Questions about video editing software and their related topics, not to be confused with video-conversion, which rather deals with 1:1 conversion issues. Video editing software is covered on Wikipedia: List of video editing software Popular non-linear editing tools include: adobe-premiere ...
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problems encoding 1080p60fps MTS files with ffmpeg to DNxHD proxy; plays too slow in NLE compositor window.
I was advised to encode my HD files with ffmpeg to DNxHD proxy with 220M bitrate rather then 45M so the image doesnt have too much artifacts. I reduced the framerate to 29.97 fps when I encoded the ...
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Mac video editors - Where are they? [closed]
For the life of me I can't find a video editor for Mac OS X that can edit the major formats. I switched recently. I used to use TMPGEnc Xpress 4 on Windows. It accepts any format and I can cut and ...
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Batch merge videos (some 200 videos) into single with blank screen (for 2-3 sec.) between each
There are similar questions on SU, but I have one ADDITIONAL requirement along with merging the videos.
I need to have a 2 seconds (or whatever seconds) of black screen between two consecutive ...
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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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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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Cutting AVI videos in Mac OS X
Is there a tool for Mac OS X which supports cutting .AVI files, but doesn't re-compress them? Command-line tools are also welcome.
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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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Joining webm videos under Linux
How can I concatenate several .webm files (e.g. downloaded from youtube) into a single file? I've tried a simple cat followed by "mencoder -forceidx -oac copy -ovc copy ..." - didn't work. I'm using ...
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Free adept video editing software?
Yes, this is another of countless free video editing software questions, but none of the others seems to fit my needs.
I have a problem, as the softwares in the answers look very complex and almost ...
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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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Pinnacle Studio Codecs
I'm having problems importing TV recordings into Pinnacle Studio 12 on Windows Vista. My STB records TS files. I believe the Australian digital standard is to use MP4 but I'm not certain. I have tried ...
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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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Still possible to extract video clip between bookmarks in VLC 1.1.3?
According to this blog post, back in 2007 or so VLC used to have the convenient ability to extract the clip between two bookmarks.
This would be phenomenally useful, but I don't see any sort of ...
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How to determine segments of footage held in common between different video files?
Context:
Say I have two video files--rips from a DVD or DV tape. They are both MKV or AVI format, some standard container or other, but were ripped separately, with different encoders, different ...
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ffmpeg to join videos
I previously learned that FFMpeg can join videos:
However, I am attempting to join recorded over-the-air broadcasts (.ts files), and I believe that minor hiccups in signal quality are causing FFMpeg ...
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What software can I use to computer-generate voiceover for videos?
In this YouTube video, some kind of software is used for generating the voiceover.
I'm using Windows 7. Is there any software available which does this kind of voiceover – but maybe in better ...
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Program to join TS videos using command line
I have a need to join .ts video files.
I know of http://www.ffprojects.net/tssplitter/ which works very well, but as far as I can tell it is GUI only.
I need to be able to do this from the command ...
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What hardware is needed to edit video fluently? [closed]
If you are going to edit a movie recorded in 1080p in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Adobe After Effects CS5.5, what hardware do you need to work fluently? (Those are probably the most demanding ...
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Video editing software to fill a long video in short time
I am looking for a open-source or free-ware software for Windows [XP] which can
fit a long video in a short time. If the video has a running time of 2 minutes it can be re-sized to fill in 1 minute ...
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How to burn a video to DVD so it fits
I have an m4v video i took while on vacation. It's large (2.3GB) and will fit on a DVD as a file. But i want to burn it in DVD format compatible with most American DVD players. Windows 7 Live Movie ...
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Can AviSynth decode .ac3 audio in Linux?
Using AviSynth in Linux (via wine), I've encountered problems decoding .ac3 audio.
Insatalling AC3Filter didn't work; it appears to install, but the config GUI doesn't run, nor does my script.
The ...
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What programs to use for Animated Cartoon Video
I want to make a video similar to this one, which includes a lot of animation and text (click to view):
But what software would you use for this? Would Illustrator + After Effects be enough?
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Make recorded voice sound like specific tenor / actor?
This might seem unusual but I need to edit an audio file(wav) that is saying some sentences for a presentation and make it sound like a certain tenor that I can find audio samples in the Internet.
I ...
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How do I restore a Sony-Vegas-10 scaled (Ctrl+Drag edge) clip to its original scale?
That is, once I've scaled a clip in Sony Vegas 10, I can't re-scale it back to its original length. Maybe I can only after I've split it? I need to re-insert the clip from the media list, and if I've ...
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How can I hide the motion paths in Adobe Premier Elements 10?
I recently purchased Adobe Premier Elements, and it does have keyframed animation, but the "monitor" pannel gets really crowded with these little dots very quickly. It obscures my view of the picture ...
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Adding captions to a video clip (preferably on MAC OS)
I'm creating a scientific video clip for a conference, and I need to add captions to the movie. So,
How can I add caption to a video?
Here are some more details:
I'm working on either mac os or ...
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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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Is there a tool which can resume video conversion?
I'm using Handbrake for converting and resizing my video files, but other users come and close my video conversion process. There is no resume facility in the software.
Because of this, I just have ...
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Unable to cut out part of video with ffmpeg
What I want to do
I'm trying to cut a video for a science project under Ubuntu 11.10 with latest ffmpeg,
I also tried Kino and avidemux where the video failed to even open properly although it plays ...
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Are there software enabling translation when seeing a video?
I have videos , flv format, the language spoken is american-english and I don't understand most of what is said. So I need that there is a translation below the screen when I see the video. So are ...
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Lossless cutting of MPEG TS files in Windows
I have several HD video files in transport stream (.ts) format, recorded with my satellite receiver.
I want to cut them, as in simply remove a few minutes from the beginning, the end and sometimes a ...
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Progressively Accelerate Video with ffmpeg
I'm currently trying to make a time lapse video. This can be done fine with iMovie, however, I'm having one simple issue. Is there any way to accelerate a video progressively with any open source ...
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Add timer/stopwatch overlay to video - is there any free or cheap software?
I'd like to add stopwatch overlay with seconds counter to video file (in the middle, also insert some additional captions). What is the best free or cheap software for such task?
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1080p to 720p converter that converts very fast
Any ideas about a good 1080p to 720p converter that is able to convert a video of 90 minutes in less than several hours? (maybe like in 2, 3 or 4 hours ;-)
The compression of a file is H.264/MPEG-4 ...
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Why does dvd-slideshow fail to create an output file?
I'm trying to follow the instructions here.
It fails at the end. When I look at the log file, this is what it says.
[dvd-slideshow] Multiplexing audio and video...
[dvd-slideshow] ERROR during mplex ...
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Tool for remixing audio channel of a video
I am looking for an online service or freeware tool that can remix the audio channel of my video.
More specifically I am looking for an easy one-time way to add background music to my video - but ...
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Automatic scene detection
I'm looking for a program which is able to split movie into parts depending on a scene change. So if movie consists of forest landscape and fishes in aquarium then I want to get two movies: the first ...
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Joining and editing videos from Canon DSLR camera
I recorded some videos using my Canon T3i DSLR and my camera kept stopping the recording. I ended up with a number of short videos that I want to join together. I tried doing this using Windows Movie ...
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Cut part from video file starting from startpos to endpos (ffmpeg)
I have a video file of 30 minutes, but I want to extract a video from 00:09:23 to 00:25:33. I can define the startposition with -ss, but I couldn't find one for the end position. Any help please?
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How do I trim OGV files without re-encoding?
So first, a little background. I record videos using recordMyDesktop. It's not the gtk or qt wrappers, I just use the command line. The command looks like this.
recordmydesktop -o file.ogv ...
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How can I achieve this inclination and depth effect in screencasts?
Here is an example of what I would like to do: http://vimeo.com/32852176
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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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Aspect ratio of video sliced with FFmpeg unintentionally changes
I am trying to extract a small part from a larger video without changing the codecs, resolution or something else. Therefore, I use FFmpeg with the following settings.
ffmpeg -vcodec copy -acodec ...
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Sound out of sync after merging multiple mp4 files with Avidemux
I am trying to join (merge) two or more .mp4 files together, without re-encoding.
Here is what I did:
Started Avidemux 2.5.5.
With File->Open, selected Input1.mp4.
I received this message - "H.264 ...
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Inadequate Power Supply - Can I upgrade Video Card on Dell XPS 8300 to assist Video Editing?
I have a Dell XPS 8300 with i7-2600 and 16GB RAM. It has a Radeon 6450. It also has an amazing (as in, incredible) 125 Watt power supply. Somehow, it runs.
Recently, I wanted to work with video from ...
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How to blur vehicle plates in video files?
I would like to make all car tags in a given video unrecognizable. I know there are methods of doing this automatically, as it happens on Google Street View.
Is there any tool that could process my ...
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Changing colours based on neighbouring pixels in Adobe Premiere
I'm trying to make a mask to key out a video in Premiere. But this question applies to photoshop pictures too, really.
My human brain has a very simple solution for this problem: all those white ...
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How to go about setting up a virtual newsroom? [closed]
I am looking to set up a virtual newsroom, to do sme broadcasting fro a non profit.
Does anyone have actual experience of doing this - and can you recommend what equipment (hardware) and software ...
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Concatenating ogg video files from the command line
Okay. I've got a few ogg files I've created using a desktop recording tool. I've transcoded them using ffmpeg once (mainly to clip out the beginnings and the ends).
Now, I have 3 such files which I ...
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High quality video frame grab under Linux
There is a software (I suppose there are more) under Windows, which claims to take high quality frameshots from videos, called Moment
I suppose it works in a way that it takes a set of consecutive ...
