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Questions tagged [directshow]

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FFMPEG Directshow Multiple Audio Capture

Is it possible to capture multiple audio devices using ffmpeg dshow? I am trying to capture my desktop using gdigrab along with mic and speaker audio using dshow. I have tried using the following command but it doesn't work: ffmpeg -f dshow -i…
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Is there a VirtualDub alternative which works with DirectShow filters?

The question says it all: I'm looking for a VirtualDub alternative which can work with video files if there's only a DirectShow filter available (and not a VFW filters as VirtualDub requires)
Daniel Rikowski
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Windows lists the wrong Directshow Audio Capture Devices

Some time ago the directshow audio capture devices on my Win7 machine stopped updating. For example ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy lists devices that have been uninstalled already and my microphone won't appear after connecting it. I…
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Windows media scaling/interpolation method

Usually in Windows, if videos or other media is upscaled from a certain resolution to a higher resolution (e.g. "monitor size"), a bilinear filtering algorithm or similar is used, such that the upscaled material doesn't look blocky. On my system…
user20673
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VLC output to DirectShow

I have a playlist of video files in various formats (which VLC will happily play while others choke on some of them). I have another program which will only accept as input a DirectShow Source device (eg. webcam). I would like some way to create a…
Miral
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How to fix missing Media Foundation Microsoft AAC Audio Decoder Transform MFT Windows Server 2k8r2 sp1

I have a Windows Server 2008R2 SP1 VM that has somehow lost its Media Foundation AAC Transform. I discovered this when certain .MOVs with AAC streams were not behaving as expected. I opened TopoEdit on my Win7 development box and on the VM and…
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FFMPEG DirectShow: Could not run filter

I'm trying to take a picture from my webcam using FFMpeg. This is what I'm trying to run: @echo off :: Get date and time for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set…
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Using DirectShow filters in Windows 7 instead of Windows Media Foundation

I have started using the RC1 version of windows 7, and I noticed that for playing videos, Windows 7 does not use ffdshow after I installed it. I narrowed down the issue to the fact that Windows 7 prefers to use the new Windows Media Foundation over…
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VLC DirectShow capture to use default audio device

I need to capture audio with VLC from the default capture device set for the system in Windows. If I set the audio device in the capture dialog to "Default", it seems to capture from the first audio device in the list rather than the one configured…
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Localized directshow device names

On my computer device list obtained by ffmpeg looks following: Two devices before end named with garbage symbols. It is impossible to use these devices directly. How to use them then? UPDATE Trying to copy/paste... "╨б╤В╨╡╤А╨╡╨╛ ╨╝╨╕╨║╤И╨╡╤А (VIA…
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vlc dshow:// how to limit playback time

I want to use VLC media player to record from an USB TV receiver. I would like to schedule when to record, but calling vlc from the command line: vlc -Idummy dshow://…
Stijn Sanders
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Green screen on RTSP stream from USB camera using mediamtx (ffmpeg)

I need to cast a stream from a USB camera via RTSP as stable as possible (at any moment i need to be able to get a static picture on a remote host, reflecting the real state of affairs in front of the camera) and economically on the used resources…
Pavel
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webcam does not report higher resolutions on windows-10

BRIO 4K Stream webcam does not report higher resolutions on windows-10-pro machine while on windows-10-home machine everything works ok. Any idea how to troubleshoot this issue ? What i have tried so far: Take webcam driver from working machine and…
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Using ffplay to preview a USB webcam using DirectShow under Windows 10 gives black screen

When using ffplay to preview a USB webcam using DirectShow filter under Windows 10 Pro gives black screen. Tried CamDiag32 and CamDiag64, both shows quartz.dll missing but it pop an "access denied error" when I right click and choose fix. CamDiag64…
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Nvidia Grid SDK / Capture SDK

I am trying to set-up grid for capturing OpenGl rendered screen, encoding it and streaming it on remote system. I searched for available options and realized that Nvidia capture SDK (formerly GRID SDK) will be a good option to solve all these…
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