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compat-drivers-3.9 crash video card driver

I try to install wireless driver on my linux with compat-drivers-3.9. After installing compat-drivers-3.9 linux , the video driver seems to be crashed. The resolution is not correct. How can I restore ...
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Making Netflix-desktop more stable

I've installed netflix-desktop as per the iheartubuntu Netflix Desktop app guide. It works for about 2 hours and then crashes, taking down my KDE window manager with it. How can I make Netflix ...
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Streaming to an Apple TV (3) from Linux

Alright, here is the setup: One apple tv 3 in the living room, connected to the network (wired). One pc running Linux (Arch Linux x64, AMD), containing all music, movies and series (wired). Now I ...
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Viewing a screencast encoded with camtasia

I have downloaded the screencast on this page, http://jaderholm.com/screencasts/org-mode/. I can watch in firefox but the viewer has limited controls. So I would rather watch it on a regular video ...
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How to stream h264 video from web-cam to network?

I have a web-cam which I want to use to stream h264 video. Now I'm streaming mjpg video with mjpg-streamer. And now I'd like to stream h264. I've found that it could be done with gstreamer, but I'm ...
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Xorg freeze with external monitor on Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 ( Debian linux )

I have as issue with my ASUS X80L laptop ( system config: Celeron M 550, 2Gb RAM, Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 video ). I'm running Debian testing on it with X.Org v 1.12.1.902 and XFce 4.8. Every 10-20 ...
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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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Script to Read Videos and output information

I am working on a script that reads all folders inside a Movie folder and outputs the information for each video in a file. The current one I have is this: movies=0 rm movielist for dir in Movies/* ...
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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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azap from LinuxTV dvb-apps strange signal behavior with Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 950Q

What I want to do I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 950Q USB-TV-Stick. I want to use this stick to successively tune to and read in a certain live TV stream. What I do I trigger a scan and save the scan ...
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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 ...
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OMXplayer and HDMI audio on the Raspberry Pi

When I try playing video using the command: omxplayer -o hdmi sound will not work unless I also include the -r switch. The only problem with this is when the video is done it leaves a black screen ...
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Chromakey -video-editing in Unix?

My friends are recommending me to use OSx for video-editing but trying to use old good OSs such as Debian and Ubuntu. How can I do chromakey -video-editing in some Unix or Linux?
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Detecting monitors on machine over local ssh connection

I need to write a script to check on video related things on machines in the local network, e.g. Is a monitor plugged in? Are the video drivers up to date and appropriate for the hardware? Is Xorg ...
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How to keep YouTube video fullscreen after moving mouse to other screen in Awesome WM?

I've managed to get YouTube Flash videos fullscreen by using two tips, but whenever I move the mouse pointer to a different screen (thereby changing the application focus) the fullscreen mode is ...
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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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uvcvideo - No space left on device

I'm trying to setup a camera in Zoneminder but having difficulties ~$ v4l2-ctl -d 0 --all Driver Info (not using libv4l2): Driver name : uvcvideo Card type : Wireless PC-CAM ...
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Record screen in X

How can I record all activity on the screen for a certain amount of time? I know about tools like xwd that capture a still image; can they be extended to record video? I'd prefer not using any fancy ...
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How to record Skype video calls on Linux?

I'd like to conduct recorded video interviews with Skype and am looking for a reliable tool to accomplish that. Is there anything out there that's not slow or buggy? I'm running (K)Ubuntu.
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Looking for the professional video editing tool

No this is not a poll. I guess you have to admit that gimp is the picture editing tool for linux. Well i am lookin for the video editing tool for linux. Is there one?
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Skyping (video) on Linux

Ever since I have been running Linux I have not been able to use Skype video messages. Even the program I have downloaded for Skype is telephony, and I don't want Skype telephony. What am I doing ...
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Play Video files in fedora

I installed a Fedora 18 and added rpm-fusion repositories for fedora18 and also installed all gstreamer codec such as good,ugly,bad, but i can not play videos with .mkv , .mp4, .wmv , extensions yet. ...
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Washed out colours with screencast software but not screenshot on Ubuntu (all versions)

I have experimented with screencast software on Ubuntu over a number of LTS versions and using pretty much every software I can get my hands on. I have used VLC, RecordMyDesktop and some others the ...
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Can I get full video capabilities in Arch Linux guest on Virtual Box?

I'm trying out arch linux on my win7 host on a VB and I have it installed just fine, the problem is that when I try to use gnome-shell it goes back to fallback mode because it detects that my video ...
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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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PVR meta data viewer for linux

I recorded some videos from my DVB-S device and it created some .mpg videos and a .pvr file for each; Also a info3.pvr file for each recording that keeps metadata info (record time,name,...). I need ...
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Speed up playback rate of online videos in web browser on Debian Linux

Windows and Mac users have Enounce MySpeed to assist with increasing playback speed of online videos. What options do I have for increasing playback rate of online videos in Google Chrome on Debian ...
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x-shockwave-flash in Linux

What should I install to be able to view videos of type x-shockwave-flash in Linux? I found something here with instructions wget ...
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Fast tool to generate thumbnail video galleries for command line

I use gframecatcher to generate thumbnail video galleries, i.e. something like this: However this is a GUI tool and I want to create recursively a gallery for every video in a directory structure, ...
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Pixelization of KDE screen

I am using Arch Linux on an Acer Aspire 5920G and KDE 4.6.5 as WM. All installed packages are up-to-date. Starting some days ago I got few strange artifacts that spread all over the screen. ...
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CentOS - /var/log/messages - “Load Detected on Output A” noise

I'm getting perpetual log entries that look like this: Jan 31 00:50:35 service1 kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Load detected on output A Jan 31 00:50:35 service1 kernel: [drm] nouveau ...
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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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How to route one video device to multiple programs

I'd like to direct the output of a single capture card (Hauppauge PVR-150) to two programs: VLC (for streaming on LAN) and MythTV for scheduled recording. I think it's possible to do this with the ...
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What software can I use to do live screen-casting in linux?

I'm looking for a software to do live screen-cast of our local user group meeting. What software can I use to do that? Ideally I'd like to capture the computer screen and speaker's audio and stream it ...
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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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Trouble getting VLC to record from the webcam via command line

my ~/.bashrc contains the following function webcamrecord () { vlc v4l2:// :v4l-vdev="/dev/video0" :v4l-adev="/dev/audio2" :v4l-norm=3 :v4l-frequency=-1 :v4l-caching=300 :v4l-chroma="" ...
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Capture and broadcast video from web cam

I have server on Debian 6, without Desktop Environment and I have simple web camera. Web camera is defined like /dev/video0, so I can use cat /dev/video0 > ~/photo to get image from it (of course ...
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HDMI output with HD 3000 only works with DVI output also in use

After moving to a new apartment I realized it was no longer practical to use my main desktop for my projector (Optoma HD100X) in the living room (the cable run would be crazy and I'd been planning on ...
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Editing margins and sharpening of movies

I copied some cartoons from a VCD to my hard drive, to be able to manage the content more easily. However, probably because of the VCD outdated technology, there are two issues with these clips: ...
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Laptop falls-back to Vesa video-driver

I own Dell Inspiron 15R SE (7520) and I have installed Arch Linux on it. It seems that I have two video-cards so I have installed both drivers + Vesa driver (pardon me if that's wrong). dagrevis@haze ...
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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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Where is avisplit? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to find out which (not installed) package a file belongs to? I usually used avisplit command to split avi files. I noticed that I should install the package ...
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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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Bad HD video deinterlacing processing

I have Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit with Unity. My system configuration is: CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz) RAM: 8192 Mb DDR2 Kingston Video: Palit GeForce GTX 260 216 SP, and my screen resolution is ...
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VGA and DVI, set default kernel console to one

this seems like a very basic question, but after searching the web for 2 hours I couldn't find any real help on the subject and it's driving me nuts. It's brutally simple: I have a radeon 4670 video ...
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How to configure a video4linux loopback device

I am writing an application which is based on Motion. Motion allows me to define a video4linux loopback device: # Output images to a video4linux loopback device # The value '-' means next available ...
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Graphics glitches when I open web pages

Whenever I'm browsing some websites, some graphics glitches appear, like in this screenshot: This happens with any Linux distribution that I use. Sometimes, the windows of these programs themselves ...
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w_scan: no data from PAT

I'm using w_scan to get channel list for my DVB-T stick. But despite channels being found, channels.conf file is empty. I suspect Info: no data from PAT has something to do with this. I know the ...
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BackTrack5 R2 video driver works, but presents disturbing error message

I've installed backtrack 5 R2 on my computer and everything works fine but the video driver. The solution described here does work, but whenever I start the graphics mode, a message saying that the ...
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How to do I convert an animated gif to an mp4 or mv4 on the command line?

What command would I use to convert an mp4 or mv4 video file to an animated gif, and vice versa. That is, convert a animated gif to a mp4 or mv4.

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