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VLC + Windows 7 = Pixelated playback?
I'm running a freshly installed Windows 7 Professional (not RC or beta, and not illegal stuff). I installed my usual software, and I was surprised to see that VLC video playback is pixelated when ...
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xrandr equivalent for Windows 7?
My old 7" Eee netbook runs Linux. I'm able to run the following command to scale what the display shows from the native/tiny 800x480 to something a little larger:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 1.28x1....
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No video playback when using home sharing on iTunes for Windows
I recently configured iTunes Home Sharing on my home network. My WHS server is the central library sharing both my Music and Video files. All my videos are encoded into H.264/MP4 format. All my ...
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making an video a screensaver on windows 7
So I'd like to make a video a screensaver on Windows 7 and am having some difficulty doing so.
So I converted my clip to a WMV and installed Photo Gallery and put the video - and just that video - in ...
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What exactly does windows 7 themes service do
I was having issues with video playback of large (nearly 4k) videos.
Part of the video was tearing, I knew the hardware was capable of playing the video ok, but in several applications the video would ...
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Windows 7 swaps screen contents upon de-hibernation
I have a AMD 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate running with a built-in ATI Radeon 3200 graphics adapter, on which I have two screens connected, a VGA CRT and a DVI LCD.
The screens have different resolutions....
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Broke laptop screen, trying to use usable region
I recently broke my laptop screen, and now 1" of the right side is unusable. I'd like to be able to use the laptop without always manually resizing windows to keep them away from this region.
I was ...
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Recover incomplete(?) video files [duplicate]
I have two mp4 video files(shot with a Nokia Lumia Phone) that cannot be played. While recording, the memory card got completely filled and it went in accessible from the phone. So I removed the card ...
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Why is my sleep mode directly tied into my video card drivers?
I have windows 7 professional installed. I've been using sleep mode for years to turn my computer 'off' and only reboot or actually power down when absolutely necessary. In fact, I even had the 'Shut ...
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How to automatically convert all video files in a folder at a scheduled time?
More specifically, how do I convert MPG files to 3GP everyday at 3.00am?
C:\TV\*.mpg -> C:\TV\*.3gp
It would be more convenient if one video converter program could do all of this but I'm open to ...
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What codecs does the Windows 7 & Powerpoint 2010 combination support out of the box?
Apologies if this question has been asked many times before... but I can't find a duplicate.
I'm helping a colleague prepare a Powerpoint presentation. We have no control over the computer that it ...
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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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How well does Windows 7 MCE support Clear QAM?
How well does Windows 7 MCE support ClearQAM (no-cablecard, no HD), and are there any guidelines for which capture cards work best with it?
Also, I have an old laptop with a 2 Ghz Pentium M with 1 GB ...
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Taskbar shows over video when focus goes to other monitor
So i have a dual monitor set up and I have a full screened flash video on the main monitor. If I remove the focus from that video to something that is on my other monitor the task bar pops up on top ...
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Software for cutting and joining videos of any format
I need a software that should be able to cut and join any video format.
I'm using Windows 7, and one software I got was not working with it.