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FFMPEG > The transcoded video contains insufficient number of frames
I am trying to transcode the videos (which I receive via the javascript media recorder in streaming mode by telephone) to use the VP9 codec
and also to resolve concerns about the duration of these ...
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ffmpeg cut, fade and concat causes the video to get stuck
I'm trying to add "fade out" effect to a long video. One method I explored is cutting video at the end before few seconds, adding the fade out effect to the second split and concat both the ...
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How to copy audio & video streams without re-encoding in GStreamer?
In ffmpeg you can use "-c:a copy -c:v copy" to copy audio & video streams without re-encoding the output file, this is the way if you want to make little details in shorter time, like ...
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How can .m3u8 and .ts streams or videos properly be saved, without any pixelated or corrupted frames? VLC or FFMPEG, or anything else
I was wondering how to save contents of .m3u8, generally any that works, using VLC at "Open Network Stream".
I saw that these files often contain .ts files, that are named "playlist&...
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FFMPEG video doesn't work on mobile and social media
So we are creating short videos from image sequences. The videos work on computer but on mobile they don't play, on instagram we can't upload, on WhatsApp it doesn't show thumbnails.
Here is our code:...
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Advanced photo and video import tool for Windows
I'm looking for a Windows-based tool that can reliably import a large collection of photos and videos. Windows Photo Import isn't up to the job - it keeps crashing.
I have a library of 1.7 million ...
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MediaInfo's 'Overall bit rate' vs 'Maximum Overall bit rate'
I'm comparing duplicate media files using MediaInfo, so that I can keep the one with the best quality and delete the other one. However, I'm confused by some of the information.
One Duplicate
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How do I play a video clip in reverse
While watching Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018), there is a particular sequence when Barry is visiting Dr. Fate. He meets with Zatanna there who, as is common in the DC Universe, speaks ...
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Remove all attributes/properties of mkv movies
I have too many movies in some hierarchical data structure starting from a directory. I need to remove all their attribute/properties, because some of them have wrong information, and honestly I don't ...
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Recovery of corrupt .mov file from dash cam
Yesterday on the way to work I was run into by a truck. I felt relaxed that I had my dash cam running only to find out last night when I tried to retrieve the commute file that it could not be opened.
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All audio/video is stuttering
I am running Windows 10 Pro x64.
Sometimes, without any obvious reason or trigger, all audio and video playback - no matter if it's youtube, VLC, Spotify, the Windows sounds - starts stuttering ...
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Trimming and joining media files using ffmpeg
I am trying to remove a segment (00:26:00 - 00:32:30) from a video file input.mp4.
Since there is no way to do that directly using ffmpeg (as far as I know), I am instead cutting the segments which I ...
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How do I play the media that appears on this site?
I'm trying to use this site for a project that I'm working on and having an immense amount of difficulty playing the videos that appear there.
I have tried using Chrome which consistently gives me ...
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Difference of meta-data between mdls and mediainfo
I was wondering what are the difference between the type of metadata returned by mdls and by mediainfo. Why are they different? For exemple why the creation date is different on the same file?
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Play 2 media files synchronously with one set of controls for both
I have 2 media files:
Video+(2x)audio (Movie).
Audio (Commentary).
Commentary audio track starts with an offset before the movie starts.*
I need to be able to(simultaneously):
See the video track ...
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Can't get LG BH16NS40 to play Blu-Ray
I have an LG BH16NS40 internal DVD/Blu-Ray player, but I cannot get it to play Blu-Rays. I have updated it to the latest firmware.
It came with some "CyberLink" software but I uninstalled it because ...
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Windows media player does not let you save?
I opened a video (mpeg) from a web page link in Firefox and it by default opened it in Windows Media Player. There did not appear to be any save button in the player !!!!
Does this mean I have to ...
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omxplayer/ffmpeg error max_analyze_duration 0 reached at 0 microseconds
I have encountered an error with omxplayer that's usually an ffmpeg error
When I issue the command omxplayer -info movie.mkv I get the following error:
[matroska,webm @ 0xbc9450] ...
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List of media files with its duration
I wanted to get a list of mp4 files and its corresponding duration from all the folders matching the pattern below
e.g: LO1/LO1.MP4,LO3/LO3.MP4
I tried following but I get multiple entries as well ...
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Freeware Video Editor [closed]
I am looking for a video editor that can add images to videos. I was hoping it could make white clear in images that I add to the video, like in paint. I am using Windows 8.
I'm hoping for freeware (...
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Stream media to remote client (native desktop client, web, anything is fine)
There is a server (Intel Atom dual-core CPU with Windows XP installed on it). The 'server' got a huge bandwidth, which I could easily use to stream media to my home PC where I have a simple ADSL ...
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How do I get the best picture out of a PC and LCD TV combination?
I have a Sony KDL 32V5500 LCD television with HDMI, Component, USB and Scart (RGB) inputs (it's 1080p). I want to use this either as a monitor, or a TV showing internet TV (BBC iPlayer etc), driven ...
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Best video format for Windows and Mac Compatibility?
I'm about to encode several videos that will physically distributed to clients running either Windows XP (and upwards) or OS X.
Is there a compressed format that would be playable on both platforms ...
kungpoo
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How to read available audio tracks in a video file?
Some video files contain multiple audio tracks. Multiple languages for example. Is there a command line tool which gets information about these audio tracks? Names of the audio tracks would be ...
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Automatically extract all audio tracks from movie files in OS X or Bash?
I'd like to extract the audio out of any video file (not dvds).
I have easy access to OS X and Bash and I'm very comfortable with both.
Thoughts?
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ffdshow equivalent for the Mac
When I was still on Windows XP, I used ffdshow to take care of all my video and audio codecs needs (with fully customizable subtitles). I did not need any other video player except Windows Media ...
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How do I process my LiveMeeting recording into an actual video?
I finished up a LiveMeeting that I recorded. However, when I saved it, it saved everything to a folder with everything separated out. IE: There's an audio file with no video, there's a video file with ...
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How to watch a DVD from only files off the DVD
A while ago I copied a DVD from disk to my hard drive. Instead of doing an image copy and writing an .iso file, it copied the file structure from the disk to a folder on my HDD. That folder contains ...
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How to learn about media encoding, decoding, formats, etc [closed]
While engaging in some media processing (ripping DVD to .avi to watch on my laptop), I became interested in all the technicalities I encountered regarding the video and audio encoding etc. What are ...
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How can I play raw audio/video tracks extracted from mp4?
I used mp4creator -extract to get the raw audio and video tracks from an mp4 file. What players can I use to play the raw tracks?
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Video format for both iPhone and Android?
Is there a format that plays both on iPhone and Android?
I have been trying to encode videos in MP4 using ffmpeg - however, using libx264 or mpeg4 - the videos either only work in Android, or in ...
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System freezes for 5 seconds when seeking in or skipping to songs and videos
When I start playing a new video or MP3 or skip to a time when playing them, my system hangs for a couple of seconds. A restart solves this problem, but only for a while. It does not matter which ...
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How do you convert FLV file format to a format that Picasa recognizes (e.g. AVI, MPEG, WMV)?
I use one of the Firefox plugins for embedded video to download content from Youtube and other sites. The program downloads these videos in FLV format, and I have VLC Media Player to play them, which ...
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Will movies look different on different video cards
My PCI-E card is an 8400GS and my onboard video is an HD4200. They both play movies without any slowdown. Will the movies look different? Will one picture look sharper than the other? I suspect ...
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What is an easy, reliable way to determine the type of container a video file uses on Windows?
There are a lot of different video file containers floating around (AVI, WMV, MKV, OGM, etc.), and I've found you can't always trust the file extension. Too often, some confused individual changed it ...
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Does Winamp include video or audio encoders?
Does Winamp have an audio/video encoder? I would really enjoy that.
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What are the default video formats which can be played with a default XP installation?
I'm trying to convert some video files on Linux which can be played on what I assume is a default installation of Windows XP. I don't have access to the machine they will be played on, and the user ...
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How can I learn how multimedia file formats work?
I have always been a bit puzzled about how audio/video file formats work, and how the extension of a media file (e.g. mp4) doesn't always tell the whole story about what media formats the file ...
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How to stream TV/Films/Music over the internet to various devices from a home server?
Set up:
An always on old-ish laptop connected to a NAS which contains TV/Films/Music.
I want to be able to stream on the fly the data on my NAS to various connected devices such as iphone or laptop. ...
ritch0s
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Video Streaming in Windows 7
I just got Windows 7 up and running, and I turned on the new media streaming feature and added all of my music and videos to the corresponding libraries on my machine. I can then go to my XBox 360 ...
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Command line video conversion tools [closed]
I'm looking into developing our video content platform and part of it includes a better way for our users to upload their video content (anything from dvds, flash video, dxid, wmv, etc..) and have it ...
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How can I repair a broken AVI file?
I have an .avi file that is about 110mb. When I try to play it with VLC Media Player it says something like "This file is broken. Attempt to repair?" and after it does its thing it is still unable to ...
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