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How to stream video from webcam to network with ffmpeg?

I'm trying to stream h264 video from my Logitech C920 webcam. I'm using such ffserver.conf: Port 8099 NoDaemon BindAddress 0.0.0.0 RTSPPort 5004 RTSPBindAddress 0.0.0.0 MaxClients 10 ...
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Downsampling a video with avconv / ffmpeg

I know really little about encoding and using avconv / ffmpeg. I am trying to downsample a video as follows: avconv -i blah_in.avi -s 640x360 -pass 1 blah.avi avconv -i blah_in.avi -s 640x360 -pass 2 ...
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Mass deinterlacing with FFmpeg on Debian

I have about 300 videos, on a Debian server, stored in the following manner: /mediaroot/1/m32.mp4 /mediaroot/2/m421.mp4 /mediaroot/n/mx.mp4 They all need to be deinterlaced, and I want to do it ...
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Ffmpeg problems on centOS 5.8 64 bit

I did install ffmpeg with winff, unsuccessfully when I try converting avi to x264, it says I don't have it. When I try to convert mp4 to Xvid I get unknown encoder 'libxvid'. It's like nothing really ...
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How do I convert a MKV file to H.264/AVC with a resolution of 640x360 using FFMPEG?

I have a MKV video which I want to put in my mobile (a Nokia XM 5800) and based on this I can play H.264/AVC format videos on it. Based on what I have read, the container should be MP4 and I can ...
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How can I reduce a video's size with ffmpeg?

How can I use ffmpeg to reduce the size of a video by lowering the quality (as minimally as possible, naturally, but I need it to run on a mobile device that doesn't have much available space)? I ...
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Is there a way to demux a h264 video stream from an flv (h264, aac)?

Using ffmpeg to demux an h264 stream from a .flv video always gives me a stream which I cannot remux into a .mp4 container (using either MP4Box from package *gpac), or ffmpeg). Here is the demuxing ...
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How can I embed subtitles into videos with ffmpeg?

I'm told it's possible to embed subtitles (.srt) into video files (.avi) using ffmpeg, but I can't find any mention of it in the man page. Is this possible? What command do I use?
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ffmpeg could not open file.mpg

When I want to convert a video with the following command: ffmpeg -i file.wmv -sameq file.mpg it ends with this error message: FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 ...
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How do I merge two *.avi files into one

I have two *.avi files: sequence1.avi sequence2.avi How do I merge these two files using a command-line or GUI?
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Transcoding MJPEG Stream to FLV or MP4

I want to transcode MJPEG stream that comes from IP camera (http://xx.yy.zz.tt:8080/video.cgi) to FLV or MP4 stream under Linux OS so that users can play the file using a web based Flash player such ...