Video is the technology of electronically manipulating still images that represent motion.
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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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Hardware requirements for multiple TV channels (cable TV) digitization
I'm planning to start a service which archives TV video content (at low quality). I'm exploring what hardware and video digitization equipment will be needed.
The TV channels in the geography I'm ...
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Best software tool to process image/video and obtain greatest level of zoom?
I would like to get advice on what is the best software to obtain the best level of zoom possible for a video.
Do I need to resample the video? Are there tools that can do this live? (maybe selecting ...
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What settings should I use when recording my child's play in a dark theater?
I am not sure whether this is a good question to ask in this forum or even if it is answerable. I'll let the community decide.
I am a complete newcomer to video recording having purchased my first ...
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Reading material for technical aspects of timecode and alignment
I'm a sound engineer with extensive live and recorded experience. My electronics and acoustics are pretty strong IMO but I've never had any extensive interaction with video/film production and post ...
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Software advice - for creating animations
I need to make a sort of animation. Not that I am going for same feel or style but I would like to make something that is sort of similar to the animated sequences in "Monty Pyhton's Flying Circus".
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First steps in time lapse
I've always been fascinated by time-lapse videos, and i wanted to give it a try.
I don't have much, just a Canon Digital IXUS970, which can record up to 4GB of video. (and i think this is enought to ...
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What is a good workflow for producing High quality High definition Videos suitable for a final upload to the internet.
I'm entering my third week into the video editing world, and have already put up a few test videos to youtube. But overall, I am unhappy with the results so far.
Quick background: I am recording ...
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presenter (speaker) change detection from a video clip?
I was wondering if there is an easy way to detect presenter (speaker) changes from a video clip. I have some presentation / panel / seminar type videos, and want to add markers whenever the speaker ...
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What hardware/software to get fastest possible access time in AVC/h264 files?
Sometimes I watch a video that I don't want to see from beginning to the end, but only some parts. Sometimes I need to quickly find some scene/spot in a video. The less keyframes there are, the longer ...
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Panasonic SDR-H100 Multiple Program Files
I have a Panasonic SDR-H100 camcorder. When I shoot videos, with stoppages, i.e. many clips, the videos are put into two different program folders within the sd_card folder on my SCHD. I was wondering ...
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Understanding Region of Interest selection in a Camera
I want to understand how ROI selection actually happens inside a camera? I have an ethernet camera, that can capture and send images to the PC, based on user defined ROI. The advantage of this is that ...
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Tracking box to full viewport
Basically, I've recorded a video of gameplay on my DS console using a camcorder, and I want to:
Remove the shaky movement caused by me not having a tripod
Stretch the screen to cover the entire ...
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How does MKV segment linking work?
I downloaded a file vid1 that is in C:\dir1\ which links to another file vid2 in a subdirectory C:\dir1\dir2\ and it works if I move that file to dir1 (so both files are in dir1). I figure that it'll ...
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Transcoding DV Without Desyncs
I've recorded DV video from my camcorder over FireWire, and it plays fine in OSX. However, when trying to transcode it to H.264 for editing and uploading it to YouTube, the audio desyncs. I've been ...
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Fix timecode in merged vobs
I use mpeg streamclip to fix the timecodes in merged vobs. I would like a command line utility that does this without having to recode if possible.
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Is there a good collection of examples of the different type of video cuts?
So I'm a beginner when it comes to video editing, but I hear and read about a lot of different types of cuts between clips, e.g. jump cut, smash cut, etc. I always felt it would be great to just see ...
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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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Can I use the videos marked as “youtube standard license” for a non profit video?
I'm creating a video for my institution.
It's a scientific institution, so I suppose that the video can be considered no-profit (we don't make it to sell our products but to show our scientific ...
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How to force After Effects to interpret footage at a specific framerate?
I just started using after effects CS4, and created my first video.
But if i look at my final (rendered) video, its 2x the speed it was originally.
I recorded a 22 second clip, and traced etc.
Looked ...
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Simple software program for converting H264 video in to flashvideo flv for website?
my question is:
Which simple, lightweight, straightforward, easy to use software for Win7 can do the following:
A) import/convert on the fly MP4 (H264) movie into FLV (Flashvideo) and apply ...
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adding depth and motion to images for video
I was struck by some of the effects in the "god made a farmer" superbowl commercial... and was curious what programs are out there that let you take an image, and in a video, produce the illusion ...
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how to convert a video to black and white color without any shades
How can a video be converted to black and white color. It should not have any shades of gray color. Only two colors - black and white.
There are many options to convert colored video to grayscale - ...
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For time-lapse videos, what software should one use?
I have the following starting position:
I have a GoPro Hero 2 and have done some timelapse series. I took them and stitched them together with the software that go pro provides. This all worked well.
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Do I need tripods etc. for filming?
I'm going to make a movie now with a D7000 I'm going to buy. I want it to look as professional as possible, but I don't want to blow the budget. (I'm a 16 years old student..)
What equipment do I ...
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Last bit of RGB changed
I'm going to compress a video but I have one problem.
Is a frame with a bit(last bit) of each color(RGB) changed unacceptable or distinguishable from the original one in HD?
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Tool to clip segments of a video
newbie here,
I want to remove some segments of an MP4 video I have. Which easy to use tool would you recommend. Preferably free.
I'm using Windows.
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Video stream with delay
I need to capture a video stream from a web cam and then show it non-stop with a delay of 30 seconds or more.
A server side linux software would be the best but a Windows GUI application will be ok ...
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How can I add fade in and fade out effects to a video?
I tried searching for freeware on Google which can do this. But I have not been able to find a software which clearly mentions fade in or fade out in its specifications.
I wanted to have a scene with ...
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Burn a single HD video into a DVD without losing quality
I created a video (slideshow of 14.2MP photos and music) using Windows Live Movie Maker. The video's resolution is 1440x1080 and is as WMV with 840MB.
Now what I want is to burn that HD video (no ...
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How do I recover truncated AVI/DV video?
Short version: I believe I have truncated but otherwise valid AVI/DV files that won't play in any player I've tried (Adobe Premiere, MPC HC, VLC). I assume the stream data is intact but truncated, and ...
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How to record a slide presentation efficiently with video/audio
I am making some video slide presentations (~15-30 minutes) which consists of a lot of animated slides and my voice. I made a test video to see where problems occur when doing such a project. It was a ...
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Is there a way to link the animation of two layers?
I am building a kinetic type-style video and am struggling to get some of the animations to sync correctly.
In this particular example I am trying to have a text box (imported .ai file) rotate with ...
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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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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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Encoding 1080p for DVD - Pr 5.5
When I encode my 1080 sequence using the MPEG2-DVD preset I get a slight letterbox effect on either side of the frame. Does anybody know if there is any way around that, or if that is ...
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What are the minimum camera characteristics required to record a movie for cinema?
What are the minimum characteristics required for a camera to project a movie taken by it on a standard cinema screen? I mean anything that affects the quality of the picture seen on the screen. What ...
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Halogen brightness for video
I'm trying to get an idea of the brightness of halogen lights before I go and buy any. I'm going to be producing a music video and for some indoor scenes I'll need lighting. I'm on a small budget ...
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Lag during clip playback in Premiere Pro CS5
I am using the 30 day trial of Premiere Pro CS5 trying to edit some clips of some game footage. The clips are in 1680x1050 and are roughly 3.5GB each.
All the clips are saved on to my external USB ...
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Recording video and audio with external input to computer with Canon 600D
I like to do drum covers, but the process always takes ages. I have to record my sounds from my electronic drumset (TD-9KX) to Cubase via a Tascam US122-MKii interface. Video is captured with a Canon ...
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Lighting for shooting a presentation
I need to record a presentation at a conference.
I did it last year and the lighting was so low it was unusable.
i want to come prepared this year, so i need advice on proper lighting.
The subject ...
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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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Canon DSLR that changes aperture in Video
I purchased a 1100D/Rebel T3 as a starting DSLR.
I like the video aspect the most, but its quite limited.
I have some low aperture lenses and I like them very much, but they make it difficult to ...
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Will a lower resolution while rending cut down rendering time
Currently I am recording screencast in fullscreen and my resolution is 1920 x 1080, which means I can render in 1080p.
For me 720p is already acceptable if this means that this will cut down in ...
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Any way to batch stabilize video files?
I have a lot of videos that need stabilization... is there any way to batch stabilize them?
edit: I'm on Windows 7 64-bit. I don't think that what kind of software and footage do I have... I'm just ...
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What is the name of this minimalist film genre?
There is a category of film and a contest I read about some years ago. The rules were:
sixty seconds or less
black and white
no cuts fades or edits
stationary camera
no sound
the idea was to ...
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Hardware to rotate a video signal 90 degrees?
Okay, so what I'm trying to accomplish is to take a standard TV monitor and mount it at 90 degrees, while simultaneously rotating the source input signal 90 degrees so that the video output appears ...
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Mobile Tethered Video Shooting
I'm interested in purchasing a camera setup for video where I just "tether" a camera with realtime HDMI or USB output to a PC (a netbook) with a huge hard drive and shoot everything directly to the ...
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How do they create the AT&T Video Bill?
Last month I downgraded my AT&T UVerse service and this month I got my first bill -- including a custom video detailing all of my SPECIFIC charges. Custom animations, my own name, etc.
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Extract streams from WebM
I hope my question fits the theme of this SE.
Is there any software that can extract streams from WebM videos? I don't want to convert (re-compress), I want the streams intact. Thanks.
