Questions tagged [video]
Questions about video editing, streaming, conversion, capturing or video output. Use a more specific tag if possible.
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How I can remove all Google data from Youtube video downloads?
Just now I am reading one question here that Google is tracking all Youtube video's. In video files I am seeing this-
Same file 2 times
General
Complete name : Video1.flv
Format : Flash Video
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Force aspect ratio of streaming video?
Many streaming videos are in the wrong aspect ratio. Almost all discussion of this I ever find deals with how to download and correct the videos, or how to make sure your videos are correct if you're ...
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HDMI delay between monitor
I want to play a video file on two different screens connected on an HDMI splitter which is connected itself to the video board.
The problem is that these two screens take a different amout of time ...
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How can I merge AVI movies at 16:10 aspect ratio and maintain the aspect ratio in the output?
I recorded a bunch of 1680 x 1050 (16:10 aspect ratio) videos, and I want to merge them into a single video.
I've been using Windows Live Movie Maker, but this only supports two aspect ratios: 16:9 ...
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Merging h264/MP4 files with mp4box results in seeking and sync issues
I've a problem while merging two h.264/MP4 files with the same parameters except length.
I'm merging by mp4box -cat .... After that, video players behave strangely:
If I drag time slider closer to ...
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Can I use Cat 6 cable with CCTV camera for video output
Can I use the 8 cables inside the Cat 6 cable to get the video from 4 CCTV cameras. I find it very bulky to have one big wire for every camera.
I thought if its possible to use 4 pairs to tranfer ...
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PowerPoint slide resolution? (Optimizing video playback)
In PowerPoint 2007, there seems to be no way of changing the resolution slide (only the aspect ratio and the output resolution can be chnaged?).
If this is the case, then how do I optimize an ...
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Can I have two external displays connected to my laptop?
I have a Dell XPS M1530, and I already have one external display connected.
I was wondering if I could have another one connected through the HDMI port.
I already tried plugging them both in and it ...
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Reassess media file size in mplayer
I have two computers on the same wireless network (same subnet). Lets call them computer-A and computer-B. All my media files are on computer-B. I want to be able to play the file on computer-A using ...
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How to connect laptop to CRT TV (audio and video)?
My laptop has VGA and hdmi out. The graphics card is GT520m. My TV has :
3 RCA input
3 RCA output
3+2 Component input
I want to connect laptop to TV for watching videos. Please suggest an economical ...
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AVS Video Converter: Frame Size stuck at 848
I am trying to follow Youtube's recommended frame size for 480p which is 854x480 (more info here)
Now using AVS Video Converter, when I try to change the width to 854, it keeps going back to 848.
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Program which accurately forward / rewind videos for a couple for seconds? [closed]
Is there a program which puts videos in slow motion and allows us to forward or rewind a couple of seconds?
I have tried Windows Media Player.. Sigma Player.. DivX player.. Veoh Player.. but none of ...
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Can I use DisplayPort with the other ports on my video card?
I have a Radeon HD5570
I am planning on using this adapter to place a third VGA monitor in the DisplayPort:
However, before I spend the money on this particular adapter, I need to know if it will do ...
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How can I convert audio files like WAV or MP3 to video files that I can upload to YouTube?
I have about 15 WAV files that I want to upload to my YouTube channel, but YouTube only accepts video files. I know that I can open each file up in Movie Maker or some other video editing software ...
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Computer display suddenly blurry/corrupted, sometimes crashes
I have a Dell Dimension 420 that has suddenly developed what I am calling a "blurry" screen.
First: Screen went all pixelated:
Mouse would no longer move (laser still on), and keyboard CAPS lock ...
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Visualizing Parallel Branch and Bound Tree Exploration
I have written a parallel program that does a depth first branch and bound exploration of a tree. I can dump the id's (id's are like this 0, 00, 01, 0000, 0001, etc.) of the nodes at frequent ...
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VLC isn't playing videos on Mac OS X
I'm trying to play an .mp4 video file in vlc through Terminal in Mac OS X 10.6.4. When I enter the command, VLC starts but doesn't do anything, and the file starts playing in QuickTime Player, the ...
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Properties!Details (run-time length)
When you take clips and turn them into computer playable files, whether .TS or .MOV or .MPG, .MP4, .VOB, etc., do you as the producer actually manually write into some field in a "Details" section of ...
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Unreliable HDMI from Gateway Laptop to Pioneer HD TV
How to improve reliability when connecting Gateway M-1618 laptop with a Pioneer KRP-500M TV using HDMI?
Problem is that HDMI connection dissappears every minute or so for about 1-2 seconds. That is ...
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What tools are available to create videos from pngs?
I have multiple series of images that I want to transform into video. The images and series have the following characteristics:
.PNG format. Video format not important, so long as it is popularly ...
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What happens when computer output res is too high?
lets say I have a computer running Win 7 and the res is 1920x1080. Now i shut down the computer then replace the monitor with one whose max res is 1024x768. What would happen? would the computer ...
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Manipulating audio in AVI files
I'm looking to perform basic sound editing operations (applying low/high pass filters, eq, etc - to get rid of some annoying background buzz) to the audio in an AVI. Anyone familiar with any free or ...
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Enable card plus onboard video
I'm simply wondering if it's possible to enable both the on-board video as well as keep my video card enabled. I have a Radeon HD 5770 card with dual-DVI for two monitors running right now, but if ...
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Monitor attached to motherboard is out of frequency
I don't know if this is appropriate to ask it here in superuser.
Please, just route this to appropriate stackexchange site if found unrelevant.
Here's my scenario. I have bought a new motherboard (...
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How do I slow down a video generating new interpolated frames?
I've used mencoder's speed parameter to generate a video which is played at half the speed. This basically means halving the framerate of the video. But I'm interested in software that could convert a ...
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Tracking usage of files
I have a vast video folder, sizing about 700GB.
I am having a lot of trouble determining what files have been accessed and if possible I would like to have an option where I can just play videos ...
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Possible causes for a vertical stripe randomly blinking on a laptop screen?
For the last couple of days my laptop's screen has been showing a 1 pixel vertical stripe, bright green, appearing at random times but always in the same position. Stays there for some minutes, starts ...
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transcribe video
Is there an application for windows which allows you to convert the audio from a playing video into text?
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How can I convert videos with VLC media player?
I use VLC media player 1.1.4, and I want to convert any video files with VLC media player.
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Black video in VLC, dragon player and mplayer after Maverick Meerkat update
I use Kubuntu and recently upgraded from lucid lynx 10.04 to maverick meerkat release 10.10.
Today I noticed that video playback is broken. Output from every video player I have tried is black, ...
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Video embedded in PowerPoint does not play via projector
We have Windows Vista and PowerPoint 2007. We have a presentation with embedded videos (.wmv & .mov). When we connect a Dell projector we can (of course) view all the slides on both the laptop and ...
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Reducing the quality of incoming video in Skype?
Is it possible to reduce the quality of incoming video when making a video call in Skype? I want to be able to see the person I'm speaking with less clearly.
The reason I want it is because the other ...
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Batch AVI encoding (xVid/mp3)
I'm looking for some way to batch-encode Uncompressed AVI (with PCM audio) videos recorded with my digital camera.
I've been using VirtualDub, but I can't find an automated/batch way to do it.
I ...
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What sort of hard drives should I get for a Drobo that I’ll use for an iTunes TV show library?
I’ve got my Mac mini hooked up to my TV for viewing TV shows bought on iTunes.
I’ve currently got all the TV shows stored on one 1TB LaCie external hard drive. I’m a bit nervous about just having one ...
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How to convert .srt subtitles to closed caption subtitles?
I commonly use videos with .srt subtitles. Recently, somebody gave me a dvd player wich only accepts closed caption subtitles, so I can't play those videos.
Is there a way to convert .srt subtitles ...
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How to fix an WMV file with Audio that grows more out of sync over time?
We currently use a DVR that converts to WMV on download. The files are originally stored as MP4, but it uses a proprietary codec. So far, I have only found one program that converts the MP4 to WMV, ...
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How to view Flash/video with anonymous proxies?
I've been looking at free proxies from various lists on the net. Nearly every one has a box to put in a URL to browse using the proxy. The pages load (and whatismyip.com gives an IP different to my ...
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Play video files while they are still archived
I have a lot of video files that come inside .rar archives.
Normally I'd have to unpack them before I can watch the video, but XBMC allows me to play the archives as if they have been unpacked.
I ...
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Resizing/reprocessing videofiles to adjust total size being <= 4.7gb
How could I resize or reprocess bunch of videofiles (tv show series) to be able write it on DVD? Total size of all files should be less or equal to the max size of dvd - 4.7G. Is there any kind of ...
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Online collection of small public video files encoded with different codecs for testing purposes [closed]
I'm trying to spot a bug in a video player and I suspect that it's related to a particular codec.
Is there a site that contains a collection of small public-domain video snippets (1-2 MB) encoded with ...
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Convert wmv webcasts to divx avi files [closed]
I need a free tool which will allow me to convert WMV files into avi (Divx) files that I can play on my Mvix player.
I am basically downloading microsoft webcasts and would like to watch them on my ...
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mplayer timestamp not disappearing
I'm using Linux Mint 8 64bit with Google Chrome Unstable (same problem with beta).
When a video is playing, the time elapsed and total time stay on the screen:
Is there a way to make this disappear? ...
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What are the best tools to make screencast video tutorials? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Capturing video of an arbitrary Windows application
What is the best software for desktop recording?
I've a webpage with small image based jQuery animated tutorial for kids. ...
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Software to convert .m2ts to .mts (HD video files)
I am looking to convert some of .m2ts video files (about 80GB worth) to .mts format which the my current camera is produces natively. Is there any free software that anyone has used that can do this?
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Download the other half of the half downloaded video and download managers for Linux
I tried downloading several videos last night on Chrome but most of them are downloaded incompletely.
Is there a software that reads the flv or ogg files and downloads the rest of the file from the ...
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Recording a live streaming video [closed]
A live video screens on Waheguru Live every Saturday and I want to record the live broadcast.
I need freeware only. I'm on Windows XP SP3 (32 Bit)
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ffmpeg specific jpeg encoding
I'd like to convert a movie into jpeg in a specific way. I was wondering if ffmpeg can help here.
What I need to achieve is every 25 frames from the movie needs to be written in a single .jpeg file - ...
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streaming video on Ubuntu 9.10
I am trying to get streaming video to work on install of fully up to date Ubuntu 9.10.
For example: http://cbc.ca/video
I am guessing that the packages/codecs necessary cannot be distributed with ...
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How to Download and Convert You tube Videos With Video Download Studio?
I have video download studio and I want to download some videos from you tube but there appears to be some problem when I I do it. How should I do it properly?
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How do I take a movie with my integrated webcam in windows 7?
How do I take a video in windows 7? I've downloaded both windows movie maker 2.6 and windows movie maker live, but neither can actually take a video with the integrated webcam on my laptop. I know the ...