Video is the technology of electronically manipulating still images that represent motion.
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Fastest way to add a timestamp to a video
Is there any script or application that would add a timestamp to a video (avi or mov)?
Does for example mencoder support this function ? I'm using it to join avi files together.
I would be happy for ...
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Changing QuickTime Conversion Default Settings for export
We recently just switched our production to anamorphic (SD) widescreen (720x486) and we're running into some issues getting our videos to export from Final Cut Pro (version 6) at the right size. To ...
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Effective working at audio/video editing sessions (avoid fatigue making steady progress)
Background
I've just completed an editing project to produce video highlights of an awards evening for my local community radio station. It was a voluntary non-paid project and I'm very pleased the ...
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Create a Time Lapse Video with Adobe Premiere
I have a video clip that is one hour long and I would like to compress it down to 60 seconds. Anyone know the easiest way to do this with Premiere?
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What can I use to build a live video recording, streaming, marking application / platform?
I'd like to set up a platform such that I can record 2-4 video inputs into storage while also uploading it into a streaming cloud so that it can be viewed in near-live / real-time. Further, I'd like ...
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Remove audio tracks from multiple MKV files
I've got a multitude of MKV files each containing two audio tracks that correspond to two languages. In each of the files, the English language is the second track and it's the only track I need for ...
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Cheap solution to shoot during several hours at night? [closed]
I'm facing an annoying problem, for the last few weeks somebody in my neighborhood steals gas from my motorcycle.
It's a Honda VT125 Shadow, all the wires and hoses under the tank are apparent. So the ...
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How to make a video from a still image and an audio file?
I have an image file (png) and an audio file (aiff). How do I combine them to make a video file that shows the still image and plays the audio file?
Target operating system: either OS X Lion or ...
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Automatic conversion/encode video for Video On Demand streaming
I need an automatic solution to convert video clips for html5 (mp4/x264, webm/vp8) and flash (mp4/x264) video-on-demand streaming. For a site like Youtube, just much smaller.
The input files are ...
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Batch processing individual frames into video
I’m new at video editing… and hoping someone can direct me to the best software for my needs.
Running on windows OS. I need to build a video from frames in tga format, convert them in different ...
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How do I move (rearrange) the orientation of a video?
I want to crop the video at some position and move the part next to the part that wasn't cropped. (See image, it explains better)
http://i.imgur.com/qhSZy.png
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Batch resize videos with “pan and scan” cropping
I am trying to prepare a collection of ~120 video clips to be played in VLC Player and projected on a low-res (1024x768) projector during a DIY electronic music event. The source clips are all super ...
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Lossless extracting of JPEGs from an MJPEG video
Using the Timelapse app on my Sony NEX-6 camera, I get an AVI which contains an MJPEG stream.
However, I'd like to take all the individual frames into Lightroom as normal photos, to do my ...
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merge and convert swf
I'm having major issues combining/merging(lossless) swf video files into a single file then converting to something more useful(mp4).
I've tried using premiere but no audio as it doesn't import the ...
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How much to charge for a re-posting of a video? [closed]
Created a short promotional video for a client, it's an online magazine.
For the sake of example, let's say I charged the magazine $700. The video is embedded into the magazine using a proprietary ...
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Simple free program to add audio to video?
I am looking for a small free tool that will allow me to add some audio to my video. Windows movie maker doesn't seem to work well from some reason.
Any recommendations?
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Which software to batch join videos and add a chapter for each?
I have 55 short clips (<1min) that have the same characteristics (only the content and length change) and I want to combine them into one big chaptered video.
I know with QTPro how to combine 2 ...
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Video editor with basic color correction for commodity hardware?
I have been using Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects on my main Core i7 machine for actual videos, but I would like to know which Non-linear video editor would work best for some of my slower ...
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Can I use a mini HDMI to micro USB to view my kodak playsport from my android?
I have a Kodak Playsport zx5, it has a mini HDMI connection as well as a micro USB. Can I use either of these ports to connect to my phone a Droid Incredible 2, and view the camera through my phone ...
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Fixing a badly telecined 8mm film digitization
I had some old 8mm (16fps) and Super-8 (18fps) film transfered to HD video (1080p30). Since the video is 30fps, they telecined it, duplicating frames. The telecine pattern (from looking at the video ...
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Can I Use Long Manfrotto QR Plates on a short head?
I've been considering whether to buy the 701HDV or the 502AH.
I've pretty much settled on the 502AH for its superior drag quality, but one thing a lot of people do not consider is the type of Quick ...
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Preventing flicker when recording live presentations
Say someone's giving a presentation with the projector image next to them. What I see when recording this is the screen flickers, kind of like top-to-bottom scan refresh that's actually visible. What ...
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Simple way of clipping video files?
What is a simple way of extracting a video clip from, say, an .avi file? An example: I only want between 1:05 and 1:35 of this video, and I want to save the clip as its own file. I have been using ...
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Recording microphone input as a second input with Fraps
I do game commentaries with Fraps, and the biggest thing I miss from Camtasia (which isn't an option for many fullscreen applcations) is multiple audio tracks.
Using Fraps to record both system ...
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Will lens softness be visible in DSLR video? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What factors are important for DSLR lenses for shooting video?
The one-line question above had to be vague, so let me elaborate:
Let's say that I'm using a Canon T4i ...
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Recommandation for a 360 degrees video camera for developers
I'm a developer and I'm intending to develop a camera based surveillance software.
The simplest way is to try and pick a 360 degrees video camera. I found some models but the problem is that the ...
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Why is 2.0 louder than 5.1? [closed]
I have a 2.1 setup: two front speakers and a sub, fed by a Yamaha receiver (RX-v667), which is fed by my Win7 x64 computer over HDMI (AMD 6950), with MPC-HD as the source player. My receiver's current ...
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ffmpeg - convert video to iDevice format, replace sound with normalized WAV file, while maintaining the original video quality?
I'm using this command line to extract the audio
$ffmpeg -i video.mkv -c:a pcm_s16le audio.wav
this is its output
ffmpeg version 1.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
built on Oct 1 ...
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settings for editing in cs4
What initial setting should I be using in Premiere CS4 if I shot video on a Samsung HMX-q10 camera but shot in standard definition? When I tried DV NTSC the video looks very bad, like it's somewhat ...
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Command Line Tool for Converting Image Sequence to Quicktime .mov Video
I have large number of numbered .tif files and I'd like to convert them to a .mov/Quicktime video file for further editing in Final Cur Pro X. Therefore no artefacts should be added in the process.
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Duplicate layers X times and move 1 frame each time
I do a lightpainting video on After Effects (CS6 here) and I have some questions about it. To have some continuous lines from a moving light, I have to duplicate my layer each times I want (35 times ...
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What kind of camera do I need to record a moving object in order to do motion tracking?
I have a few markers that I use to make augmented reality pictures for DIY projects. It's working fine when the camera is fixed. Now I would like to use them on a moving object to do basic motion ...
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Repairing brightness problems caused by auto lighting optimizer
I've shot a video with my Canon EOS 1100D, but unfortunately forgot to turn the auto lighting optimizer off.
Now the video footage looks really bad because there are random changes of brightness ...
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Record a video without static noise
I bought a cheap handycam some time back, one from Sony, for about $410 to record videos to put on YouTube. The recording picks up a lot of audio static even if I have the fan switched off.
I want to ...
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How can I accurately immitate this Picasa filter with Premiere's color correction filters?
I'm trying to color-correct a video I'm working on. This is an example frame from the footage:
Since I'm a newbie and pretty clueless about good-looking color correction, I've tried playing around ...
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How would you go about finding out when a digital video was made?
How can you determin when a digital video was made? I know one possibility would be just looking at the meta data but sometimes they are faked or missing. I need some more ideas since I have to write ...
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Problems with rendering a Windows Movie Maker video
I've used Windows Movie Maker plenty of times before and I've never had a problem with it... until now. I went to choose the "save to my computer" option so my video would render and after it was ...
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Is there an online video converter?
Does anyone know of any services that will convert a large video (1gb+)?
I've a bunch of files I'm looking to convert from mkv to mp4's. I'm on an older Mac and I've looked at some sites like video ...
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What software can I use to make “stop motion” video from existing video material
I want to make video like this:
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cross platform software to convert video to image sequence
I'm looking for a piece of software I'm even sure it exists.
Here's what I would like this software to do:
be free (ideally open source, but free and closed source is also fine)
be cross platform ...
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What software can we use to create this slideshow video
I am trying to create this video using adobe premier pro.
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How to reduce wind noise / audio overload on built-in microphones?
I have 2 cameras with on-board microphones (Nikon D5100, Canon Powershot G7), and I'm predictably having problems with high wind noise, and when recording short clips at gigs (with permission) with ...
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Recording Multi Channel Audio with Screen Capture
I wish to record 16 channels of analogue audio with 1 channel of video of desktop capture in perfect time sync.
I've tried using a CCTV DVR recording solution but the video proved too low quality for ...
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Transcription Methods/Times
I figured I'd leave a question here while I did the manual labor, but what do you find is the best way to transcribe footage?
I'm an editor and the first thing I like to do is create a script of ...
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Will lens softness be apparent on DSLR video footage?
The one-line question above had to be vague, so let me elaborate:
Let's say that I'm using a Canon T4i (doesn't necessarily have to be that camera) with a Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM lens to shoot 1080p ...
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What ffmpeg/avconv format and container will Adobe Premiere Pro accept, out-of-box?
All of these converted, but Premiere Pro only loads the audio. I use Ctrl-I to import the videos, and they come up as waveforms, and can only be placed on audio tracks.
These examples use avconv, ...
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How can I crop a video with ffmpeg?
I have an MP4 file of a screen recording that I need to crop down. How can I accomplish this without using expensive tools like Adobe Premier or Final Cut? I prefer ffmpeg because I have used it ...
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What is the best way to capture PC footage?
I'm trying to capture footage from a Desktop PC, I don't want to use FRAPS as the quality isn't good enough for what I need and it adds a load of overhead.
I've tried a BlackMagic H.264 but when I ...
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Can I charge to view videos of other people performing?
I want to start out by saying I am not doing this now or in the very near future. however, it is something I would like to do and wish to do.
I tried google but found nothing.
Can I video record ...
