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This step-by-step guide covers the complete setup process including hardware selection, software configuration, and capture commands for archiving analog video with hardware-accelerated encoding.</p>https://www.linuxcolorado.com/post/2023-08-10-dev-setup-guide/Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.linuxcolorado.com/post/2023-08-10-dev-setup-guide/<p>Learn how to set up a complete CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions that automatically deploys a Flask application to Docker containers. 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