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Questions relating to the Audio Video Interleave (avi) multimedia file format

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Avi video will not display properly with either the Videos program or with matlab's VideoReader, but it displays perfectly fine in vlc

I am trying to load up some videos (avi files) into matlab to analyze them a bit; I recorded them using myCam 1.1 on Windows 7. I would like to analyze them on my linux computer; however, when I use ...
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convert all the png files in a folder to video

I have ~450 frames named 1...450. However, there are some missing frames for example frame 10, 30, and so on do not exists. I want to create an AVI video in the same order as 1...450.png. How should ...
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Video conversion to AVI

I'd like to convert my video files on Linux because my TV only recognizes the AVI video format. My first attempt to convert my files was through Handbrake. The fact is that, out of the box, I only ...
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Gerbera to transcode *.avi videos to h264 mkv?

I bought a Samsung SmartTV which do not support DIVX/XVID codec, so any of the old *.avi files I have work. While I can always convert them, I have other devices in my DLNA network which supports ...
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Downloaded avi videos and can not view the

when I try to reproduce I receive such error:
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How to fix damaged avi video

I have a video camera that records video. When I collected the files off the camera the video files that were recorded first play normally. The files that were recorded later give errors. With VLC I ...
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can not play avi file on ubuntu 18.04 lts

Can not play avi file from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64 bit OS) vlc just showing black screen
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Convert a sequence of ppm images to avi video

I want to convert a sequence of ppm images to avi video (or another possible video format accepted by OpenCV). First I converted the ppm images with no drop in quality to jpg: for f in *ppm ; do ...
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Unable to open AVI file

I am unable to open a 114,808KB AVI file using VLC. I can open smaller AVI from the same thumb drive. Any suggestions, ideas, thoughts? Thanks!
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How can I watch .avi with embedded subtitles?

I have downloaded an avi with subtitles in multiple languages. I can watch the video online and choose the subtitle language I need. However, I cannot see the subtitles with the Totem movie player ...
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Is it possible, today, to read avi files on Aquaris m10?

What I mainly do with a tablet : Browse internet, read epub books, read emails, and watch movies. I am naive, I was not expecting to get everything with Ubuntu touch, but at least watching my avi ...
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How can the speed of an AVI file be changed?

I want to change the speed of an AVI video file such that it takes twice as long to play as it did originally. I have attempted to do this with ffmpeg, but this results in a very low quality video: ...
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Hard disk's too slow to play a huge raw AVI file

I have a huge AVI file. The video player (VLC) stops every about 10 seconds because the HDD doesn't read fast enough. (details here) I want to be able to play this video. Anyone knows a workaround? ...
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VLC can't play large raw avi 1080p video

I recorded a huge raw avi video using SimpleScreenRecorder but it can't be played smoothly. Every about 10 seconds the video stops to render. How can I avoid this. I don't think my computer can't ...
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converting avi to streamable mp4

I just got my chromecast and I am trying to convert my uncastable avi videos to castable mp4 video format I converted some avi videos to mp4 using the command: avconv -i input_file.avi -c:v libx264 -...
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Is it possible to convert only audio in video file using avconv?

I have downloaded a video file in AVI format and it seems to have A52 (AC3) encoded audio. VLC for iOS can't play this audio format. Can I convert audio of this video file to AAC or something more ...
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Trying to merge .avi videos with mencoder

I started by using the suggestions found at this link: How to join video files from terminal? It worked for the first 6 times that I tried to merge a group of small .avi files into one larger file. ...
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seaching app online to play avi got error [closed]

Can anyone help me? GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.UnicodeDecodeError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 489, in ...
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Native tool to change aspect ratio information in video file

I have a video file (avi) which somehow has the wrong default aspect ratio. If I open it with VLC or any other player, it's shown in 4:3, making everything look really tall/thin. When I manually ...
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How can I convert my mp4 files to avi using avconv?

I need to convert some mp4 files to another format (I chose avi: there may be a better one, suggestions welcome). I tried using ffmpeg but got the deprecated message so I am using avconv, but again ...
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What program will change AVI Files into files I can burn on K3B to burn dvds?

I have AVI Files that are videos. Im am looking to burn these movies onto a DVD-R. It only burns as data to the disc if I burn it directly. So im wondering what program will convert these AVI Files to ...
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How to convert a Video to avi xvid with custom Frame Size?

i want to convert my movies to avi xvid with the frame size 700x292 so that i can watch it on my tv.But i don't know which software in ubuntu will help me.I tried arista transcoder but it does not ...
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Is it possible to transcode a video file with an ifs extension?

I have recovered video files recorded from a camera DVR which has an embedded Linux system and compresses in H264, the files are .ifs and I need to be able to make these files viewable on any computer ...
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How can I clear Totem's cache?

I watched an uploaded movie with Totem. Looks like it saved or cached the movie somewhere because it takes space now from the HDD. I never noticed similar before. Where does Totem save streamed ...
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How do I watch an AVI file?

I get following error message when I try to play file_name.avi file using default video player or VLC: Required plugin could not be found Videos requires to install plugins to play media files of the ...
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Using avconv, when remuxing to MKV, is there a way to fix packed AVI input files?

Due to compatibility bugs between Plex server and Panasonic TVs, the only way to get it to work well is remux everything to MKV, straight copy all streams (video, audio, subtitle) Seems simple enough:...
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VLC player wont play AVI or MP4 [duplicate]

I'm brand new to Ubuntu (and linux all together). I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Lenovo S10e, and I'm trying to play movies that I loaded from my external HD onto the netbook. I've tried 4 ...
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How to join an avi video file split in Files as : filename.avi.001, filename.avi.002, filename.avi.003, etc? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How I can extract files, name.iso.001 name.iso002 and so on Files spitted like that should be joined but they are not just fragments of video, but behave like archives. How to ...
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split video from mkv, avi, mp4

I've a mkv video file and want to split some important scenes. Is there any tool in ubuntu to split them. I'm looking for GUI tool. any help is appreciated.
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Black screen when playing a movie in VLC player in Kubuntu 12.04

This is not a duplicate of this question. In my situation, my AVI files will play correctly in other installed players -- but not in VLC. Unfortunately, I need frame-by-frame controls, and VLC is the ...
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AVI playback terrible - Ubuntu 11.10 on a old Thinkpad T42

When playing standard definition AVI files in VLC (and other media players) on my old Thinkpad T42 in Ubuntu 11.10, the playback is terrible: it's kinda slow and choppy - borderline unwatchable. ...
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Remove noise in video created by recordMyDesktop?

I need to record some activity on my desktop with voice , but recordMyDesktop really doesn't provide an acceptable record. Here are two solutions came into my mind , strip off the voice from that ...
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Concatenating AVI videos

I have some AVI videos from a vacation. The videos might have different frame rate and resolution, as they came from different cameras. What's the easiest way to concatenate these videos? Is there an ...
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How to fix AVI index error

I try to open an AVI file. The first software I tried is VLC media player. It reports some error about AVI index: This AVI file is broken. Seeking will not work correctly. Do you want to try ...
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