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Music visualisations

I'm using DLNA network in my home to show PC contents on TV that support DLNA. (Don't get confused, It's not like VGA or HDMI cable. TV gets files from PC and plays them, doesn't show screen of PC) ...
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Windows: Get duration of video file from command line?

In Windows, is there a way to get the duration (e.g. in seconds) of an AVI file from the command line? I'm fine with using 3rd party tools - the more common, the better. Thanks!
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How do I setup Windows 8 Video desktop wallpapers? [closed]

I know there is a DreamScene hack for Windows 7, however after reading how much the Windows 8 Desktop Windows Manager and Explorer differs from the Windows 7 / Vista variants I am really worried about ...
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Proper FFmpeg code to convert AVCHD 1080i Format to WMV files

Proper FFmpeg code to convert AVCHD 1080i Format to WMV files. The image size of the input file is 1440 x 1080 and I would like to keep it in HD if at all possible as I am going to make DVDs from ...
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Looking for video device driver for a Thinkpad R51 running Windows 7 Embedded Standard / Windows Thin PC

I'm looking for a video device driver for a Thinkpad R51 running Windows 7 Embedded Standard / Windows Thin PC. It shows up in the Device Manager as Video Controller, and it's Hardware Ids are ...
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What is the best way to play a video located on another computer in LAN?

I've got a desktop with a 500GB harddisc with some movies. I would like to play a video from it on my laptop which has only 64GB SSD and is in another room, but on the same LAN. For now both ...
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Indicate in Windows which video files have been viewed

A rather specific problem... I watch video's using VLC. (I've found Windows Media Player and XBMC too cumbersome.) We are always trying to find which was the latest show in a series that we last ...
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Use Media Player Classic to resynchronize subtitles?

I see that in Media Player Classic, under View - Subresync, there is a tool that should serve to resynchronize subtitles. What is the procedure exactly?
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With SSD drives, should I still use separate drives for OS, swap file, and audio/video files in a DAW?

For the best performance on a digital audio workstation (DAW), I had formerly understood that separate drives for the OS, virtual memory (swap) file, and project media files (audio, video, sample ...
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Convert 3D model to video [closed]

I am looking for a free software that I can run via command line under windows to convert a 3D model (stl, ply or 3ds file) into a video format like avi, mpeg or ogv. The object should rotate in the ...
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Watching 2 videos at the same time by splitting into audio channels

I'm trying to watch 2 Youtube videos at once on Windows 7 using a headphone by directing the audio from the 2 videos into 2 different ears. I.e. the audio from one video only uses the left channel, ...
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Video import to Movie Maker broken

I'm trying to import a 1 hour long video to Windows Movie Maker, but when I import it it's only 7 seconds long and has nothing on it. It has an error sign on it, and tells me to "double click to fix", ...
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Video card error or something else?

About a year ago I started having these glitches, they started appearing while watching video, but after a while they where nonstop and windows was unusable. I reinstalled windows 7 and everything was ...
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Unable to change metadata of m4v video file

I want to change title of a m4v video. I have tried Media Information (Ctrl+I) of VLC to change it, but its not working. I have also tried MetaX, but again no luck. I used both applications with ...
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How can I convert a video to h264, using pass-through if available?

On my Windows 7 computer, I have several videos that need converting to an iOS-friendly format. I'd like to do this as efficiently as possible. I have several kinds of videos: MKVs containing ...
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Media Information for Constant and Variable bit rate of Video files

What is this Maximum bit rate for a .mp4 format file whose bit rate mode is Constant? Media information displayed for MP4 (Using MediaInfo Tool) ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video ...
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Change video aspect ratio metadata

I have a video file whose resolution is 720x480, so the correct aspect ratio is 4:3, but when I play it, it is displayed in 16:9 ratio. I use MediaInfo to check the file and see that the Aspect Ratio ...
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Windows cannot enter very low-res video mode with modern graphics cards/drivers

NEW! I was trying to post here yesterday, but it kept giving me an error. I have discovered that it actually is not using DirectX at all, but GDI or whatever is the non-DX graphics in Windows (not ...
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Error message regarding DirectX not supported [closed]

I have Micron PC , I get an error message Card does not support DirectX 9 when I try to play Driving Speed 2. The graphics card is an Nvidia GForce 420. I have Windows XP Pro with service pack 3. ...
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copy list of video file names to text file along with their runtime?

Copy list of file names to text file? I am linking the above page because of its relevance to my question. Is there anything similar that can be done to output a 'plain' looking text file (or xml or ...
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How can I convert an m4v video to a widely viewable format using ffmpeg?

I have a m4v video generated by iMovie. I want to use ffmpeg to generate a widely viewable video on Windows. I cannot assume that the viewer will have VLC (or any other sophisticated viewer). It needs ...
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How to diagnose a duplicated fuzzy image on one laptop screen?

I have an older dell laptop that has suddenly gone from displaying the full resolution to showing the screen twice, almost like in widescreen mode, one on top of each other. They are very fuzzy, yet ...
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How do I record only a specific area of my desktop?

I have tried using Camstudio to record a specific area on my desktop. But every time I select a particular region it seems to offset it by a certain amount. I have tried Jing-It, which mostly works ...
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Converting 2D video into to 3D stereogram video

here are many 3D videos on YouTube that can be watched without 3D glasses, like this example. Is there any program (on any operating system) to convert 2D video to 3D which can be viewed without ...
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Low Cost or Free Windows + Mac non-linear editor that supports EDL import? [closed]

I am designing a piece of software to organize/sequence home movies. I'd like to export these sequences to a more traditional non-linear editor for the user to make precision trims between clips ...
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How to merge audio and video files with FFmpeg?

This is a question, similar to this one. I've tried following ffmpeg command: ffmpeg -i "video.mpg" -i "audio.mp3" -t 00:01:35.13 -vcodec copy -acodec copy result.with.sound.mpg And I've got some ...
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LED Display control software

My university bought new big led display from chinese manufacturers. What I want to do is, show some visualizations (like Windows Media Player, Winamp, Itunes ... does) with music. I'd just drag the ...
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How to split a mp4 video into jpg pictures?

I have a video(with 4 min) in mp4 format(probably MPEG-4) that I need to convert into a lot of pictures(jpg's). I would need to take a lot of Print Screen and paste on MS Paint to manually do that, ...
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How to play HD videos in low resolution, faster

I have a 1080p video and I want to play it in a medium configured PC running Windows XP. Since the system don't have much resources, the videos sometimes used to stall, or play in a slow motion. Is ...
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How to perform automatic, lossless cutting / splitting / chopping of video files?

I have various video files in H264 / xvid / mp4 / avi codecs/containers. Some of them are very long and I'd like to chop them down into 10 minute long segments. Are there any tools that can ...
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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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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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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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VLC freezes last frame from command line

Suppose I play a video file via VLC from the Windows command line. Are there command line parameters which cause VLC to stop at the last frame and just display it as a fixed image instead of closing ...
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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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My friend's computer plays a video and then shows a black screen on startup [duplicate]

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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What video format(s) should be used to serve Macs, PCs, and Mobile Devices?

In 2007, I started a site based on streaming and downloading poker strategy videos. At that point in time, the best solution I came up with for supporting users of Macs and PCs was to provide the ...
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Codecs, Premiere Pro & Quicktime: Import or Play Error

Original Question I've been using a FS-H200 (not the Pro variant) recorder with a JVC ProHD camera. I have been shooting with the DTE FORMAT to Quicktime (.mov). I copied the files to an external ...
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How to download a live video from the internet

I would like to know how to download a live video from the internet, My guess is that I could use downloadhelper.net or the Video DownloadHelper add-on. If not, how could I do that on Windows, Linux ...
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Play Video on CPU: “VIA Samuel 2”, 797 MHZ

Please help me track down if the hardware is able to output video. VLC 1.0 - 2.x.current are not possible to install (Problem occured, send report) VLC 0.3.x (very old) installs but hangs after 2sec ...
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Stream video from my Windows VPS?

I run a Linux distro on my laptop and I have access to a remote Windows 7 desktop as a VPS. I have movies on that VPS. How would I go about streaming them?
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Is there a way to add a “fade to black” effect to a video, from the command line?

I have a script to encode videos (using mencoder), but is there a way to add a simple "fade out/in to black" from the command line, preferably free (as in open source). It could be either on Windows ...
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Take frame from video with command-line utility in Windows

I want to take a frame of a video at a certain percentage of time (for example, 25%, 50% and 75%) and save it somewhere. I need this to be done from the command-line so I can automate it. Also, this ...
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how to get a printscreen of a video-still in windows?

Winxp running wmp in IE Neither Printscreen nor Gadwin are capable of capturing the image I can only assume that is is something to do with how the memory is captured/stored for video vs normal apps ...
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Is there any better idea to reverse a video and save it with and without voice? [closed]

What kind of programming language we have to use for this process or any free softwares are available ?
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How to write a video DVD on Windows XP? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recommended DVD Creator A friend of mine has a few .avi and .flv files (of mixed resolution and frame rate), and he'd like to convert them and burn a video DVD (VIDEO_TS ...
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Unattented conversion of PowerPoint presentations to video files

I want to be able to convert ppt to video files automatically, without user interaction on Windows. Like convert_ppt_to_video qqq.pptx --screen-size 1024x768 -o qqq.mkv. How it's better to attain ...
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Stream contents of a single window

I've been using VLC to stream my desktop over the network and it's great. However, I would like to stream only the contents of a specific window (like Alt + PrintScren works for screenshots). Is ...
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Install Windows without a graphic card

I am trying to check if it's possible to install Windows (no matter which version at the moment) without any graphic card in the hardware. So the question is not "how do I install Windows without a ...

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