Questions tagged [video]
Video is series of still images played back at high speed to give the appearance of something moving.
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How to convert a bunch of videos using avconvert on MacBook?
I have to convert a lot of videos and save the metadata. The only way I found is to create the command for every video and paste it into Terminal. If I select all the files in the folder and convert ...
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Quicktime Playback Speed is not functioning
I am not able to change the playback speed in QuickTime Player on my MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur.
I know where the options are, but selecting different speeds has no effect.
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How do I have both custom show tv art and custom episode thumbnails?
I have a homemade tv show that I want to add to the Apple TV app on my Mac. I've imported the show, added all the metadata I want to, and I want to add thumbnails for each individual episode, as well ...
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How can one see the file extensions of images and videos on iPhone?
I have taken a few pictures and videos with an iPhone 12, which runs iOS 15. How can one see the file extensions of these images and videos on the iPhone?
I don't see file extensions in the native ...
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Why does a video file get bigger after editing it with iMovie?
Input File:
Kind: MPEG-4 File
Size: 305 MB
Dimensions: 640 x 360
Codecs: H.264, AAC
Duration: 52:07
Audio Channels: 2
After using iMovie to trim a bit from the beginning and end of the file, I tried ...
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iPhone causes latency issues when streaming on my Samsung TV
If I am watching a 2k or 4K movie stream with a Firestick on my Samsung TV, it immediately goes into a stutter/lag if my wife opens up YouTube, Facebook or Messenger on her iPhone 13 Pro. Once she ...
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How record line in audio on iPhone with lightning jack?
I've been tearing my hair out over this one: when recording audio or video with my iPhone, I can't figure out how to use the Lightning port for an audio-in signal.
I do not have an analog headphone ...
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What solutions are there for preventing one’s phone from being grabbed from one’s hand whilst recording and the footage being unduly deleted?
It seems that if one begins recording video from a locked state then there is no way to delete and only to discontinue the recording without unlocking the phone. Are there any ways to create more ...
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Is it possible to recover files from the TV app library on an iPhone?
The external hard drive which holds my Music/TV libraries has died.
Most of my library is stuff I can just re-download from iTunes, which is lovely, but some of the files are things I made myself or ...
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Does iPhone record GPS info for each frame of video?
When a video is shot using iOS standard camera app on an iPhone 6 Plus and location is enabled.
I want to shoot video to record GPS data in text on each frame of the video. I'm open to third party ...
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How can I find “IMG_5983.MOV” when Photos calls its files 0472F3DE-5F86-1478-59EC-836FE208CDBD.mov?
When I attempt playing a video in Photos (8.0) on macOS (Ventura
13.5.2), Photos will occasionally tell me:
Videos with unavailable original files cannot be opened. The original video “IMG_5983.MOV” ...
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Using audio interface with iPhone Camera App
Goal: Record video using iPhone with my AU volt476P. (All 4 channels)
When I connect my interface and record through the camera app (using the Apple branded camera adapter) I only get audio from ...
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How do I filter videos by size to identify the largest in Photos app on OSX?
I need to find the largest video files, because my videos takes a lot of space
but I dont know how to do this:
It seems to not to be there any option for filtering by size
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How to export video from Photos.app with original Created Date (macOS: 13.5.1)?
The export with the original Created date works well on images, but when I export videos from the Photos.app even with the option Export Unmodified Original for ... from the File menu the video has ...
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How can I record a 45-minute concert using my iPhone (storage!!)
I want to make a simple video recording of a 45-minute concert using my iPhone XS (iOS 16.6) but there is only 20GB of storage available. I understand that my recording will use more than 20GB.
I ...
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iPhone 7 Plus - Both Cameras partially not working properly
We have an old iPhone 7 Plus, and it has been used by 2 of the members in my family, and now they have upgraded to 13's and 14's with this phone being mine.
Despite the fact that iOS 15.7 is the ...
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How to use h.264/h.265 hardware decoding in ffmpeg
I know that macOS have h.264/h.265 hardware decoding and encoding support, but I can only find videotoolbox encoder in FFmpeg. Using the same -c:v h264_videotoolbox for decoding does not work. Does ...
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Play folder with right button with VLC
as a "switcher" I have discovered one functionally that I like in Windows and I don't see in Mac.
I want to play all the media files in a folder with VLC with the right click and "Play all" but in ...
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Unable to read DVDs (.VRO files) with Apple USB SuperDrive
I'm attempting to play some DVDs using an Apple USB SuperDrive and HandBrake. The DVDs are burned (non-original) containing various Japanese language children's shows.
Here is some information about ...
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How do I enable extended mode with dual monitors in OS X 10.11.6?
Equipment: Early 2015 MacBook Pro - Retina 13" with the Intel Iris 6100 graphics. Two Dell U2414H monitors. One MiniDP to DP cable connecting MBP to monitor #1. DP to DP cable connecting monitor #1 to ...
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Is it possible to extend Quick Look to support h.265?
H.265 (or HEVC) is the official successor to H.264, with a significant reduction in bitrate for the same picture quality.
However it's not supported widely yet, including in Quicktime, iTunes or ...
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Video playback stops working, and then starts working again
This has happened me a few times, most recently yesterday and is weird. For some reason video playback stops working. I then wait a few hours/use the computer for other things, let it sleep a couple ...
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Turn Safari Picture-in-Picture into a 'real' window?
When using Picture in Picture with Safari on the Mac, macOS pins the video player to the corners of the screen and only allows you to resize the window to a maximum of about 1/5 of the total size of ...
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How can I stream a mp4 video file as input for audio/video loopback devices in macos?
In Linux, we can use ffmpeg to stream a video file as inputs to virtual audio/video devices emulated using v4l2loopback & snd-aloop drivers.
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ffmpeg -i /home/user/downloads/myvideo.mp4 -map ...
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How can I control playback in IINA using a game controller?
I want to use my game controller to fast-forward/rewind video playing in the app IINA. Specifically, I want to rotate one of the controller's joysticks counterclockwise to move IINA's playback back, ...
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some videos from iCloud are present in Photos but missing from iMovie
I have taken a bunch of videos on my iPhone, and I have iCloud so they sync automatically to Photos. All the videos from my phone show up in Photos.
I'd like to make a movie with them, using iMovie.
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How to make Youtube serve videos in h264 in Safari instead of VP9
So if remember correctly with Safari 15 Youtube started to serve videos in VP9 instead of h264 as it was before. Which enabled resolutions over 1080p but disabled GPU decoding. Which is producing ...
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How to "Save to Files" on iphone?
From time to time, I may airdrop a video file to one of my iphones. Then I use the following procedure to get the video file viewable with the VLC app.
Navigate to the video file I have just ...
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Is there a way to rotate a video in VLC (with or without saving) on Mac?
If I ask Google, I get a solution for Windows (Tools > Effects > Transform). After some searching, I've found an equivalent on Mac: Preferences > Show all > Video > Filters > Rotate ...
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Older AppleTV 4K started having decoding artifacts a few months back. Factory reset didn't help. Is it just my device?
I have an A1842 AppleTV 4K (one of the first versions) that I have been very satisfied with and which functions as expected. A few months back I started noticing that the edges around persons in ...
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1050p Retina VS 1080p FHD Monitor
Good morning my friends, I hope everyone is doing well. I need a straight forward answer in layman terms on resolution scaling. 1080p vs 1050p M1 13 inch MacBook. I know that our 13 inch Macs are ...
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Trying to open .wmv file on ipad with VLC or Azul
I have some .wmv video files I want to play on my ipad. I had installed VLC player and it was playing them earlier. Recently, it seems to have stopped working. I even paid for and installed Azul ...
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Is it possible to record video on an iPhone 13 mini and have sound coming from an external audio interface?
I would like to record videos of myself playing musical instruments and have the sound being fed via my USB-C audio interface (MOTU Ultralite MK5).
I have tried the answer given in another post but ...
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Black screen during full screen playback on 2015 MacBook Pro retina
Any streaming video played back full screen results in periodic black screens, as if it's buffering, but it only happens with the mini DP connection, not HDMI, and doesn't happen with locally stored ...
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How to stop scrolling in videos during playback on screen touch on iPhone
When I play a video in fullscreen on the iPhone, touching the screen and moving your finger horizontally changes the position in the video.
Very often, that happens by accident for me, since the hand ...
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Where are screen recordings saved from a cancelled share?
I took a long recording of my entire screen using the Screenshot Toolbar. Afterward, I clicked the "share" button so I could send my recording elsewhere, and clicked the "Dropbox" ...
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What video cards are compatible with Mac Pro (Original) 1,1?
Anyone know which video cards are available/supported/will work on the Mac Pro (Original) from December 2006 also known as MacPro1,1 in the system profiler?
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MacBook Pro the full-screen video displayed on an external monitor is being rotated 180 degrees
A year ago, I was using an external monitor with my MacBook Pro and had to set the display rotation to 180 degrees for coding purposes. I've since changed monitors and reset the display rotation to 0 ...
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How can I import mini-DV content onto a Mac?
I have a number of old mini-DV tapes that I would like to import into my Macbook.
I want an app to read the contents of these tapes
It should be able to produce a single MP4 combining all of the ...
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What is the equivalent of Shift-Command-4 for video recording?
Is there an equivalent of Shift-Command-4 to select a specific window and then record all the mouse clicks and key strokes and action on that window only?
Having to select the area for recording with ...
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How can I play an iPad video at reduced speed? [duplicate]
For example, for YouTube videos, you can reduce or speed up the video. I have some videos saved on my iPad, and I'd like to be able to play it at a reduced speed.
Is there an innate way to do this on ...
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Can I record with 50FPS in the camera app to avoid flicker?
The iPhone camera allows me to choose between 30 and 60 FPS in the settings. However I live in Europe with 50Hz mains frequency. When I am filming old CRTs, I get a bunch of flicker either way. It ...
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Can I transfer a high quality video to my iPhone?
I'm a filmmaker who shoots Super-8, 16 and 36mm film.
Cameras shoot between 15 and 80 frames per second and the frames are later scanned one by one in 4k or 8k scanners. Each frame has grain and ...
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How to play a movie on a MacBook using a multimedia projector for output?
At our school there are (not smart) BenQ multimedia projectors in every classrom, every one of these is connected to an AppleTV (AppleTVs are not connected to WiFi) via HDMI cable and more and more ...
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Quick Look support for non-native video files (.avi, .mkv) on Mavericks
In the past, we've been able to get codecs for DivX/XviD/MPEG4 and support for containers like AVI, MKV in Mac OS X's Quick Look feature using Perian (as per this question).
As noted on the Perian ...
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Why does "never auto-play" video in Safari often fail to work?
In Safari version 16.4 running on macOS 13.3.1, in the Preferences ▹ Websites tab, I have selected "Never Auto-Play" in the pull-down menu in the bottom right.
I've had it that way for some ...
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"YouTube Kids" is cleaner than regular YouTube. Sadly, I haven't found any method of disabling autoplay. If it's possible, how can I disable autoplay?
My question
How can I disable the YouTube Kids autoplay feature — on iOS, on MacOS, or on any other platform?
Please assume:
I own a non-jailbroken iPhone.
I have administrator rights on my computer.
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Why does this MP4 video not play on iOS?
Open with the document App, only the file name and file type will be displayed, and the general video can be played directly.
So, I switched to AVplayer to play this video with only sound but no ...
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.movpkg conversion to normal format
I've bought a few movies on AppleTV and after downloading them I wanted to copy them onto an USB stick as an example so I can watch them on other devices easily. The problem here is though, that like ...
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How to use youtube-dl --cookies
How do I use the --cookies option to youtube-dl to download a Youtube video? Can anyone provide a worked example of how to obtain the relevant cookies for Youtube and put it in the appropriate format ...