Any way to use DESHAKER in AviSynth?? (searched)

[RogerTango]

I dont want to use VD, I have several videos off handicam that I want to stabilize, and the deshaker VD plugin appears to be the BEST!

Not interested in scrips that call VD and process the video, looking to use deshaker alone in AviSynth.

If there is something I need to do first, thats fine... Even after exhaustive searching on Google and re-reading the docs, Ive got a good idea how to LOAD the plugin, but thats about it...

Has ANYONE been able to get this successfully working in an automated fashion with scripts? (Win7 here).

Ive got NO problems writing a batch script to generate an AVS for each video file (HD720), but not sure what to put in it to process the video. I know I need a pass 1 and pass 2... Thinking mplayer to make pass 1? Wanting to use latest FFMPEG with AVS to encode, which this part I dont need any help with... simply the deshaker plugin.

Thanks for any advice..
Andrew

[jagabo]

I've never done it with deshaker, but in theory you can use LoadVirtualdubPlugin() in AviSynth. You can use File -> Save Processing Settings in VirtualDub to see a list of all the arguments to Deshaker (open the .vcf file in Notepad). I recommend you play with a simpler VirtualDub filter first. Here's an example using the deflicker filter:

LoadVirtualDubPlugin("g:\Program files\VirtualDub\plugins\deflick.vdf","DeFlick") 
#DeFlick(window size, softening, interlaced, scene change threshold, show scene change)

AviSource("whatever.avi") 

ConvertToRGB32() #required by VirtualDub filters
DeFlick(8, 0, 0, 10, 0) 

ConvertToYV12() #if necessary

Of course, since you need two passes for deshaker, you'll need two scripts.

[RogerTango]

Ahhh... Never thought of using the vcf file to see what arguments are passed! Thanks much!! That gives me something to move forward with!!

[RogerTango]

I think I have something working, as soon as the encode finishes Ill know for sure and will post details.

[RogerTango]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwEHITV94gM

Much thanks to Jag without who's help I would not have been able to do this! This is great, I can process an entire folder now!

Andrew

[poisondeathray]

Just an FYI, there are other batch deshaker scripts / processing out there

Not sure if these are similar or different, I haven't looked at any of them in any detail

http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=17772&p=74325&st=28&hl=
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/311345-mass-deshaker-script

[RogerTango]

My method ONLY uses FFMPEG and AVISYNTH. Virtualdub is only used to derive the settings.

Thanks for additional links, but its so much more rewarding to do it yourself and get the EXACT results you want!

Andrew

[poisondeathray]

Great, nice work - that should be helpful for lots of folks

I think someone also posted an approach (I think without vdub) using ffmpeg+avisynth+python a few weeks ago, but my memory is rusty

[Greathelp]

Can you please post a newbie step-by-step guide on how to use Deshaker with Avisynth/meGUI? It'd be of great help.

[RogerTango]

Dont know what meGUI is (Ill google it..) but I can post the details... Give me a few daze, Ill try to whip something decent up and post..

[Greathelp]

Thanks a lot RogerTango. MeGUI is a frontend/gui that makes avisynth scripts easier to create and handle, but it's irrelevant to Deshaker. I'll be waiting for your post!

[chuck101]

Can you please post a newbie step-by-step guide on how to use Deshaker with Avisynth/meGUI? It'd be of great help.

That would be of great help, I was also wondering how one would use Deshaker with Avisynth/meGUI?

[PhotoCat]

Sorry I know this is an old thread. An example of using Deshaker 3.0 or 3.1 with Avisynth is at the end of the following thread:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/366677-Best-way-to-Re-encode-Canon-5D-mov-file-after-Deshake