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How to add an additional Sound track to an existing Video

I have a MP4 and MKV video file which also has its own Audio track. I want to add an additional track to it to cover another language for it, what Terminal or GUI way is there available to insert and sync a MP3 file to the already existing video so…
Luis Alvarado
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How to change a video resolution?

Can I change a video resolution (say, from 640x480 to 320x240)? UPDATE: At ubuntuforums there's a thread talking about avidemux, I did a search in the wiki for "resolution" but I found nothing about how to change it. Does anyone use it?
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How can I trim a very large video?

I made a screen recording, but then accidentally left it recording overnight for an extra 6 hours. In total I think it’s around 9 hours - and the file has hit 15GB. Luckily it managed to save to the desktop, but I’m struggling to open it to trim it…
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How to merge subtitle to video?

How can I merge subtitle to a movie to play on my android TV? I searched for a long time but almost program no longer work on ubuntu or I can't find the repository . Here is some answer but I think it's no longer supported on 16.04
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How to join video files from terminal?

I have tried avidemux2_cli, mencoder, ffmpeg, cat.. But this doesn't always work (With the most of the times the error is that the audio codec is not the same) Maybe i put wrong options in the commands. So the commands: cat Sample.avi rrr.avi >…
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How to speed up video footage to make a timelapse video?

I've taken footage of sunsets and traffic etc and would like to make my hour long footage last only 30secs or so, what software can I use to perform this. Thank you for your time. Phil
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Application for trimming a video mp4 of ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I would like to trim a video I have in mp4 format and I can't seem to find the right tool to do this. My laptop has Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
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Choppy video playback

During the last couple of months I have had major problems playing high-definition videos in Ubuntu. Generally it's 1080p videos that I have problems with, but I do recall having the same kind of problems with a 720p video a while back. This occurs…
Tommy Brunn
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USB to VGA video adapter

I'm having a hard time finding reliable info on this subject, but I'm looking for a usb to vga ( or dvi ) adapter for a Ubuntu 10.10 installation on a laptop. I'm currently using the regular vga external port of my laptop so I have a dual video…
Phil R
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How do I automatically obscure my face when using video chat?

I want to use Empathy, Skype, etc for video chat, but I want to have my face automatically detected and obscured in the video stream. What can I do to make that happen? I don't want to turn off video or just use a static image.
Kees Cook
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Choppy videos and animations since 18.04

Since upgrading from 17.10 to 18.04 my video streaming and amimations have become choppy. Running glxgears it can be seen that the animation stops and then starts again every 3 seconds or so. The same with video streaming, the picture stutters every…
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Simple VJ software for background video in live concert

Here's what I am trying to accomplish: I have a bunch of AVI videos between which I need to switch back/forth as songs play in the concert. The only requirements for the software are that: videos need to be seamless (no player GUI showing up on the…
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Light Video Player to download subtitles automatically

Which one is the most lightware video player ? I watch usually normal videos, with not so high resolution... Referring to the hardware resources used tell me please do you recommend me a video player which comes with the most common codecs included,…
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Videos Playing Way too Fast

Recently installed 16.10. All is working quite well, with the exception of videos playing 10x+. Whether it be in Firefox or Chrome, Facebook or Youtube, all videos are playing extremely fast. I have currently on kernel 4.9, but reverted back to…
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Videos look strange on ubuntu 12.04

I've recently installed ubuntu 12.04 to replace Windows XP on my dad's computer, as he kept having trouble with an automatic update memory leak problem that I simply could not solve. ubuntu works great for his needs, except he has a lot of video…
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