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Questions tagged [video-streaming]

Continuously sending video data to devices such as other computers, mobile phones or TV sets.

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What does Matroska have which WebM doesn't, that made the differentiation necessary?

I've read that WebM is essentially a subset of the Matroska format. What does Matroska support that WebM doesn't, which necessitated "christening" a new format rather than just saying "WebM = Matroska with a restricted set of codecs used"? I'm…
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Downloading m3u8 videos

I am trying to download video from a .m3u8 livestream video format. How can I download m3u8 videos using software on my personal computer such as ffmpeg, youtube-dl, VLC, etc? M3U is a computer file format for a multimedia playlist. One common use…
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Why is VNC on Windows so slow?

In a test, I could stream a full HD movie across our network from my friend's computer, no problem. It's as fast as I could want. But VNC is painfully slow. We've tried Real VNC and Tight VNC, I've played around with the Capture Method settings, but…
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Capture RTSP stream from IP Camera and store

I've got a few IP Cameras which output an RTSP (h264 mpeg4) stream. Hitting the URL locally via VLC: rtsp://192.168.0.21:554/mpeg4 I can stream the camera and dump to disk (on my desktop). I'd like to however store these files on my NAS (FreeNAS).…
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Download video from Microsoft Stream

I'd like to download video from Microsoft Teams, or better yet, from Microsoft Stream. I read that this function is available only for the owner. The problem is the following: from tomorrow my university is starting streaming lectures because in…
Gennaro Arguzzi
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Creating MP4 videos ready for HTTP streaming

How can I convert some.flv or some.avi or some.wmv with FFmpeg to be sure that this video will be playable and seekable in JW Player?
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How much bandwith is required to stream 1080p?

I am wondering how much bandwith is required to stream a 1080p movie from for example Youtube. I am aware that there may be things such as compression that come in play here, but can anyone provide a good answer for this anyways?
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How can I download stream videos with rtmp protocol? From Harvard Extension, more specifically

I've been having trouble downloading video lectures from Harvard Extension School. I was hoping I could take CS171, but I found myself having to spend awful lot of time waiting for endless buffering. So I wish to find a way to have the lectures…
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Can I make a video not downloadable?

I'm a user who has Internet Download Manager and I haven't met any video content that couldn't be downloaded by IDM. Now I would place some videos on my website and make them not downloadable, or at least not viewed after downloaded – and I'd like…
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Computer won't play any online video until I reboot

For some reason, sometimes when I put my Windows 10 PC (Geforce GTX 970) to sleep and bring it back up, online videos will NOT play. Doesn't matter the browser (I've tried Chrome, Firefox, IE), or the site (twich, youtube, anything), they will not…
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How do I play a RTMP stream in VLC?

I'm trying to get a RTMP stream to play on VLC and the URL is in this format: rtmp://76.10.10.240/liverepeater/mp4:name.mp4 I'm able to record the stream with CooJah but I only want to watch it via VLC. Any ideas?
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Is it possible to stream Windows desktop apps to a DLNA TV?

Is there any way (hardware or software) to stream the actual Windows desktop to a DLNA TV? I know you can stream certain media files (and this is working fine) but I would need to stream normal Windows applications to a remote TV via the local…
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Can YouTube (e.g.) send a video file once and multiple users stream it?

Can YouTube (e.g.) send a video file once and multiple users stream it? Or does YouTube need to send the file to each person individually, even though all of the users live in the same region? If it is the second case, is there any way through,…
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Get webrtc-like latency with ffmpeg?

I've been using this between Chrome and my phone: http://www.webrtc.org/demo And the latency is really good - less than 1 second. I've been trying to replicate that on my computer with no success. ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 -s 320x200 -r…
David N. Welton
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How to stop downloading of a streaming video

This is a problem I have in my mind for a long time and now I want to ask Super Users. I often watch streaming videos on various video sharing sites and Facebook. I click on the "Play" button on the relevant online player, and video starts to load…
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