Video stabilisation software

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Is there any way, either through a graphical program or a command line utility to "stabilise" video in Ubuntu?

By stabilise I am referring mainly to a feature of iMovie where shaky video is analysed, and then frame by frame altered to make it look smoother. This method looses video quality through zooming and rotating to produce the effect. Look at this video for an example of what I mean.

I don't know much about video, but the shakiness in your example doesn't look like the kind of shakiness those apps are designed to eliminate. Perhaps try mounting it on the frame, rather than your helmet? — Stefano Palazzo, Feb 28 '11 at 17:43

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '21 at 08:26

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The transcode package bundles an image stabiliser plugin vid.stab. Their video demo certainly looks convincing (if a little vomit inducing).

Transcode package is no longer maintained and was removed from Ubuntu releases 18.04 and newer. You may still be able to run it but functions may be limited or buggy.

edited Jul 01 '21 at 08:26

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answered Feb 28 '11 at 17:54

Oli

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It is now available as a filter in ffmpeg 2.0, though ffmpeg itself is not available for Ubuntu :( – FairMiles Oct 19 '13 at 20:17
@FairMiles ffmpeg is available in the Ubuntu repositories, but not vidstab apparently. – Flimm Nov 17 '17 at 20:13

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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You can try Cinelerra,

Installing cinelerra

Add the following PPA ppa:cinelerra-ppa/ppa (How to add a PPA) then install cinelerra from the software center.

Tutorials

Have a look at this.

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answered Dec 28 '10 at 09:50

karthick87

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Looking at that tutorial is quite disappointing - compared to what I'm used to in iMovie then the process is lengthy, and the result does not seem as good either. – 8128 Dec 28 '10 at 17:08

sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio · Answer 3 · 2022-01-29T09:07:03.200

Apparently, ffmpeg can be used now with vid.stab to produce good quality stabilized videos. There are a few sources (1, 2, 3) that report this.

If your video is named input.mp4 execute

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf vidstabdetect=shakiness=10:accuracy=15:result="mytransforms.trf" -f null -
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf vidstabtransform=smoothing=30:input="mytransforms.trf" -c:a copy out_stabilized.mp4

The first step creates the stabilization profile. The second step creates the stabilized video. Other options for the second step are

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf vidstabtransform=input="mytransforms.trf",unsharp=5:5:0.8:3:3:0.4 -c:v libx264 -crf 16 -c:a copy -preset fast out_stabilized.mp4
$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf vidstabtransform=smoothing=30:input="mytransforms.trf" -codec:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset veryslow -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy out_stabilized.mp4

(the last is for high quality output).

More information on the parameters can be found in the vid.stab GitHub page.

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I have found a plugin for ImageJ, which is an outstanding image processing and analysis software used in many applications.

as above, this worked for me from link below
I had to convert avi to mp4 first using ffmpeg -i

https://rainnic.altervista.org/en/how-stabilize-video-using-ffmpeg-and-vidstab?language_content_entity=en — pierrely, Feb 25 '22 at 04:04
vid.stab developer says "Make sure that you use unsharp filter provided by ffmpeg for best results (only in second pass)." Maybe unsharp filter should already be in the first suggested 2nd command. — Mario Mey, Jun 16 '23 at 13:49

Ondra Žižka · Answer 4 · 2018-08-27T17:00:24.993

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FFmpeg deshake filter.

ffmpeg -i "$INPUT" -vf deshake=rx=64:ry=64:blocksize=32 -strict -2 "$NEW_NAME"  ## :opencl=1

The higher the video resolution is, the more you need in rx, ry and blocksize. Check the link for documentation.

Here's a little script I use:

INPUT=$1
BASE_NAME=`basename "$INPUT"`
BASE_NAME="${BASE_NAME%.*}"
SUFFIX=${INPUT##*.}
NEW_NAME="$BASE_NAME"-deshake.$SUFFIX

set -x
ffmpeg -i "$INPUT" -vf deshake=rx=64:ry=64:blocksize=32 -strict -2 "$NEW_NAME"  ## :opencl=1
set +x
##  Copy the modification date too.
touch "$NEW_NAME" -r "$INPUT"

Although, I have to add, the results are not too good. I'd say it's better to upload to Youtube, let it deshake and download the result.

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answered Oct 08 '16 at 16:46

Ondra Žižka

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This made it worse for me. – wordsforthewise Jun 23 '20 at 17:09
unfortunately youtube removed the deshake feature from Youtube Studio – rubo77 Apr 10 '21 at 18:43

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 10 '21 at 19:16

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You can easily stabilize videos with Kdenlive:

Right-click on a clip in the project library and select Clip Jobs -> Stabilize

Worked with Kdenlive 20.08.2 on Ubuntu 20.10

answered Apr 10 '21 at 19:16

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score 4 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 26 '16 at 03:34

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You can try Shotcut (http://shotcut.org/). It's a NLE (Non linear editor) that comes with a lot of filters, including video stabilizing. check out this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3v-jYJJfuM

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Ondra Žižka

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answered Dec 05 '15 at 20:03

Daniel Schär

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score 3 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 28 '22 at 07:25

Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite. You can define tracking points to remove shakiness, bumps and jerks from video footage using the 2D video stabilization feature.

To install Blender Run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install blender

Alternatively, The latest version (3.0.1) can be Downloaded from the Blender Website.

Video stabilization instructions are documented in the Blender 3.0 Manual

Here is a basic overview to use the Stabilization Feature:

Tap on "open" to load the video clip.
Click on the "set scene frame" located on the left to generate the video timeline.
Click on "Tracking settings" and select locRot. Add as many markers as you want for location and rotation.
Now click on the "Stabilization" tab to enable 2D stabilization.
Select the tracks for location and rotation you marked earlier.
Tap on "clip display" located at the top and select "show stable".
Now click on "Autoscale". Or if you prefer to adjust according to your preference then you can move the slider to get the desired results.
Play the video and enjoy the stable version of your footage.
Tap on "save" to save the video clip.

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 29 '22 at 09:15

You could use MLT, which is versatile and well maintained. A command line tool for this is melt. There are detailed instructions, and a script for that. It is 3 years old, but I think is is still functional.

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 25 '22 at 12:32

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vidstab1.1 will work but is not simple to implement vidstab1.1 website and it's componenets are available via synaptic.

answered Jan 25 '22 at 12:32

darth_epoxy

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Video stabilisation software

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Installing cinelerra

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