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Continuously sending video data to devices such as other computers, mobile phones or TV sets.

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What does Matroska have which WebM doesn't, that made the differentiation necessary?

I've read that WebM is essentially a subset of the Matroska format. What does Matroska support that WebM doesn't, which necessitated "christening" a new format rather than just saying "...
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Downloading m3u8 videos [closed]

I am trying to download video from a .m3u8 livestream video format. How can I download m3u8 videos using software on my personal computer such as ffmpeg, youtube-dl, VLC, etc? M3U is a computer file ...
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Why is VNC on Windows so slow?

In a test, I could stream a full HD movie across our network from my friend's computer, no problem. It's as fast as I could want. But VNC is painfully slow. We've tried Real VNC and Tight VNC, I've ...
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Download video from Microsoft Stream

I'd like to download video from Microsoft Teams, or better yet, from Microsoft Stream. I read that this function is available only for the owner. The problem is the following: from tomorrow my ...
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Capture RTSP stream from IP Camera and store

I've got a few IP Cameras which output an RTSP (h264 mpeg4) stream. Hitting the URL locally via VLC: rtsp://192.168.0.21:554/mpeg4 I can stream the camera and dump to disk (on my desktop). I'd like ...
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Creating MP4 videos ready for HTTP streaming

How can I convert some.flv or some.avi or some.wmv with FFmpeg to be sure that this video will be playable and seekable in JW Player?
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How much bandwith is required to stream 1080p?

I am wondering how much bandwith is required to stream a 1080p movie from for example Youtube. I am aware that there may be things such as compression that come in play here, but can anyone provide a ...
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How can I download stream videos with rtmp protocol? From Harvard Extension, more specifically

I've been having trouble downloading video lectures from Harvard Extension School. I was hoping I could take CS171, but I found myself having to spend awful lot of time waiting for endless buffering. ...
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Can I make a video not downloadable? [closed]

I'm a user who has Internet Download Manager and I haven't met any video content that couldn't be downloaded by IDM. Now I would place some videos on my website and make them not downloadable, or at ...
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Computer won't play any online video until I reboot

For some reason, sometimes when I put my Windows 10 PC (Geforce GTX 970) to sleep and bring it back up, online videos will NOT play. Doesn't matter the browser (I've tried Chrome, Firefox, IE), or ...
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How do I play a RTMP stream in VLC?

I'm trying to get a RTMP stream to play on VLC and the URL is in this format: rtmp://76.10.10.240/liverepeater/mp4:name.mp4 I'm able to record the stream with CooJah but I only want to watch it via ...
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Can YouTube (e.g.) send a video file once and multiple users stream it?

Can YouTube (e.g.) send a video file once and multiple users stream it? Or does YouTube need to send the file to each person individually, even though all of the users live in the same region? If it ...
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Streaming Media From Inside HTML Pages, by Example

So I'm a software engineer trying to understand some nitty gritty details about how streaming media works. I've spent the lion's share of the day trying to understand the various codecs, container ...
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How to stop downloading of a streaming video

This is a problem I have in my mind for a long time and now I want to ask Super Users. I often watch streaming videos on various video sharing sites and Facebook. I click on the "Play" button on the ...
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Is it possible to stream Windows desktop apps to a DLNA TV?

Is there any way (hardware or software) to stream the actual Windows desktop to a DLNA TV? I know you can stream certain media files (and this is working fine) but I would need to stream normal ...
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Get webrtc-like latency with ffmpeg?

I've been using this between Chrome and my phone: http://www.webrtc.org/demo And the latency is really good - less than 1 second. I've been trying to replicate that on my computer with no success. ...
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How do streaming videos download works?

I use Firefox and the Video DownloadHelper plugin to download videos from YouTube, etc. How do these plugins and sites automatically obtain download links for these videos?
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Baby monitor with netbook and smartphone [closed]

We're shopping for a baby monitor, but it seems like a waste to pay $150 for something when we already have both cameras/microphones (netbook with built-in webcam is the most mobile one) and remote ...
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How to stream the PC desktop to a phone with VLC?

I got this famous handy VLC player. I want to stream my PC screen over RTSP to my phone. Here are the details: My PC is connected to a DSL router via ethernet LAN cable, which has a built-in WiFi ...
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Play UDP stream in VLC?

I receive an UDP video stream of which I know both the IP adresses and the incoming and outgoing ports of both computers. How can I play it in vlc? udp:@:1234 Does not work for me. How to fix this?
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Processing YouTube video in ffmpeg

I'm using ffmpeg for taking screenshots from video. Is it possible to take screenshots from YouTube video without downloading video to hard drive?
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using a good streaming mp4, Output file #0 does not contain any stream

I have many greenway trail mp4 movies from Sony helmet cam. I have a sample 7 minute raw movie from the camera uploaded to my hosting domain for the movies. Chrome and Firefox stream it correctly. ...
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Ubuntu screen as "webcam"

I want to enable my screen as a video capture drive, so I can share (stream) my desktop screen instead my webcam. I'm using Mint 12 (based on Ubuntu).
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How do I find the video stream URL of ONVIF cameras manually?

I see that the ONVIF Device Manager finds the stream URL of compatible cameras. But how is it done? Is there a method for finding RTSP paths of ONVIF cameras?
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How to make MPC-HC to cache more aggressively

The buffer for streamed video in MPC-HC is too small and can't be expanded in user preferences.
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Is there anyway to play MP4, AVI, MKV in Firefox browser without downloading?

Firefox browser can handle and stream FLV files with help of Adobe Flash Player, it is well known to us. But can we play MP4, AVI, MKV file in Firefox without downloading?
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VLC (Server) re-stream Security Camera Feed

I purchased a Swann Home Security DVR system and was hoping for some help on how to duplicate the streaming video on my server. In order to get their web view (streaming video in the browser) to work,...
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Mjpeg recording with FFMPEG preserving time information

I am recording the MJPEG video from an IP camera and saving it to a file but the problem is that file's duration is way smaller than the actual recording time. Its around 9 seconds video for 2 minutes ...
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Play video from SAMBA share on Android--Any shared volume from Linux or Windows

I use Ubuntu12.10 with Gnomeshell. Installed latest version of samba share, configured to share my Video folder, access restricted via login (uid and password needed). SMB share accessed via Solid ...
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Live streaming with html5 - plus how does Youtube do it?

So I have a Wii U now and tested Youtube Live streaming... and it worked flawlessly. Wow, I thought, I have to find out what kind of codec, container format, protocol, etc is used, but I kinda failed ...
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FFmpeg streaming: problems with device name

I'm trying to stream web camera and microphone in Windows using FFmpeg. First, I get my devices names (to specify -i parameter in streaming command) using a command like this: ffmpeg -list_devices ...
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How to reduce latency on FFmpeg video streaming?

On a video streaming application between Linux server (FFmpeg) and Windows client (VLC player), there is a noticeable latency of about 10 seconds. FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -re -f v4l2 -i /dev/video0 ...
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Capturing multiple RTSP streams simultaneously in sync

I would like to capture h264 rtsp streams from up to six IP cameras simultaneously and save them to separate files. The cameras are connected to a Gigabit switch which is connected to my pc. The ...
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DTS to AC3 conversion for LG TV using mediatomb DLNA server

I want to convert a MKV video file containing DTS audio to a stream with AC3 audio. I want to pass this resulting stream to mediatomb's transcoding feature. Mediatomb will transfer the stream via DLNA ...
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How do I watch or stream movies over WiFi without constant stuttering?

I've got a bunch of movies on my desktop. Each one is around 700MB long, so for an average movie this is around 128 kb/s. My WiFi is capable of transferring the movies at an average speed of 1 MB/s, ...
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FFMPEG command to stream video to a Multicast address

I need to stream a video to a Multicast address. I heard using FFMPEG we can stream the content. I used the following command to stream to the multicast address ffmpeg.exe -i input -vcodec copy -...
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Using VLC as RTSP server

I'm trying to figure out how to use the server capabilities of VLC. More specifically, how to export an SDP file when RTP streaming. In chapter 4 in the section related to RTP Streaming examples for ...
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How to record streams with Ace Player HD?

Need help to record an audio/video stream from Ace Player HD program. Uses Ace Stream. It's based on VLC Media Player but seems the record option was removed. Any ideas?
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Command encoding h264 baseline profile, level 1, with FFmpeg and libx264

Can anyone suggest a command to encode video to h264 baseline profile (level 1)? Here is a link for reference: http://blog.mediacoderhq.com/h264-profiles-and-levels/ I used this command but FFmpeg ...
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FFMPEG: Stream a file with original playing rate

I want to stream a file to the network using ffmpeg in it's original frame rate; so I can play the generated UDP stream using some receiver client such as VLC. I used this command: ffmpeg -i "...
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why is default audio volume always at 100%

It does not matter which website or which video player the website uses, whenever I open any webpage with a video the audio volume is always 100%. If i open a link with a video on yahoo or ESPN the ...
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Why can video streaming sites not leverage my 100 MBit LAN-speed?

I am a bit confused about what is slowing down my network and I hope it is correct to ask here and not at "webapps.sx.com", because my issue is not only one with YouTube, but basically many video ...
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Cannot play video stream from FFMPEG to VLC

I'm trying to stream my local webcam using FFMPEG. For test purposes, I'm doing this locally and try to open the stream using VLC (3.0.8, Windows 10). This is how I stream from FFMPEG: ffmpeg -f ...
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youtube-dl gracefully stop download

I'm using youtube-dl to download a live stream and I'd like to be able to limit the time of the download, closing the connection once that time has elapsed. Is there a built in way to close the ...
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Broadcast a screen with ffmpeg via http

These quarantine days I was going to share my desktop to friends to explain them what is git in a practice. The problems are: I use FreeBSD. We are behind NATs. But I've got a VPS with VPN (Wireguard)...
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How to make FFmpeg wait for input

I have a program which saves game play in a file. I want to run FFmpeg and give the file as input for live streaming. Below is how I use FFmpeg to stream the video file. %ffmpeg% -re -i %fileloc%%...
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xawtv/streamer webcam snapshots are "wrapped", but streaming works

If I take a snapshot with my webcam, either through right-clicking in xawtv or through streamer -o snapshot.jpeg, the image is distorted. The simplest way to explain is through an example pictures: ...
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Stream video with FFMPEG, "Output file does not contain any stream"

I would like to stream an H.264 encoded elementary stream wrapped in RTP headers to a port using FFMPEG. I have tried the following command lines to no avail... ffmpeg -i 1080p_1.h264 -f rtp -vcodec ...
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How to turn images into a video slideshow with sound

I have a 65min long MP3 file and 14 different images (a slideshow). How do combine these into a video file that is less than 500MB? Is there any free/opensource/trial software for Windows 7 that can ...
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Create video from images and audio with varying image durations using FFMPEG?

What I want to do: I've x amount of images png/jpg, and I want to show them for varying amount of duration, some longer, and some shorter amount of time. a1.jpg 1st photo stays for 3 seconds a2.png ...
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