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Is it possible to manually add addtional codecs to VLC Media Player for a portable install?
I have two DLL files and one OCX file for a proprietary codec format to play some specific videos encoded with it. While I have an "installer" for it that works fine to register the codec for the ...
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How to copy unsupported data streams with ffmpeg?
Briefing
I have some .wmv files (actually, my full batch file deals with multiple filetypes) with weird data streams that are needed for an external program to recognize them.
I'm trying to remove ...
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How can I concatenate videos that don't always have audio using ffmpeg?
I have 5 video files (although, it could be 100s), some with audio, some without. They are more-or-less a consistent size but I'll force that by using something like -vf "320:240" on the ...
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How to solve a final pb when merging a series of .ts file with concat command of FFmpeg?
I had dowloaded some videos from the Internet, feaw years ago…
I obtained many files: a series of files in .ts
In my example: a series of 306 files named from segment1_4_av.ts to segment306_4_av.ts
A ...
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Glitched message on the top left corner over other app/desktop
I have random issue under windows 11. Sometime some application messages are displayed and stuck on top left corner of my display. Those messages are over other app (like firefox, windows desktop, vlc,...
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D3D11 hardware screen recording with ffmpeg using Intel H264 QSV hardware encoding
I'm trying to screen record using ffmpeg and having it all done via hardware on my Intel integrated graphics.
Specs
For reference, here are my specs:
Windows 11 Pro Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631
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Video metadata takes forever to load, can it be cached?
I organize a vast amount of videos (on Windows 11 using Windows Explorer or Directory Opus), and since these two can't be set to cache the metadata, I was wondering if Windows or a file system or ...
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Seeking with ss dont seem to work in combination with VideoFilter
In FFMPEG I am using the following command to extract frames from a video:
ffmpeg -ss "00:47:13" -i "Video.webm" -vf select="gte(n, 90000)" -vframes 5000 "frames_%d....
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Disabling playback windows 10 notification from top left corner?
I have checked the "similar" question I don't believe the answers there deal with this problem specifically they are mainly talking about the right side notification center, this is not ...
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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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Why did `exiftool -rotation=0 input.mov` rotate my video?
I have an input.mov video file recorded by an iPhone 12 mini. I copied the video to my Windows 10 laptop. When I open the on video on my Windows 10 laptop with VLC, the video plays in portrait mode. I ...
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Random Mouse Lag Triggered by Video/Animation
I'm facing an intermittent issue that seems to occur during video or animation playback in browsers. Since I rarely use any software other than web browsers, I can't confirm if the problem extends ...
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How can multiple, non-regular segments be extracted from a video using ffmpeg on Windows?
I'm trying to extract some segments from a video (and optionally combine them) using ffmpeg... but I'm not getting very far.
Compared to the various examples I've found here, in the ffmpeg docs and ...
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How can I trick Windows into thinking I have a second monitor? [duplicate]
I used to use two monitors on Windows 11.
When I did a webinar or something, I could use "Presenter View" with PowerPoint. This is where it shows the actual full-screen slide on Monitor A ...
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Very Slow ffmpeg Encoding Command
I'm using the following ffmpeg command to take a 4K (3840x2160) video (between 5 and 10 minutes), trim it down to 21 seconds, flip it horizontally (across the vertical axis) and switch the red and ...
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How to find video files with length less than 30 minutes on windows 10
I want to search for all video files that have a length that is less than 30 minutes, so that I can delete them. How can I do that?
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Batch merge sets of video files?
I have 158 folders, each containing 5-15 video files that are each a few minutes long. I would like to merge all of the videos into one video per folder, and delete the rest.
The folders are named as ...
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System booting to Windows but no monitor signal
I've been having a strange recurrent issue with a Dell G5 5090 desktop. When trying to boot my system, the computer will turn on, play the Windows start sound, and I'll even be able to navigate the ...
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How can i add audio at specific Frame in FFmpeg?
I have audio that i am adding (without Re-encode) in mute video file, in starting i have intro which has no sound and i want to add audio file after that time/frame , after searching so hard i only ...
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How to escape file path for burned-in text-based subtitles with FFmpeg?
I'm trying to burn text-based subtitles into a video using ffmpeg, via the command line option -vf followed by subtitles=(filename):si=(subtitle index). I need this to work for both Windows and macOS.
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Truly befuddling comorbidity of AMD GPU video issues that seem specific to Windows 11
So, I have two issues that seem to be related, but I'm unsure. Any advice from those more wise than I is appreciated, but I know my way around Windows and hardware stuff plenty well.
So:
When the ...
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Search videos by exact length under Windows File Explorer?
is there a way to search videos by exact length under the Windows File Explorer? (i.e. length:00:31:42)
There is a command "length:" but it only supports values like "Very Short, Short, ...
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Remote desktop audio lag
Why when using remote desktop, when playing a video, my keyboard executions are almost perfectly in sync with the image on the screen, but the there is like a 1 second audio delay and sometimes 2 ...
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How to watermark all files in folder with ffmpeg? (Windows)
I'm using the following command to resize and watermark videos: ffmpeg -i "input video.mp4" -s 640x480 -vf "movie=watermark.png [watermark]; [in][watermark] overlay=main_w-overlay_w-10:main_h-...
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Send info from ffmpeg to text file & then parsing into a new file
I am trying to scan a directory of .mkv files and output the volume information to out.txt and then parse out.txt for volume_max and send it to log.txt using
for %i in (*.mkv) do ffmpeg -i "%i&...
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Unable to open ffmpeg mpegts stream on a UDP port on Windows
I am trying to display a stream from ffmpeg in a video player.
Originally it was a camera input, but the issue is the same for video files and screen captures.
The code I'm using is a variant of ...
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Trying to clip beginning and ending of clips without loosing quality. Using lossless running into issues
So I have a video file or several actually.
23.769 fps
1080p
Hvec h265 mkv
I'm trying to clip the beginning and ending. It has advertisements I don't want. I have successfully done this using ...
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How to set up a specific video card to be used by default in Windows?
I have two video cards in this laptop:
Name: "Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630"
DedicatedVideoMemory: 128.00 MB
SharedSystemMemory: 24500.85 MB
Name: "NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 with Max-Q Design&...
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Transferring photos and videos in bulk from Pixel 4a to Windows PC
Every few months I transfer photos and videos from my Pixel 4a phone to my Windows computer over USB. The process is slow, which I can somewhat tolerate. But it is also labor intensive and prone to ...
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Any video or audio misses the few first couple of seconds; I must scroll back to the beginning to see/hear the first few seconds
When I play any media (audio or video) in any software, the first two or three seconds are skipped. The media starts at 00:02 or 00:03 or so. The only way to access the first few seconds is to ...
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can't play DRM protected videos
I am unable to play any DRM protected video on my PC.
For example:
Netflix on Firefox fails because of "Widevine CDM Plugin has crashed"
Netflix on Chrome fails because of this error https:...
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hex change the dwHeight value inside an .avi video file via commandline?
I wonder if does exist a way to change, via commandline in windows, the height value tag of an .avi file like this temp.avi
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/c6be6f53-50c7-4f8f-87dc-365d232a4f47
so that ...
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How to manage video feeds in WIndows 10?
I'm attempting to use some software that doesn't allow me to select which video feed it's taking in, so all it's seeing is my blank virtual camera and not my actual webcam. I've tried searching for ...
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Video MP4 missing metadata
I can play the video just I don't have the metadata like video thumbnail or frame width length etc can't be seen win windows explorer and properties detail
Is there anyway to recover such MP4 to have ...
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How can I configure Chrome so that it doesn't block BlueJeans Event videos?
I am attending a BlueJeans Event and I see the message:
Browser's autoplay policy is blocking BlueJeans Event videos.
(in case anyone is concerned about privacy, the image is publicly accessible)
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Why does my TV blank out for a moment when I fullscreen a HDR video file?
I've set up a Ryzen 5/ 3rd generation small form factor / NUC type machine as a HTPC. I'm running windows 11 on it at the moment. I'm using VLC 3.0.18 vetinari as a video player
Its connected to a HDR ...
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Both windows and linux unable to open laptop integrated webcam stream
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I use a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro with Pop_OS 22.04, Windows 11 and elementary OS 6.1 currently installed in it. The device supports windows hello and hence has an IR webcam built in too, I ...
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Windows 11 detecting wrong resolution and refresh rate
I have an acer predator PH315-53-75N8 and bought a M27Q Gigabyte monitor, which is a 2k 165Hz monitor. When connected via HDMI 2.0 cable, windows is saying the recommended resolution is 4k and refresh ...
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Why does Counter Strike: Condition Zero not play intro videos in Windows if the installation path has spaces in it?
I have Counter Strike: Condition Zero game. Whenever I install it in a folder like C:\FolderName and launch the game after intallation, the game starts with 2 intro videos (I found those videos inside ...
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How do you rotate an entire directory of videos with ffmpeg?
I'm new to FFmpeg and trying to figure this out. I found this for Batch processing and this answer for rotation of video but I need to put them together.
Could someone please explain how to create a ...
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How to play HD videos in low resolution, faster
I have a 1080p video and I want to play it in a medium configured PC running Windows XP. Since the system don't have much resources, the videos sometimes used to stall, or play in a slow motion. Is ...
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Stream video from my Windows VPS?
I run a Linux distro on my laptop and I have access to a remote Windows 7 desktop as a VPS. I have movies on that VPS. How would I go about streaming them?
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How to make VLC always appear centered as opposed to bottom right for large videos?
In Windows, VLC automatically positions low resolution videos in the center of the screen. But it completely hides the bottom of high resolution videos and some of their right side too.
While the top ...
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Recursively search all subfolders for png images and convert them to one mp4 video
I have timelapse camera that is recording a png picture every 30 seconds. The timelapse system makes a subfolder that has the date as its name and then each subfolder contains png files which are ...
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How to fix (regenerate) thumbnails for mp4 files in Windows 10 (recorded by Pixel 3)
My Google Pixel 3 phone saves videos as mp4 files that have no thumbnails in Windows Explorer.
(This screenshot shows files on my PC that I'd moved via USB from the Pixel 3.)
Here is an example of an ...
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How do I properly transfer audio and Video between two PCs [closed]
I recently got a laptop from work and want to set it up at home properly besides my desktop computer. My desktop has a microphone, webcam, bluetooth headset, mouse and a keyboard connected to it.
What ...
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Chrome, MSE increasing buffer?
I'm looking for a way to increase video/audio buffer MSE is using.
My media keeps pausing/resuming due to slow connection:
Playing:
audio_buffering_state {"state":"...
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Using ChromaCam to remove background from an MP4 video
How can I treat an MP4 video as a webcam input, so as to feed it into ChromaCam (e.g. in OBS Studio) for the purpose of automatic background removal?
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How to batch multiplex audio and video track files with ffmpeg
I think that everybody knows that problem about downloading 480p & 1080p videos from Youtube,
and that the only way available for many Download programs is to download the Video and Audio Tracks ...
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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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