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How to record HDMI video output?

How to record HDMI video, which is being sent from a notebook to a projector without interrupting it? The HDMI signal shows desktop activity and/or video game gameplay on different devices that run ...
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Automatically capturing stills from video presentation

I have a video training course supplied as AVI files. Most of the screens are shown as slides with a pointer moving around on them. I'd like to capture a screenshot of the slide automatically when ...
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How to capture 4K screens?

I want to create videos for youtube, but because I am using a 4K screen it is very difficult to find a proper recording solution. My idea was to buy a card, that I can put into my computer that ...
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Camcorder pass-through or stand alone capture box for VHS source

What would yield better quality: camcorder pass-through or buying a more recent dedicated capture box? I have a Canon Elura 65 that I've used in the past to capture video from VHS sources. It ...
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`Format profile` property in MediaInfo

I got two media files: the first is an application window capture, the second is desktop cature. The only difference between them is that one has format profile section with value OpenDML in MediaInfo,...
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Equipment for documenting an adventure journey

I will be traveling to India in a few weeks and I want to document the journey. Now I'm looking for the right equipment. There are two constraints: First, the amount of work I want to put into ...
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Video corrupted because of force restart when capturing

I was capturing my video using Vmix Live Video Streaming & Video Mixer Software when suddenly my computer restart itself. The file was saved with size of 3GB in my local drive. I used AVI format. ...
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Looking for a solution to remotely control timed video capture

I'm trying to set up a system where a presenter gives short presentations (typically 60 seconds) in front of a backdrop on a daily basis, with the files being ultimately destined for the web. The ...
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Video capture software for 10-bit 4K

I have a Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K video capture card and Panasonic GH4, which can output 10-bit 4K from the HDMI port. I'm running Windows 10 and I have two 1 TB SSDs, but with write speeds of ...
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Origin of "desktop capture engine"

I'm trying to locate a desktop capture driver. I am using Flash Media Encoder 3.2 and had a device listed as "desktop capture engine" in my list of devices. Allowed me to stream my desktop. I had no ...
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Windows Tool for Extracting enhanced images from video

I am looking for a Windows tool for extracting photos from videos, taking advantage of similarity between subsequent frames to enhance the captured still images. There used to be a product for this, ...
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capturing video from VHS flickers

I am trying to record all my old VHS tapes. I bought a video grabber, usbtv 4-1.2:1.0: Fushicai USBTV007 Audio-Video Grabber, but somehow that does not work well. I tried using VLC, but that has some ...
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How do I log footage correctly?

I have a shoebox full of minidv tapes and I need to start capturing and logging them. Of course I want to get it right from the start. How should I log the footage? I'm talking more about technique ...
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video format for pre-demosaic'ed stream

As we all know individual cells in CMOS sensors are essentially identical. The only thing that differentiates them from each other is the thin filter layer (turning them into R, G, B sensor cells). ...
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Should I cut footage into clips whilst I'm logging it?

I'm logging some DV tapes. Currently literally just capturing into Premiere as AVI DV capture format, and writing what is happening and the timecode with pen and paper. I've got the feeling I'm going ...
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Corrupt images, when capturing from multiple cameras using the V4L2 API

I would like to grab images from multiple cameras under linux. I followed this presentation used the code and enhanced it for my purpose. It works very well for 1 camera. Once I begin to grab images ...
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ffmpeg: Why did my capture speed drop? (can no longer capture using same command)

I've been using the following command to capture video with ffmpeg for the past two months using my Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K capture card: ffmpeg -bm_v210 1 -rtbufsize 1500M -threads 4 -f decklink ...
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Video Capturing Cards - What to Buy on the Cheap for HD Quality?

Im new to the video and capturing world. I want to give you the setup. We will be filming a event with three or two cameras. Then pushing this video to a webserver and stream it live. We will be ...
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Horizontal Blanking Interval (Idling Time) optimization

I have questions regarding the time slot in-between two frames of video stream, i.e. Horizontal Blanking Interval (let's say HBI in the following), seen as Idling Time sometimes. Considering a CMOS ...
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video capture problem

With the firewire connected to the PC and camcorder there is no digital connection. I'm using Windows XP and the video card, firewire and camcorder are all ten years old or so. Is it something ...
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Transcoding Satellite online TV Channels to Internet Via Help of Cloud? [closed]

Is it possible for me to transcode nearly 25 live tv channels that run on satellite to internet. Is it possible for me to that via help of Cloud media services from most known cloud providers. As i ...
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