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Convert .MOV video file from Iphone to playable .mp4 file
I record some video form my Iphone and I get .MOV files using vcodec hevc.
As is, it's unplayable and unusable on editing soft.
So I tried to convert it to .mp4 file using ffmpeg comand:
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Converting dif Video to mp4
I've been able to recover an old family video from a broken disc. Unfortunately I was only able to recover a dif video w/ 1.3gb.
Does anybody know a way of converting this - to me unknown - format to ...
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How to compress videos properly with WebM?
Years ago when the VP8 codec came out, I used a program on Ubuntu to convert all of my files to WebM and it would cut the filesize in half. 22-minute episodes going from 300MB to under 150MB.
I think ...
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ffmpeg: mp4 to camera: Conversion
I found the following question and tried to send a mp4 video to my camera:
Is there any way ffmpeg send video to /dev/video0 on Ubuntu?
I used the following command:
ffmpeg -re -i fakezoom.mp4 -map 0:...
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Command line video renderer: Nokia 3310
I have a Nokia 3310 and it has a video player. Unfortunately, it has to have videos specially rendered for it at very low resolution and with very specific codecs. (MPEG-4 video)
I was wondering if ...
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Saving DVDs losslessly
I have a bunch of DVDs/CDs that are slowly collecting dust because I almost never pull out the DVDs. There's an assortment of home videos, songs/movies/photos I've burnt on myself, songs/movies/photos ...
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lossless conversion of wmv to mp4 video in Ubuntu command line
How can I losslessly convert a wmv video to mp4 using Ubuntu (20.04) command line?
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Batch Convert MP4 with ffmpeg
I have a whole bunch of text files, jpg and mp4 in a folder. I want the jpg and text files to be left alone. I want to compress all the mp4 using ffmpeg's -crf argument with a value of 23, to save ...
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Trim a 360-degree GoPro Video in Linux?
Is there a command line (or GUI) utility to trim a 360-degree *.mov file? The file was made using a GoPro Fusion Camera. I've tried ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i File_A.mov -ss 00:00:00 -to 00:03:23 -c copy ...
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How to convert an ATS video with no compression to a mp4 video?
I am using ResearchIR software in Windows 10 and I wonder if there is a tool or command in Ubuntu 20.04 which can convert the output of a thermal camera capture that is .ats with no compression, ...
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How to fix incorrect aspect ratio in video files
I have a number of video files of various formats (mostly MP4 and FLV) that have apparently been encoded with the wrong aspect ratio, so when they are played with standard settings they appear ...
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Converting and size reduction of .m2t video for Flickr?
I have a .m2t video file that I would like to upload to Flickr.
Can someone advise the best way to go about reducing the file size to <1gb and changing the file type to one that is accepted by ...
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What is the most accurate way to make a digital copy of a DVD?
I'm interested in making accurate, future-proof digital copies of some family movies which are on DVD. What is the recommended way of doing this in 2019?
I am inclined to think that it would be best ...
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How to play AV1 videos on Ubuntu 16.04.5
In both totem and vlc, I cannot play AV1 videos. Sample videos can be downloaded here.
How can I watch AV1 videos on Ubuntu 16.04.5?
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muxing overhead: unknown Conversion failed! ffmpeg
Why do I get this error and how to fix it?
[jalal@goku imageSequence]$ ffmpeg -i video_0.avi -qscale:v 1 keyframes/vid0/img_%%06d.jpg
ffmpeg version 2.6.8 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 crashes when doing any kind of videochat
I have a Dell notebook, with a processor Intel® Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @ 1.60GHz × 4, 64 bits architecture, 3,8 GiB memory, and Intel® HD Graphics (Cherryview) graphics.
The problem is that every time ...
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What is the easiest way to add watermark to a video?
It can be image watermark or text watermark. I would prefer text watermark though. I am unable to find a good solution to the above problem. Kindly help me.
Video format will be mostly a MP4 H.264 ...
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Convert Side by Side 3D video to Anaglyph 3D
As the title says, how should one convert a side by side 3D video (as is the condition of a 3D video, when downloaded) to anaglyph 3D?
I came across a few commands while searching for the solution, ...
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Where can I find video pixel formats' definitions/characteristics?
My web (RealSense 410) 3D video camera has some proprietary formats, e.g. Z16, Y8I, and Y12I.
Where can I find these formats’ parameters - like image type (e.g., 16 bits unsigned), little/big endian, ...
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How to View .m4s files in Ubuntu 16.04?
Situation: unable to view .m4s files in Ubuntu 16.04
Motivation: I recorded videos by Chrome's addon, GetThemAll, and get a result of 10 .mp4 videos
Unsuccessful viewers/converters: vlc, http://online-...
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Lossless video compression codecs
I want to create a video (bar.xxx) that is lossless from a video (foo.xxx) using ffmpeg. Could you please show me the parameters for such a video. The video must be playable on VLC and/or Totem. The ...
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Converted video from .VOB have no voice
I'm stock on this for a while.
I have tried
ffmpeg -i inpout.VOB -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -c:a libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 192k output.avi
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mencoder in.VOB -nosub -nosound -ovc x264 \
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Remove audio Tracks from a video file
I have a bunch of video files with 2 audio tracks. They are avi files. The audio tracks have no labels and when I try to play them the default track has no audio. There are 2 more tracks, the second ...
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Can not play video, can not figure out why
I have this video film that I can not play, and I try to figure out why, on ouput of mediainfo -l I get this:
Complete name : 101064-HD-FR.mp4
Format ...
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Capturing an "HD" video from Webcam using gstreamer pipeline is failed
I have a simple pipeline which is supposed to capture a video stream (+audio) from a webcam in JPEG and put it into a .mts container, but at the end when I try to play the file (using ffplay) or ...
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MTS video files - how to merge and convert multiple files
I have just recorded a video using my Sony video camera.
It is splited in 4 files (2.1 GB for each file).
I'd like to merge them and convert the resulting file to another format (smaller size).
What ...
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Software for converting mp4 files from 720p to 480p
I have some videos I want to convert into 480p since my netbook can't handle 720p videos and higher. Do you guys know any free software that can do so? Thanks!
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MP4Box Warns about different PPS even though they are the same
I have an online class that provides MP4 versions of class lectures, but the lectures are broken into chunks that are each a few minutes long. I'm trying to concatenate the chunks into whole lectures, ...
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Unable to import video files to flowblade
I'm using flowblade 0.8 and I can't import video files of any kind. I had this problem before and it was solved by installing some codecs.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a note of which packeges ...
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Create only blackscreen with subtitles from avi / flv file
I've got an interview in avi or flv format and I created subtitles (srt-file) for that. Which tool(s) can I use, to create a video file of minimal size, which only shows a picture/blackscreen and my ...
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Making video Using Still Images [duplicate]
I am using avconv to convert images into video, but i am facing some issue in it that is. I have thousands of images in a directory and named as video_clip_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_09_0_102.jpeg and images did ...
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How to crop and merge .ogv videos?
I am presently creating a video tutorial for a software tool. I have recorded a few short videos (between 30 seconds and 4 minutes) with RecordMyDesktop that I now need to merge into a single video. ...
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Error opening file using avconv conversion from mp4 to mov
I'm trying to convert an .mp4 file to .mov file.
The command is as below.
avconv -i test1.mp4 kkk.mov
.mov file is created but there is an error opening the file. Below is the error.
"Stream ...
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How to convert DAT to MP3 in ubuntu 14.04
I have a question:
How can I convert a .DAT or other formats to mp3?
Do we have a good tool for doing that? If so, how?
Thank you
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Computer noob needs help with video format conversion [duplicate]
I need to convert 2 movies from the .MKS format to a .MP4 or .AVI file. How would I do that? I would prefer doing this in a GUI as I am not comfortable with the Command Line Interface.
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How do I convert a high quality video into a low quality one?
The computer is relatively old and underpowered, so video playback of high quality videos is jerky with any player.
How do I convert a high quality video to low quality video?
EDIT:
I tried avconv -...
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libav : deinsterlace option?
I have compiled from GIT sources the libav 2014-march-10.
On usual libav from Ubuntu repositories, I was able to use -deinterlace to... well, deinterlace the video. Now this option appears to be ...
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How can I convert my mp4 files to avi using avconv?
I need to convert some mp4 files to another format (I chose avi: there may be a better one, suggestions welcome). I tried using ffmpeg but got the deprecated message so I am using avconv, but again ...
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Command/App to convert video files [duplicate]
Anyone know how to batch convert multiple video files into smaller sizes?
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Converting images into video
I found a method on internet to use avconv to make a video from images, but the quality is very poor. I set the resolution but it didn't help.
avconv -i "franc%04d.jpg" -r 30 -s:v 1280x720 a.mkv
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vhs capture devices
I have a VHS capture device ecap303 from climaxdigital used on windows 7 i am new to ubuntu but have used the command lsusb with the device connected and come up with
ID EBIA : 2861 EMPIA TECH INS
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How to change the framerate of a video without reencoding
I'm trying to change the framerate of an MP4 video (it's a 120fps GoPro video, I want to play it back at 30fps for a slow-motion effect).
I'm using avconv for this:
avconv -i SourceMovie.mp4 -vf ...
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Fastest way to convert videos (batch or single)?
I know there are a lot of questions about video encoders around here, but my question is more about workflow/efficiency.
For my day job, I need to convert videos, frequently, from many random formats ...
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How can I quickly convert a GIF file to a video?
I have a small animation formatted as a GIF image file which I would like to convert to a video. Is that possible?
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When I start my camera in video call on Skype 4.1. incoming video is flashing blue?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS trough Wubi on Win7. Later have installed Skype 4.1. When I make a video call I can hear and see the other person fine, but when I start my camera, the image of the ...
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What are some good alternatives to PS3 Media Server?
I've typically ran PS3 Media Server for a few years now to serve and transcode Video to multiple devices. It's great at transcoding videos for each device specifically.
In my experience, PS3 Media ...
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How to convert DVD to WMV (or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker)?
I need to convert DVD to WMV file or another format acceptable by Windows Movie Maker (video is going to be edited on windows machine). What software should I use?
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Re-encode video files
I have lots of video files and am running out of storage space fast. Without affecting the quality too much, what is an easy quick way to re-encode these files to smaller files?
The original files ...
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Reduce avi size without losing too much quality
I have a few GBs in .avi videos and I want to convert them to some other format to reduce their size but I don't want to lose a lot of quality, there's text and other graphics in the video than need ...
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Record from VHS tapes
I recently got a USB TV Tuner card. I want to digitize old family VHS tapes. However the TV Tuner card driver doesn't do audio, only video. I have plugged a 3½mm jack from the video machine my laptop. ...
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