a PDF that has embedded audio, video and links. Using Acrobat Pro 9.x I've been able to embed all three no problem. They all work/playback if I use Acrobat ...
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MP4Box separate A/V streams out of sync

I'm trying to write a script to convert wmv files to mp4, using MP4Box to put the streams into the container. I've got it outputting a working file with audio and video, but they aren't properly ...
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Video driver slows down after Adobe flash crashes

I have this really weird and annoying problem. Sometimes, not always video playback makes Flash crash in the browser (I use Chrome 19.0.1084.46 Official Build 135956 but as far as I remember it is the ...
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How to display video/powerpoint/full screen info on secondary monitor at ALL times, but don't change “primary” screen?

I have a laptop that I use for demos of software. I play videos telling about it and powerpoints, and other full-screen things. I want to keep my laptop's built in screen as the primary display, but ...
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What DVI splitter cable do I need?

I have a Dell Precision T5400, with a single graphics output port. In the box came a splitter to split it to two standard monitor cables. I have two monitors with DVI inputs, so I'd rather use those, ...
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Copying video from iPhone 4 to PC results in 0 Byte file

I have taken several videos – some up to 10 minutes long – on my iPhone 4. I can't get them off the phone. It keeps telling me there isn't enough storage. There is plenty – especially on my ...
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Command-line tool to split video at timepoints?

I have an hour-long video that I want to split into individual clips at arbitrary timepoints. I could do this by hand in iMovie, or even borrow a machine with Final Cut, but there are upwards of ...
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How do I crop or black out personal information from a large number of short video clips

I have a large number (1000+) of very short (<20s) .avi that show captured medical imaging data. These images need to be published for public distribution. I need to crop/blur/black out the ...
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Dual monitor set up using DVI and HDMI

My desktop comes with a DVI port and a HDMI port. I currently have a monitor connected to DVI port and it works fine. I'm wondering if I can use the remaining HDMI port for a second monitor. I ...
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Company video streaming to customers [closed]

our company need from time to time make some video conferences. Microsoft Lync and Skype solutions are not good because we need to stream up to 2000 viewers. My idea is to use some service like ...
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Stream Video from Android to Internet

I have an old Android phone (Droid 1) that I no longer use but, if possible, I'd like to set it up so that it streams a video feed to the internet. Something I can view in a browser. Obviously, it ...
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Which browsers implement the HTML 5 media source extension?

The HTML 5 media source extension can be used to fetch media data in JavaScript in order to feed a HTML 5 media element. I know it is only a draft right now but are there already browsers which ...
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What bunch of ffmpeg scripts do I need to run “Video for everybody”?

What list of commands should I do in ffmpeg/mencoder/some_other_CLI_app to get a video in all the right formats to use Video for Everybody? i.e. Is there a subtlety that prevents there being a ...
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Why does video conversion make my video look like an old movie?

I have downloaded some videos from you tube of a boxing match. It looks fine on You tube. After I download and convert the video, the sudio is fine and matches the video but the actual video looks ...
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ffmpeg trimmed video does not support jumping to a time position

After a video is cut, the player (mplayer) cannot jump to a specific time position anymore. Clicking the timeline will usually end the playback. How can this be fixed?
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Ubuntu 12.04 not showing video after upgrade from 11

After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 VLC or any other media player that plays .mov, .mp4, .wmv etc. is playing with a blank screen but audio is fine. It was working on 11 before the upgrade. Any ...
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What could cause a video to play poorly in VLC?

I am playing a high quality (1080p) video using VLC inside a qemu-kvm virtual machine. The OS on my virtual machine is gentoo and the host OS is Ubuntu. The video experience is very jerky : the video ...
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Date of videos seen differently by Picasa and by the filesystem

I have several photos and videos in a particular picasa folder, which I've sorted by date. But I've noticed that some of the videos are appearing out of order. Upon closer inspection, I see the date ...
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How does bitrate differ for the same resolution and framerate?

Reading about video quality I found that it depends of resolution, frames per second and bitrate, which decides the size of the video. My question is how the bitrate is calculated and how it can ...
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How long do you pause on each word when displaying text in a video? [closed]

Background: I'm displaying text in a video and I'm trying to find the formula for how long to display each word. For example, how long would the following be displayed: "The following program is ...
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Where can I learn about Video, Audio Images from Scratch? [closed]

FVL? H.263? AAC? H.264? WEBM?, AVI? MP4? MPG? IS there any good reference for learning this stuff from scratch? Wikipedia is not very good at start. Wich book or paper cover the entire topic?
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What is the preferrable way to archive a private DVD collection?

The problem: a big collection (about 100 DVDs) of old home videos which have been burned to DVDs. Some of them are already damaged and are barely playable (often depending on the used DVD player). ...
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Sorenson Squeeze H.264 codec options

I am Sorenson Squeeze user. How should I modify these options in H.264 codec to result best, highest output video quality? (I don't mind and don't care about encoding speed or CPU performance. just ...
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Key frame in H.264 mainconcept [closed]

Hello I am Sorenson Squeeze 8 user, and please tell me what is "key frame" in H.264 codec. how many keyframes would be better for highest output video quality?
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Video larger than screen size in Google Chrome

There is this website which is adapted to iPad, it has videos that can play directly in Chrome, but the video player is larger than my screen size, I have to scroll up and down. Is there any ...
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Why do my videos not take up the full screen?

I usually just use Windows Media player, though I've tried Zune and VLC to play back video files (mp4, avi). However, most video files do not fully maximize to the screen – rather, it is a slightly ...
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How to embed a flash video in PowerPoint 2007

I am having trouble embedding the following html code: <object width="480" height="340"><param name="movie" ...
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Intel(R) 82865G limited to MAX 96 MB Mem - Any way to override and increase?

I have an old HP desktop with an onboard Intel 82865G running Windows XP (SP3), and while it does 1920x1080, if something requires more than 96 MB of video memory, it crashes, or fails, or generates ...
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Script for cutting videos based on edit list

I have a bunch of game footage from my soccer team's season and I've assigned each of my teammates one game to watch and write down the time intervals where highlights occur. Now instead of having ...
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vlc freeze last frame from commandline

Suppose I play a video file via vlc from windows commandline. Are there commandline parameters which cause vlc to stop at the last frame and just display it as a fixed image instead of closing the ...
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Portable pdf-viewer which supports video embeddings produced by latex movie15 or media9 [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Portable pdf-viewer where I can configure which external movie player is used Is there any portable pdf-viewer for windows which supports embedded videos produced by ...
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Can handbrake flip / rotate video?

I'd like to use handbrake to compress some video shot with a camera that was mounted upside down. I found reference to a command-line "rotate" option, but can't find it in the GUI. See: ...
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Convert video into format which is most likely playable on a windows system

I have some flv and mp4 videos, which I need to convert to a format which is playable on an a Windows Vista system (for a presentation). The problem is, that I cannot test the videos on the system on ...
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Open source video player that supports DXVA on XP?

Is there a open source video player that can use DXVA on XP 32bit? Video card is GT440. Currently using PotPlayer which uses DXVA successfully but is closed source.
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Connect Acer Aspire 5552-7819 to two Samsung P2770FH Samsung monitors thru Matrox DualHead2Go

I have an Acer Aspire 5552-7819 with the following specs: AMD Phenom II X2 N660 cpu ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 display adapter I'm trying to connect it to two Samsung P2270FH monitors thru a Matrox ...
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Handbrake: How to retain sharpness when down-sampling video during an encode?

I have a bunch of 1280x720 resolution videos, but I really don't need to have that high resolution, so I thought of re-encoding and resizing them to 852x480 to save some space, but I noticed Handbrake ...
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Totem and MPlayer not displaying video correctly in Mint 11

Whenever I try to play a video file in Totem or MPlayer (I've tested OGV, MP4, MPG), it displays in very odd ways (depending on program). Videos play fine in VLC, Banshee, Google Chrome etc. I think I ...
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How to open and repair an m4v video file?

Yesterday I was filming a scene with my phone but suddenly the application crashed and when I try to open the m4v generated it says that is corrupted. I have downloaded the video files (around 36MB) ...
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My friend's computer plays a video and then shows a black screen on startup [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now? He is running Windows 7. At startup, the computer shows a video on the screen (full screen, I think). ...
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LCD flickers when OS boots

I have a IBM Thinkpad model A22m. When I first turn it on the LCD image is fine. As soon as the laptop begins to boot I have alternating light and dark image areas from top to bottom of the screen. ...
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What is “Content ID”? How to add , remove or change it?

I hear that video files had a so called Content ID which is used to identify that? What is a content ID? Is it a fixed length code store inside the video file? Or is it an ID given on registration ...
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Windows Explorer: What video file did I view last?

I have a lot of episodes on my computer, but I always forget, what episode I watched last. Is there a plugin or some possibility to see in Windows Explorer, what file I opened the last time or when I ...
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Is there a command analogous to afinfo for videos on a Mac OS X?

OS X has the command afinfo to fetch audio file info. Is there a similar command to fetch video file info for videos (mov,m4v) other than the mdls command?
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VRAM isn't showing up properly after install of ATI Radeon HD 5570

I bought a new computer and did a fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I updated all my drivers to current, including the ones for my two ATI Radeon HD 5570 Graphics Cards. They each have ...
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Connecting Dell XPS 17/HP Pavilion dv7 (nvidia GT 650M) to Apple LED Cinema Display for 2560x1440 resolution from notebook

Is there any way to run higher than 1080p resolution from a Dell XPS 15/17 or HP Pavilion laptop? Specifically, I am planning to buy Dell XPS L721X or HP Pavilion dv7-7005tx with nvidia GeForce GT ...

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