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How do I scale videos etc by 200% on a 4K monitor but make sure each pixel is duplicated 4 times with no blur?
I'm not seeing my exact question posted anywhere unfortunately.
I'm using Windows 7, as I like Windows 7 over Windows 10 for ease and privacy.
I bought a new 4K Lenovo monitor and a lot of my old data ...
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Video files corruption
A few months ago I copied a lot of video files from my laptop to an external HDD, replaced my laptop HDD with an SSD and copied back those files from external HDD to my SSD.
Now some of the video ...
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Is there a way to increase the 4Gb limit for a/v recordings set by windows7?
I have a situation where I am trying to record my screen, both the video and the audio. I have recently acquired hardware that works with software that the company makes to be able to do just that. ...
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Caching large files in ram
I have 4K Video files, which are slow and jerky when played from a HDD.
They play flawlessly from an SSD, but my SSD has a limited lifespan, so I don't want to use it playing large temporary files.
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how to fix Openshot crashing everytime when making videos longer than 4+ hours?
I am trying to create a video that is longer than 4+ hours using openshot software on Linux and Windows 7. Both test failed miserably. In fact, the whole program completely freezes within 2 minutes of ...
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OBS Studio—'Failed to open NVENC codec: Function not implemented'
Why do I encounter this error in OBS Studio?
Failed to open NVENC codec: Function not implemented.
More importantly, what can I do to resolve it so that I can record?
This is a new install of OBS ...
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Skype does not show video from my webcam
I have a webcam that works fine with other webcam software, like Yawcam or Webcamoid.
Today I installed the latest version of Skype. When I open Settings --> Audio & Video, it shows that the ...
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Windows Media Player plays only audio from MPG 320x240
My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit. I have a few video files in the format of MPEG. Some are 320x240 frame size and other are 720x576.
Both are .MPG extensions.
The default Windows Media Player (I ...
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Blaze Media Pro 10 - Video Edit does nothing
I have downloaded a software called Blaze Media Pro 10 from its official site. It’s a 15 day trial software. It's an Audio Video Editor.
I have installed it on my Windows 7 SP1 64 bit. The ...
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Win7 64bit Ultimate, occasional video crashes
I have occasional video crashes.
My Video will go black but retains sound.
Sometimes I get alarm or video freezes and the occasional BSOD.
I Ran Driver Verifier to try to figure out if it's a driver ...
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mp4 files unplayable after renaming or copy pasting
I have a Windows 7 machine and for a few months now I have a strange thing going on on my PC. When I rename or copy and paste it in a new folder, an .mp4 video it becomes unplayable by any video ...
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ffmpeg encoding options to maximise Windows 7 compatibility?
I'd like to encode a few short (e.g. 30 seconds-ish) video clips with a goal of maximising their out-of-the-box compatibility with Windows 7.
Specifically, what ffmpeg encoding parameters should I ...
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How to turn off rogue OneDrive video syncing
(I am running Windows 7.)
Yesterday I did some clean-up and moved some mp4 files from my desktop to "My Videos". Later I got a message that my OneDrive was almost full. Then I realized that when I ...
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YouTube Live does not work in Windows N without Media pack
I am running Windows N, and it seems that YouTube Live and the -N flavor don't play well together (reddit, reddit, reddit (Doesn't apply to my PaleMoon) ). Regular YouTube videos play fine, I only ...
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Download video with src url
I am trying to download video with src url "https://player.vimeo.com/video/210140332" Is there a process that can be followed to download all this type of videos?
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Windows 7, how to play a video with two audiotracks both playing, each going to its own audio device?
I have a video with two audiotracks, in two different languages, and I have two sound cards. I want to play this video with both audiotracks playing, each through its own audio device.
Is there any ...
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How to play two videos side-by-side synchronously when they have different length?
Before going into the question, let's review what we have gotten on "How to play multiple videos side-by-side synchronized?".
But the answer there supposed that the video files themselves were ...
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Various video/audio encodings play with very distorted audio on PC?
I have found that various video/audio encoding types play with very distorted audio on my PC. Though other types play with no issue. I have taken files which produce the issue and played them on other ...
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How do I play slow motion videos from iPhone?
I took some slow motion videos on my iPhone 6s.
I then used the Google Photos iOS app to upload them to the Google Photos online albums. When I watch the videos online (using Chrome on Windows 7) ...
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Why HEVC playback on Linux and Windows is different?
I have an old 2.7 GHz Dual Core machine on a DG41RQ motherboard, with 4 GB RAM. I tried to play a x265 encoded video (1080p) with VLC on Windows 7. The video was choppy and was lagging, while audio ...
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youtube slows down in chrome
I have a fairly old laptop running Windows 7 32bit. It is slow but good enough to watch fullscreen videos in media player. However watching anything on youtube is plain impossible. It starts fine ...
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How to play both audio tracks on top of each other in windows
I have a recording of a video conference in quicktime format (.mov). It has the audio in two separate tracks, one for each end of the conversation.
If I play the video in vlc or the Windows default ...
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connecting laptop to video projector in win 7
i have connected my laptop to the video projector. all things are fine and there is not any problem for connecting laptop to video projector. but after opening up a presentation and pressing f5 to ...
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Video not working in Virtualbox on Windows 7
I have installed Windows 7 32-bit IE11 OVA in Virtualbox from Linux Mint.
I have installed LonelyScreen to airplay my iOS 9 device. The LonelyScreen appears in the AirPlay in my iPhone and I am able ...
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Is it possible to download and install a new geforce driver?
I have a laptop, the specs are given below
Windows 7 Professional Service pack 1
Processor- Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU - M380 @2.53Ghz 2.53Ghz
RAM - 2.00GB
System type - 64bit OS
NVIDIA ...
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When USB keyboard is connected all media stops playing randomly?
This seems a weird issue to me. After long time I could find a reason why all media stops playing randomly in ubuntu and windows. When I disconnect keyboard everything is fine. But when it is ...
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Offline video freezes every few minutes
I have a custom computer running (legal, updated) Windows 7, 8GB Ram, 1-yo Graphics Card. My system runs on a new SSD and my media is stored on a <1-yo HDD.
Recently when I am watching (non-HD, ...
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Can I enable "Import pictures and videos" in Windows 10 AutoPlay?
In Windows 7, when you plugged in an external camera, then you could select an AutoPlay setting entitled "Import pictures and videos":
which launched a rather simple (but effective) tool to import, ...
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How to open Video file in Fullscreen when login
I have a Video (avi) file that i want to open in fullscreen automaticly when i login.
I thought about login script or even small software for this.
Any suggestions?
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Why YouTube videos buffers slowly in Windows 10?
I watch YouTube videos on Internet Explorer when i had Windows 7 couple months before upgrading my PC to Windows 10 because it buffers videos faster than other browsers but as i upgraded to Windows 10 ...
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VLC Media Player - Stopping it from reopening it's window after minimizing
Situation:
VLC plays the video I want, without issues, I minimize the video so I can focus on other things while listening to the audio. The video ends and when I press the multimedia key to play the ...
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how to get Internet Explorer to default to my youtube red account, to skip ad when playing a youtube video
When I use Internet Explorer to open a Youtube video, I get the annoying commercial. I use my YouTube Red account, on my iPhone, to browse YouTube without commercials.
How can I get IE to ...
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How can I make the Video Settings on Windows Media Player take effect?
I have
Windows 7
WMP 12
the latest version of K-Lite Mega
newly upgraded video card
When I slide the pointer in Hue, Saturation, Brightness, and/or Contrast, the pointer stays where it is, but no ...
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Poor video playback in VLC under bootcamp
I am using Windows 7 64bit in bootcamp on my aging Macbook and while recently watching a movie using VLC I noticed slight tearing. It is noticeable when the scene changes and very noticeable in action ...
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Is it a good idea to get a sound card for gaming/listening to music/watching movies/etc? [closed]
The title is quite self-explanatory so I'll end with the fact that I don't have any special speakers that are of 'high quality'. But I do have a headset worth $50 that sounds really nice, so if I were ...
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Windows 7: Playing DVD shows gray Noise
I've got a Windows 7 computer. When I want to watch a DVD movie, it starts playing, but nearly immediately the whole screen shows gray noise. When pressing ESC, the noise disappears for a moment and I ...
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Open video in WMP by clicking links in IE
How to carry the login information and/or IE browser cache to Windows Media Player?
(I apologize that the screen captures are in Traditional Chinese, as I reside in Hong Kong...)
For example, I have ...
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Windows 7 slow at opening media files
A few days ago I encountered a strange problem that since then consistently persists, I noticed that Windows 7 all of a sudden became exceptionally slow at opening video files. I haven't got the ...
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Add TITLE and COMMENT metadata to .MOV video file?
In Windows 7, I load a .MOV video file in VLC Mediaplayer.
In VLC, I press Ctrl+I to show the Media Information dialog of this file:
I enter a new TITLE and a new COMMENT in the respective fields and ...
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Subtitles in VLC are wrong
I have an .MKV file and the subtitles are incorrect
I tried with different encondings as this answer states, but I with no luck.
The subtitles are embedded inside the file so I can't open them in ...
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Play videos on old Computer
I have a Pentium 4 3.6 GHz, D945GCR Intel board, no external graphics card and 1GB ram pc. Recently I got it upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 (after years... only to see how it works!). But I can't do "...
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FFMPEG under Windows 7(64 bit) - creating timelaps video from jpg
My goal is to create a video from a bunch of jpg files. I have chosen FFMPEG (Windows 64) to solve this task
The task
I have more than 4k jpg files in a directory, all following the naming ...
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Impact 360 videos are distorted and several horizontal black lines show on monitor
This is a very specific issue, so I'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this or not, but all suggestions are welcome.
In our company, we use a web application called Impact 360 by Verint, which ...
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Adobe Flash videos stop playing after a few seconds
From time to time, all Adobe Flash videos stop playing after a few seconds, on all websites and all browsers (at least Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and MSIE). Rebooting the computer solves the issue,...
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Why is my sleep mode directly tied into my video card drivers?
I have windows 7 professional installed. I've been using sleep mode for years to turn my computer 'off' and only reboot or actually power down when absolutely necessary. In fact, I even had the 'Shut ...
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QEMU/KVM can't set qxl video ram size
I'm trying to enlarge video memory size of qxl-vga device. Guest os (windows 7) shows only 16mb of video memory available. I've installed windows guest tools. When I'm trying to set more video memory ...
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Get total run-time of all video files in subfolders?
I have a bunch of AVI files in many folders on an external hard drive. I need to find out the total run-time of all the videos combined.
I know I could toss them into a third party application and ...
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Having trouble rendering videos online
Couple of days ago my computer started having problems with videos specially online content from YouTube and Facebook. I start the video and it start to jump frames, freeze frames, pixels turns green, ...
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Control of CPU performance, possibly P-state, for TV recording
The problem: I am trying to record TV using a Toshiba Satellite Pro (2GHz, dual core, 4GB RAM, 250GB SSD, W7/32 SP1, PCTV 292e USB receiver, Argus TV recording s/w), but am having recording dropouts, ...
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making an video a screensaver on windows 7
So I'd like to make a video a screensaver on Windows 7 and am having some difficulty doing so.
So I converted my clip to a WMV and installed Photo Gallery and put the video - and just that video - in ...
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