Some important features for observational analysis are: The playback loop mode, which loops the video within the Working Zone; the magnifier glass, that allows you to focus on any detail or action; the deinterlacing feature that allows you to fix interlace artifact problems; the Forcing image aspect ratio, which allows you to specify a known image aspect ratio manually; the High-speed capture feature, which allows you to capture the videos at a very high frame and perform slow motion playback. Also the Observational references, which allow you to overlay any images on the video for qualitative or visual comparison.
Other but not less important observation functions include the Mirror function, Image Quality adjustment, overlay grids, the overview function, the reverse mode that plays backward the videos, and the drawing tools that allow you to highlight any aspect of special interest.
As for the Measuring functions, you can find: the tracking of objects or body joints, time measurement (by adding a stop watch), distance measurement (by drawing a line and checking overall distance tracked), speed measurement (by setting a tracking point and specifying your preferred speed unit), and finally the ‘Exporting data to spreadsheet’ that allows you to export times, titles, length, angle values, cross marker coordinates, path tracking trajectories, and stopwatch duration results.
Among other things, you can directly capture images or record video from different cameras or video devices connected to the PC (video output formats supported: MKV, MP4, AVI), take snapshots, and save sequences of images.
To conclude, I could say Kinovea is really worth trying; all of its tools and its many different options of video analysis make it a complete application. Besides, it doesn't require high level skills and, incredibly, you can have it for free.
v0.8 [May 18, 2011]
Capture Screen:
- Frame grabbing and recording.
- Live delay.
- Support for network cameras.
- Image size and frame rate picker + device property page.
- Advanced automatic file naming.
- Automatic reconnection.
- Thumbnails of recently recorded videos.
Observational references:
- Motion guides from SVG drawings or image files.
Export / Publish:
- Dual Export to save comparison analysis.
- Spreadsheet export with Key image time, Lines length, angles, coordinates.
Drawings:
- Rich text editor for key images comments.
- Circle tool.
- Coordinates on cross markers.
- Reverse angle context menu.
General / Other:
- Now available in 16 languages.
- Toolbar for workspace organisation on main window.
- Icons for all menus.
- Explorer thumbnails: Image size and marker for analysis data.
- Image numbers as inserts in Overview feature.
- Color picker with more colors and a list of recently choosen ones.
Fixed bugs:
- Fixed – bug 241 – Exported length for line appears as 0.
- Fixed – Trajectories, chronometers and magnifier were drawn during play even when the option was disabled.
- Fixed – Change of speed was not always effective.
- Fixed – SVG files that use percents value relative to viewbox for width and height.
- Fixed – bug 236 – Entry missing in Add/Remove Programs.
- Fixed – bug 234 – Some camera refuses to switch configuration.
- Fixed – bug 233 – Crash when opening camera configuration page.
- Fixed – bug 230 – Speed label too small for some videos.
- Fixed – bug 228 – Coordinates origin not saved in meta data.
- Fixed – bug 227 – Crash when using dual export.
- Fixed – bug 216 – Various UI issues with High Dpi settings in Windows 7.
- Fixed – bug 183 – Export to spreadsheet does not always work.
- Fixed – Flickering when recording live video.
- Fixed – bug in preference dialog prevented the correct locale to be preselected.
- Fixed – m221 – Misalignments of key images when saving video at extreme slow motion.
- Fixed – m220 – Crash on dual save when merge activated.
- Fixed – m214 – Misalignement of key images when saving.
- Fixed – m210 – Time Marker Format won’t save “Classic + Frame Numbers”.
- Fixed – m207 – Comment box malfunction when attempting to save comments.
- Fixed – m195 – Seek issues with ASF file.
- Fixed – m194 – Basler AVI file can’t be opened.
- Fixed – m192 – Speed measurement does not reflect high-speed camera settings.
- Fixed – m189 – MOV with watermark can’t be read.
- Fixed – m188 – Trajectory label is not exported on ODF files.
- Fixed – m185 – Magnifier does not magnify the right part of the image when mirroring.
- Fixed – m184 – WMV from Windows Movie Maker diaporama can’t be read.
- Fixed – m165 – WMV files playing incorrectly.
- Fixed – m164 – Magnifier is not exported on video saving.
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