Questions tagged [video]
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m4v to mp4 conversion on Ubuntu server on SSH access
I am doing a conversion of mp4 to flv on a GUI less server where I have only SSH access.( I tried winff and X forwarding that had hanged while doing this conversion so winff is not possible for me)
I ...
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FFMPEG strips audio while converting video
I have Ubuntu server 8.04 installed with the Multiverse repos enabled.
I have installed FFMPEG, with its PHP extension also.
When I try to convert videos into the flv format, I find that the audio ...
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Video Surveillance Server Software
My company has about 25 cameras around our property and we need a server to store any motion on each of the cameras. We are currently using a software called "Digital Video Witness" which is fairly ...
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Can red5 server be used for live streaming of mpeg2 files to Flv players?
(new to media streaming so please forgive my ignorance)
I need to provide live streaming to FLV players out of MPEG2 encoded video files. Clients must NOT be able to START/STOP/FF/RW the video, just ...
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Remote Controlled IP Based Webcam
This may be a tumbleweed, but does anyone know of a webcam that can be remotely controlled via IP? (understanding you'll have to have static IPs, NATing, open ports in firewalls, yada yada yada)
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Video Chat going through a server
I'm trying to build a simple video chat client on the mac as a little project and I want it to be able to go over my own little server and arrive at the other end (so going over the internet rather ...
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Lots of artifacts while streaming HD content with VLC 0.9.9 on CentOS
I'm trying to stream (multicast) a x264 encoded file using VLC. This in itself succeeds, but the stream has a huge lot of artifacts. This seems to suggest that the data cannot be transported fast ...
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Codec Pack that can easily be deployed via group policy
We have a teacher that has a project for doing some basic film editing with windows movie maker. We loaded the avi file onto the computer and Windows is trying to install a codec but can't. I assume I ...
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What technologies allow bidirectional streaming of video? [closed]
Wikipedia says that Flash allows "bidirectional streaming of audio and video". Is it possible to do that with other technologies (for example with JavaScript)?
In other words, I want to transfer ...
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IP Cameras consume much CPU - is there any GPU to help?
We have several IP cameras and more to be added. The problem is they consume pretty much CPU power and we are thinking of buying newer hardware for that.
The camera provides MPEG4 video on the fly ...
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Need advice on how to set up live video streaming to web/mobile devices
I have a bunch of live udp video streams that currently are viewed by set top boxes in my network. I would like to pick this video up (I can do this with vlc now) and stream it out to other non-STB ...
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Hardware needed for receiving and recording videocalls in Asterisk
I'm planning an Asterisk configuration that should record videocalls and then feed it to an application.
From what I've researched, it seems like app_h234m is the way to go. But it's not clear to me ...
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Send HD video over SONET
In an effort to test our new OC 192 network, we would like to find a way to stream HD video over it for a demonstration. We are looking for a device or combination of devices that connects to HDMI on ...
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video streaming infrastructure advice
We would like to set-up a live video-chat web site and are looking for basic recomendations for software and hardware set-up. Here are the particulars on the site:
Most streams will be broadcast ...
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VLC Media Server
We are using VLC on ubuntu, and trying to set up a streaming media server. We have the http interface working fine from remote computers, and we can also see the video playing as text if we don't ...
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Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 can not send video call to multiple users
I have installed Microsoft Communication Server 2007 R2 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 for three users.
It is possible to do a video call from one person to another - you choose a person ...
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What could cause a WMV to not play to completion in a browser?
A realtor has had videos created for a community she is selling homes for, the people who made the videos gave them to us in WMV format. I can play these videos without any problem in Windows Media ...
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Local Live Quicktime Video Broadcast, latency?
I'm looking into the feasibility of using a local server to distribute live video of a conference to delegates in the same room. They would still hear the live audio coming from the speaker, so only ...
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How many copies of files are needed by video server?
A quick question.
How many copies of the same movie are kept in a video server (a video streaming server)? Suppose a particular video is at max requested by 1000 users at the same instant of time, how ...
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Corporate IM with video that actually works, suggestions? [closed]
Does anyone here have a suggestion for a cross-platform IM solution which will work with VoIP/video on both Windows (XP and 7) and Mac OS X from 10.4 and upwards?
Right now, we're in a kind of mixed ...
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IP cameras and servers
Has anyone set up an IP camera system before. I am looking for some reasonable cameras some for use outside and some for use inside. I would also like to know if there are any server/(networked ...
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Server bandwidth for video streaming website
I need to put on a website videos that can ba shown using a common swf player (like flowplayer).
Videos are about 3/4 minutes each (400 MB) in MPEG4/H264 compression.
I was thinking to buy a normal ...
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Live streaming external FLV files
I want to broadcast live video from a playlist created by me, but the actual video files (.flv's) are stored in some external file hosting which I can't admin, but it's currently allowing the use of ...
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centos streaming server for Video on demand
I'm using centos 5.4 with vlc streaming server i can do the streaming on http,https but when i wanted to rtsp and rtp which i wanted to config for all the wifi phone. From the server it will redirect ...
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How can I measure the load capacity of my video encoding server and plan for scaling?
I have a server running on Amazon EC2 that acts as a video encoder (LAMP CentOS + FFMPEG). How can I load test it with video files and get an idea of how many encodings it can handle. I can't seem to ...
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Networked Remotely-Managed Media Player
We're looking to replace our current in-store video distribution model, which involves the production of a DVD ISO and several people burning discs and shipping them out.
Cost-benefit analysis shows ...
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Video camera for conferencing in large room [closed]
We bit the bullet and setup Windows Communications Server 2007 based on recommendations here (thanks!) for a LAN based video conferencing solution. Now we are looking to connect the board rooms of our ...
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ffmpeg on Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) Server
I'm trying to get ffmpeg running on my server so I can use the PHP Video Toolkit successfully. I'm currently setting up my testing platform, which is a 32-bit Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Server.
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Changing monitor refresh rate in fresh Windows install
I am very sensitive to refresh rates below 70Hz, at least so far as most CRT monitors are concerned. When setting up a fresh Windows system from install media (in this case Windows Server 2008), the ...
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Suggest some price oriented setups for a large video hosting site
Im looking to build a video hosting service from scratch. I have access to several traffic channels, so there will be immediate usage of such service. I wanted to see what sort of options there are ...
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5-10tb of data transfer required, on the cheap [closed]
I need to support about 5-10 tb/month of data transfer for downloadable screencasts.
Since this a a free service, would you recommend me just using those 'unlimited bandwidth' 10/month hosters for ...
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What Video card can be added to a DL380 G5 [closed]
I would like to add a modern video card to a 2nd hand DL380 G5 so I can have full colour and dual LCD panels in native resolution. Server has onboard ATI ES1000 video chip.
The PCI expansion/riser ...
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VLC or ffserver for http streaming
I don't like asking "OR" questions, but I can't find any comparison on the Internet. I need live http streaming using h264 in flv container.
I managed to achieve this with VLC, but with big latency. ...
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Video Hosting, Conversion, and Streaming Solution
I currently offer the option to my users to upload their own video and have it converted to FLV and MP4 on my website. Here are the logistics:
1) User uploads video onto website
2) Raw video is then ...
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Good PC-based video conference control tools? [closed]
I'm looking to improve the user experience in our video conference rooms, by simplifying the things users do all the time (setting up a call, muting and unmuting, panning and zooming between a few ...
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Multiple user video jukebox for school-wide teaching usage
I work in a school. I want to build a video server that I can upload video to from DVDs, VHS tapes and other sources, and have teachers select and play to their classroom projectors. It would need to ...
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Drivers for Dell Precision M90 and Windows Server 2008 (R1)
I am trying to get multi monitor support for a laptop. I have installed Windows Server 2008 (R1) x64 and none of the dell drivers for the laptop seem to work (I have tried the x64 ones for Vista and ...
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Hardware H.264 video encoders for production use?
I'm involved in a project that will involve encoding H.264 video from several sources for live, real-time transmission over the 'net, and it'd be nice to avoid having to dedicate an entire CPU-heavy ...
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Tools for load-testing a videoserver
I'm looking for a tool capable of setting up multiple RTSP streaming sessions and keeping them alive for a configurable amount of time. Ideally this should not be videoserver specific and as ...
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X11 performance problem after upgrading from Centos3 to Centos5 with an ATI Rage XL
After upgrading a computer from Centos3 to Centos5 an application that does a lot of scrolling took a very high performance hit. top tells me that X is using a lot of CPU and that was not happening ...
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can't access my supermicro IPMI remote console
This is my first post, this site it's great, and i hope you can help me with my problem.
I have a supermicro MB X8STI-F and I can access the remote interface browse the server status and everything, ...
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Output video on host in VLC
I have a server with VLC installed and a graphics card.
I have access to the server in person and can play videos while logged in locally, but I want to able to launch a VLC instance remotely through ...
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Video-on-demand/surveillance server setup
I'm planning to set up a service that would allow people to connect their ip-cameras to and watch video embedded into a website. Scheduled saving and replaying would also be available. What hardware ...
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What is a good solution for an intranet video portal (YouTube-like) site?
I would like an easy-to-setup site to handle videos to be viewed internally by my company. YouTube is essentially the perfect solution except for its being public. I'm looking for a place where a ...
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How to encode video to use HTML 5 video tag? [closed]
I'm trying to use <video> tag feature. I've encoded my file with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i 1.vob -f ogg -vcodec libtheora -b 800k -g 300 -acodec libvorbis -ab 128k out.ogv
I've placed this text in ...
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Looking for video casts of smart people administrating linux servers [closed]
I'm a windows developer and just switched my hosted website over to a VPS to teach me some linux administration.
I would like to find some video tutorials that I can watch which just someone doing ...
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Sharepoint Wiki: Can you embed anything other than images and hyperilnks? Specifically, .swf?
Is it possible to embed anything other than hyperlinks and pictures in a Sharepoint Wiki? I was trying to insert a client-side .swf flash video, but I am having some trouble, since it seems that <...
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server resources in live video broadcast
how much ram do i need to run a server with red5 and broadcast live video
I am starting a project that will include live video broadcasts from all over the world and it is expected to have at least ...
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Video call software [closed]
In our company we have about 40 offices distributed all over the country. Every time the Human resources department want to do a training session the people have to go to the central offices for the ...
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Mencoder codec - wmavds32.ax
I am setting up mencoder on CentOS and I have the following error:
[flv @ 0x86751c8]Unsupported video codec (7)
IMediaObject ERROR: 0x8724f4c input format not accepted (0x80040205 : -2147220987)
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