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Freeware DVD to MP4 converter
I have used Handbrake for this.
It is open source and available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
You can set it to transcode the subtitles and / or select sound tracks if these are available on the DVD.
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Video player with backward frame by frame stepping for Linux
avidemux can do this. It's in rpmfusion free for Fedora and there's a PPA for Ubuntu.
It supports most codecs and containers, and can step forward/back frame by frame, and properly switch between ...
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Filter motion in video file (surveillance video)
https://github.com/Breakthrough/DVR-Scan
DVR-Scan is a cross-platform command-line (CLI) application that
automatically detects motion events in video files (e.g. security
camera footage). In ...
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Media player on Linux
VLC is the ultimate media player.
Install the Ubuntu default repository version:
sudo apt install vlc
Install the latest version (has Blu-ray support):
sudo snap install vlc
How to make a ...
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YouTube video to text?
These 3 solutions took me like 30 sec to find by googling. Please do your due diligence and put a minimum of effort into it before asking your question here. There appear to be many more of thoose ...
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Convert video to APNG
Ezgif now supports video to APNG conversions.
http://ezgif.com/video-to-apng
You can upload any video format supported by ffmpeg, and select duration, resolution and frames per second.
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What is a screen recorder with mouse movement and can save the recording as video?
For Windows now I using ShareX. Free Open Source screenshot and screencast recording App.
It also contain simple image editind and annotation and automatic uploader to image hosting, but I not using ...
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Simple program to cut videos without ANY loss of quality for Windows, Linux or Android
I would like to complete the other answers by referring this solution of mine on another thread that seems to solve the audio sync and beginning of frames frozen issues for ffmpeg :
The key frame ...
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Free (libre) video hosting platform
Peertube https://joinpeertube.org is a free (no charge and libre) open source software developped by the Framasoft Association in France (framasoft.org). You can install it to run your own server and ...
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Video player for Windows 10
You should try and use the VLC Media player.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and ...
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C# Reading random frames from a video
If you are looking for a commercial library to use for this, I recommend checking out the LEADTOOLS Multimedia SDK. The LEADTOOLS Multimedia SDK is developed around the Microsoft DirectShow or Media ...
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What video processing framework (C++) to use for decoding?
I would definitely recommend using FFMPEG libraries.
They are open-source and are capable of processing a great variety of formats. You can find some tutorials here and there.
It also has hardware ...
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Webcam recording software for Windows
You can use TechSmith Camtasia:
non-free, non-portable
can record the webcam, screen, audio output to the speakers, and audio input (e.g., microphone)
I've never had any sync issues between audio ...
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Free Windows program to convert video from VOB
You can use FFMPEG for just about any video conversion tasks including this.
An example command line would be:
ffmpeg -i input -acodec libfaac -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200k -mbd 2 -flags+mv4+aic -trellis 2 ...
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Software to record video lectures on Linux
VLC can also record from your webcam or other video device (capture card, etc), either command line or via GUI.
There is also gtkRecordMyDesktop but I'm not sure if it could keep up with live video ...
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software that searches from a word the context of the conversation in a video with the subtitle .srt?
This sounds like a lot to install but it is a lot easier than it sounds:
Install download & install Python.
Open a command window and type pip install moviepy if you hit any errors on Windows ...
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Software for video trimming and/or mkv to mp4 converting without any quality loss
I would just use FFMPEG:
Free, Gratis & Open Source
Cross Platform - Runs on just about everything
Cut & join mkv without loss of quality, just supply the start time(s) and duration for each ...
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How to increase the speed of a video to 1.05x without changing the frequency of the video sound?
The image above was just captured from my test of kdenlive for windows. I had attempted the same process on my linux box, but the screen configuration is different and I was not able to locate the ...
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Video editor that works from plain-text files
AviSynth seems to be the tool that directly answers your needs on Windows. This is a completely script-based editing approach, with quite powerful instruments (built-in or as plug-ins) for reading, ...
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Is there software that can automatically create pictures from a video?
Use FFMPEG. It's the famous tool for manipulating video and image files. To extract images every 5 seconds run the command like this
ffmpeg -i videofile.mp4 -vf fps=1/5 img%03d.jpg
fps is the number ...
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Software for making video lectures for Linux (switching to online teaching with the COVID-19 pandemic)
Yes, OBS Studio is your best option here, as it's very customizable.
OBS Studio here also.
Geogebra is a fantastic free option for the majority of mathmatical things. However, making graphs simply via ...
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How to recover video from scratched DVDs
I found a viable solution by combining MakeMKV and Handbrake:
MakeMKV is able to extract the Video from the DVD by simply copying the data of selected titles (or chapters, it is very flexible) into ...
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Software for stitching together many short videos, and basic editing
Of your requirements, the learning curve is rather arbitrary. With YouTube and other resources, the learning curve for your choice should not be a limiting factor.
Free means that Kdenlive fits that ...
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Browser extension that can play YouTube videos faster than x2
Not an extension, but a cheap workaround for Chrome/Firefox/Brave/Opera/Vivaldi/etc that will work with any HTML5 video or audio on any page (unless it's inside an iframe):
Right-click anywhere on ...
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Browser extension / userscript that can remember the YouTube video speed I have set
YoutubeDefaultSpeed on GreasyFork works great for me. You can set a default speed using the radio boxes and it will remember the speed when opening new videos. Below is an image of the radio buttons ...
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Video player with backward frame by frame stepping for Linux
As detailed in this answer on askubuntu, SMPlayer can do it when using "mpv" as it's "Multimedia engine" (under Options -> Preferences, at the top of the "General" tab).
The default keyboard ...
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MKV to AVI convertor?
You could try this mkv to avi converter. It is an online service. The file upload limit is 150MB, but you can use it for free and as many times as you want.
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Play up to 9 videos simultaneously
You can use Awesome Video Player. It supports up to 16 videos played simultaneously. Of course, performance will be better with fewer videos or on a more powerful computer.
AVPlayer supports ...
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Edit video file while retaining the original format
VideoReDo TV Suite should do what you want, it's useful for trimming/splitting video files (you can also remove ads in your videos).
With VideoReDo's perfected smart
rendering technology you can ...
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Screen record and mouse tracking
In Linux, I'd use gtkRecordMyDesktop for the recordings. AFAIK it doesn't support logging of mouse location, etc. though.
However, the linux program cnee does log X11 events and data. It can even ...
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