Video is the technology of electronically manipulating still images that represent motion.
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solution for archiving digital video
What solution do you use for archiving digital video content?
Are magnetic tapes adequate, or better setup another 8HDD raid5 server?
I read some news that SONY will bring to market an 1.5TB tape ...
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Best Sony Vegas rendering options for audio-only on YouTube?
I am not an expert in Sony Vegas 10, still learning, but I was wondering what the best settings would be for an audio-only video for YouTube, with one image. Thinks to look at are:
Best audio ...
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Beginner question: Connect pc to analoge television
We've still got an old fashioned analoge television downstairs. Upstairs is my computer. I've got UTP cat 5e from the television to the computer with a length of about 15-20 meters, but I cannot plug ...
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How can I extend the ten minute video limit on a Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS?
This question addresses the fact that DSLRs have limits on video recording time and provides some speculation as to why the limit exists. It mentions that Canon has a 30 minute limit.
I am recording ...
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How to make a single video out of few pics of different resolution and videos of different resolution
We had a get-together party. I'm the most technically sound person in my group. I collected pictures & videos from all the friends who attended that party. Because, not all are taken using same ...
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Producing DVDs that play everywhere
I produced a DVD a couple months ago and found out that people in the States had trouble viewing it.
I am not totally sure what the problem is (could be PAL vs NTSC - I thought every modern US ...
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How to playback/convert a DV4 file?
I have two .dv4 files, taken from a CCTV and I cannot find a way to use them on either Windows or OS X.
I've tried to open them with several applications, but to no luck!
Does anyone have experience ...
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WMV vs MP4 Streaming & Download
I work for a company that outputs videos in many formats.
We currently stream movies in FLV format, offer downloads in a WMV and MP4 format.
However in the interest of saving server space and ...
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How to use cloning effect if the clips are overlapping themselves?
I have tried to combine two video clips, but it feels impossible. In the first clip there's one character running around the screen. In the second clip the character is just standing (still being ...
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Is there a video player where I can draw on top of video?
I wonder if there is a video player (similar to VLC) where I could stop the video, and draw annotations on top of the video (lika on a transparent layer). Then I could choose to erase it when ...
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Avoiding motion blur from a network camera
I'm a newbie here. I have a problem that I don't really understand. Hopefully, someone can share their experience.
If I have an ip camera of
1) 640x480(sensor width = 3.6mm),
2) focal length from ...
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Video editing objects from black and white to colour
For school we came up with a cool concept, the video starts in black and white and when a person in the video touches an object it turns to colour.
Could you guys help us out here? Do you have any ...
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Flipping Video Animation, How?
How can I flip a browser window in the same way as seen in the MS Access video, which should automatically start at the correct time where the flip begins and only lasts about 3 seconds. From 4:52 - ...
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What techniques are used to create this 1-minute motion graphic?
Here's a 1 minute After Effects (?) production about The Noun Project (an iconic website):
https://vimeo.com/48846655
I really like the style of it and would like to learn how to create something ...
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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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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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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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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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What does ALL-I mode mean?
I've started seeing this term mentioned in camera specs but have no idea what it means. It somehow relates to recording video.
Can somebody please explain where does it come from and what it means?
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How can I create this 3D text video presentation?
I don't have much clue about 3D modeling or Animation. I'm good at programming & Graphic designing though. Thing is I want to do something like shown in this 15second video:
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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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How to figure out video format by video sample?
I have a video file (30Mb) in some unknown format, hex dump of its header looks like this:
0000000 78 55 52 30 09 10 02 0a 00 00 09 09 22 93 00 39
0000020 00 00 00 00 bd 09 ...
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What are the options for manipulating video in live situation? Kinda like a VJ
I would like to experiment with live videos when I'm playing as a DJ. I'm a windows user but I can migrate to GNU/Linux and I have money to spend on software.
I remember trying Virtual DJ's video ...
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Does the M4V file type have direct support for Audio?
I am working with a video vendor who just ripped a dvd and sent me BOTH m4v files AND aac files (audio and video separately),. When I asked him why he did not just send 1 m4v file with the audio and ...
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Best way to output two streams, and add lower thirds keying to one stream?
We are looking to enhance our production with some lower thirds keying on our video.
We currently output a single HD stream and encode it in real time. This output doesn't have any keying because ...
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Workflow for making interesting videos
I'd like to start a bit of a travel video blog about my adventures, but I'm wondering how I can:
Make my videos interesting, and
Make them look and sound reasonably professional.
I currently have ...
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How do I edit video footage from an interview?
I was asked to produce a set of video interviews for a friend's wedding consisting of individual single-subject interviews (the interviewer is not on camera or mic) with the bride, groom, close ...
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How can I sync two videos together in Corel VideoStudio Pro X3
I have two videos of a dance at a dance competition taken by two different people. The videos are of the same dance but are from different angles.
I want to create a single video that contains both ...
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Choosing an import format: AAF vs OMF
I am developing a video rendering application. I would like to import editing projects from non-linear video editing application like Avid or FCP.
Which format should I start with, AAF or OMF? What ...
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Video & Audio Kit on a Budget
My group has a budget of ~£1000 to spend on high quality recording equipment so I need to do a little background research before I go off and advise them about what to buy.
The aim is to be able to ...
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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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Lossless HDCP stripper?
Is there a product that allows you to strip HDCP from HDMI and that does not loose quality?
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Livestreaming Youtube
I have a Vlog on Youtube that I would like to stream live via LiveStream, but the quality looks like complete garbage. It's blocks and just all around not what it looks like in the browser. Does ...
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How to insert dynamic data into a produced video
I was wondering if anyone knew the technique or how to place dynamic information into a produced video?
The idea is that you could, say connect to facebook, and then display your friends faces in a ...
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How do I accurately calibrate an external on-camera LCD monitor?
I'm specifically using the smallHD DP6 SDI version, so I don't have scopes built into the monitor. I'm generating bars with a Sony HXR-NX5U, and using the blue gun feature on the monitor as per these ...
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Adobe After Effects MP4 Export Issue
I'm trying to export a composition from Adobe After Effects. My Comp is 1280x720, and ideally I'd export with an mp4 container, and h264 video codec. Problem is, After Effects is giving me a PAR ...
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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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Video tutorials: how to add labels, comments, arrows etc
I'm planning to make a video tutorial about one application. I would like to make it without speaking, but I would like to add comments to video.
Is there a video software that allows you to add ...
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Is there any way to play corrupted .MOV video file
Today I recorded presentation I gave to my development team, part of this recording was screencast. Right after I finished, screen capturing tool that I used collapsed and I was left with corrupted ...
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What tool should I use to animate text on an EXTREMELY high resolution “screen”?
I need to make a video with extrodinary dimensions.
The "screen" will have to be large enough to hold a very large amount of text and diagrams.... say 20,000 By 20,000 pixels. The text is going to ...
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audio export settings for youtube using premiere elements
Pretty simple question(I think). I am using Adobe Premiere Elements. I would like to create a simple video using a 44.1 khz WAV audio clip and a still image and then export it to youtube.
What would ...
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Recorded video changes dimensions while play
I have recorded a video of a blackberry simulator using Cam Studio and i use Nero for playing.
I used fixed region dimensions of width 454 and Height of 762 inorder to capture simulator dimensions to ...
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Automatically synchronizing audio/video with FOSS tools?
At our hackerspace, we have a full HD video camera (Toshiba Camileo X200) with a crappy microphone input. Therefore, we use a Thomann SC450 USB microphone to capture audio on a computer. Buying new ...
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Converting DVD to still images
I have a DVD. Its basically an hour long video that is just a collection of photos that rotate to a new photo every 5 seconds or so. What I am looking for is a program that will convert the entire ...
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Command-line tool to split video at timepoints?
I have an hour-long video that I want to split into individual clips at arbitrary timepoints. I could do this by hand in iMovie, or even borrow a machine with Final Cut, but there are upwards of ...
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Are there any downloadable samples of 48 fps video?
I would like to compare 24fps to 48fps video, but haven't been able to find any video samples.
Does anyone know of such samples? Being able to compare the same video at several framerates would be ...
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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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Where can I publish a 50 fps video?
I've produced a video in 50 fps progressive. I am having a hard time getting anyone to actually see it: all popular online video players are artificially capped to 30 fps.
Is there any way I can ...
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Live Streaming and Recording Simultaneously
I will explain my situation first. I am getting married in two months and have many family members that are in bad health. They want to make the wedding, but just cant. We had the idea of streaming ...
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Unwanted letterboxing using Wirecast
When I create a 1280 x 720 pixel image in Photoshop CS5.1 for use as a title slide in Wirecast, the resulting image is letterboxed. I have a similar problem with 720p video feeds from a Black Magic ...
