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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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What parameters should I be looking at to reduce the size of a .MOV file?
My Canon 60D creates .MOV files when recording video and I've found out that the .MOV container has an H264 video stream and a PCM audio stream.
I've used ffmpeg and GSpot to look at some of my ...
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Can I transcode a video if I have an application that can play it?
My condo complex was burglarized last week and I've been tasked with retrieving the video from our security system to provide to law enforcement. The system is an older DVR (DiViS DVR - warning: PDF ...
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Which resize algorithm to choose for videos?
I'm using VirtualDub for encoding with those settings.
However I record my stuff in 1920x1080 and resize it down to 1280x720. Now the question: which algorithm should I choose when making a balanced ...
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Do motion-heavy and motion-light scenes influence the total encoding time?
I'm an avid gamer. Occasionally I like to record my gameplay with Fraps and upload it on YouTube. For my encoding I use Komisar's x264 codec in VirtualDub with the following settings: link to image
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Where is synchronization information stored in container formats?
Multiple audio streams, video streams and subtitles are stored in one container. These are played back together.
Where is the synchronization information stored in the container format? In meta-data ...
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Best Intel Quick Sync software for h.264 transcoding
I would like to know the best (fast) software for video encoding and transcoding video into h.264 that makes use of Intel Quick Sync.
I looked at Media Espresso by Cyberlink but it does not have many ...
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Why Handbrake compressing a video from a DVD can become 300MB, 1GB, or 2GB when the original should be only 600MB?
Handbrake can convert a DVD clip which is about 30 minutes to a 300MB .mkv file. For experiment, I tried also 1GB file size and 2GB, and they both came out as 1GB or 2GB.
But I estimate that the ...
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Automated Video Encoding Solution
The Problem
I have around 3000+ videos growing daily. Each of these videos need to be converted to H.264, with 2 audio tracks, straight through and Stereo in an M4V container. I currently use a .Net ...
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How do you splice out a part of an xvid encoded avi file, with ffmpeg? (no problems with other files)
Im using the following command, which works for most files, except what seems to be xvid encoded ones
/usr/bin/ffmpeg -sameq -i file.avi -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:00:30 -ac 2 -r 25 -copyts output.avi
So ...
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Converting a video from VOB to AVI while making the file smaller
How do I convert a video from one format, in this case a .vob into another, say .avi?
I have a DVD of 4.2 GB and would like to convert that to a smaller filesize and different format of an .avi file ...
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Recommend me a good video format to encode my video
I recently got a helmet camera for my motorbike and was able to make videos, however it stores it in Motion JPEG, which is very space inefficent. 30 minutes of 640x480 takes up 2GB. I can convert that ...
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Is there any way to distribute x264 encoding jobs across multiple computers (to increase the encoding speed)?
Does anyone know of a current, active solution to encoding x264 videos across many computers (via the network) to increase encoding FPS?
Brownie points for cross-platform and open source, but just so ...
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Video encoding for archival
I would like to archive some home videos (DV). I don't need to save them losslessly, but I would like to encode them in something high-quality.
What format is both pretty indistinguishable from the ...
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How do you put clips from a DVD into a website?
I have a promotional DVD from a client, and they want to put clips from it on their website.
I'm in a Windows environment, so I'm looking for a decent video editor program, free would be preferred. ...
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How do I use my gpu to speed up video encoding
I have a ATI graphics card (Radeon HD 4870), I have read that I can use this to significantly speed up encoding dvd to avi.
Does anyone know how?
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How do I reduce the size of a huge MP4 video?
I paid $59.95 for Vimeo Plus only to find that there is a 1 Gigabyte limit on video size.
I have a 4 GB MP4 video file that I shot with the HD Flip Mino. How do I reduce it to no more than 1 GIG ...
