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What's the best way on Windows to stabilize a jump MP4 phone video?

I have a bunch of short videos for upload to web sites.
But some are jumpy due to the content being outdoors while moving.

What do you use for Windows software to quickly stabilize jumpy videos?
It's not for professional videos so something fast & easy is best.

Googling, I found Gyroflow open sourcware but it's for cameras. https://www.cined.com/gyroflow-free-advanced-open-source-video-stabilization-tool/

These show a few supposedly good video stabilizer products. https://www.cyberlink.com/blog/the-top-video-editors/1696/best-video-stabilizer-software
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/best-free-online-video-stabilizer-tools-and-software
https://filmora.wondershare.com/video-editor/free-video-stabilizers.html

But most of the hits are shills which make believe they're helping you but
in the end they always seem to claim it's too complicated unless you do it
the way they want you to do it - which is never going to be freeware tools.

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On Sat, 10/19/2024 4:07 AM, Oliver wrote:

What's the best way on Windows to stabilize a jump MP4 phone video?

I have a bunch of short videos for upload to web sites.
But some are jumpy due to the content being outdoors while moving.

What do you use for Windows software to quickly stabilize jumpy videos?
It's not for professional videos so something fast & easy is best.

Googling, I found Gyroflow open sourcware but it's for cameras. https://www.cined.com/gyroflow-free-advanced-open-source-video-stabilization-tool/

These show a few supposedly good video stabilizer products. https://www.cyberlink.com/blog/the-top-video-editors/1696/best-video-stabilizer-software
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/best-free-online-video-stabilizer-tools-and-software
https://filmora.wondershare.com/video-editor/free-video-stabilizers.html

But most of the hits are shills which make believe they're helping you but
in the end they always seem to claim it's too complicated unless you do it the way they want you to do it - which is never going to be freeware tools.

One of your links, shows this command:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4

Check the resolution of the input video, versus that
of the output video.

Paul

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On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:44:36 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4

Check the resolution of the input video, versus that
of the output video.

That worked well enough. Thanks. I'll use that to clean up video shaking.

It's easy to do, but it increased the size of the video by a third.
But the resolution was fine, visually (see details below).

The main negative is there was a slight artifact of an angled line in the bottom of the output video that seems to have been introduced by ffmpeg.

I only did it once though, and on a relatively large 1-1/2 hour long video:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4
where here are the before and after file sizes:
10/18/2024 06:39 PM 270,732,733 input.mp4
10/19/2024 12:12 PM 347,497,221 output.mp4

The resulting visual resolution looked just fine to me, so other than the strange artifact (which could be data related for all I know as I only ran
this single test before thanking you), it was a win because it's so easy.

Looking at the details inside of Media Info, input.mp4 is reported as
First video stream 313kb/s, 788*444 (16:9) at 25,000 FPS,
AVC (High@L3)(CABAC / 5 Ref Frames)
First audio stream 61.1 kb/s, 44.1 kHz, 1 channel, AAC LC

Where output.mp4 is only slightly different in MediaInfo reports as
First video stream 416kb/s, 788*444 (16:9) at 25,000 FPS,
AVC (High@L3)(CABAC / 4 Ref Frames)
First audio stream 66.2 kb/s, 44.1 kHz, 1 channel, AAC LC

EVERYTHING BELOW IS THE FFMPEG LOG OUTPUT

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4
ffmpeg version 4.2.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 9.3.1 (GCC) 20200523
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libdav1d --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libmfx --enable-amf --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuvid
--enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-dxva2
--enable-avisynth --enable-libopenmpt
libavutil 56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
libavcodec 58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
libavformat 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
libavdevice 58. 8.100 / 58. 8.100
libavfilter 7. 57.100 / 7. 57.100
libswscale 5. 5.100 / 5. 5.100
libswresample 3. 5.100 / 3. 5.100
libpostproc 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
encoder : Lavf58.12.100
Duration: 01:34:44.25, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 381 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p,
788x444, 313 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 50 tbc (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 61 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : SoundHandler
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast LZCNT [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] profile High, level 3.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] 264 - core 160 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec -
Copyleft 2003-2020 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1
ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=6 lookahead_threads=1
sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1
weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : isom
minor_version : 512
compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
encoder : Lavf58.29.100
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (libx264) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 788x444, q=-1--1, 25 fps, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : VideoHandler
encoder : Lavc58.54.100 libx264
Side data:
cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 69 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
handler_name : SoundHandler
encoder : Lavc58.54.100 aac
frame=142105 fps= 25 q=-1.0 Lsize= 339348kB time=01:34:44.22 bitrate= 489.1kbits/s speed=1.02x
video:288672kB audio:46031kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global
headers:0kB muxing overhead: 1.387617%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] frame I:904 Avg QP:18.54 size: 15601
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] frame P:49446 Avg QP:20.64 size: 3873
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] frame B:91755 Avg QP:25.71 size: 981
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] consecutive B-frames: 1.5% 36.5% 2.5% 59.6% [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] mb I I16..4: 18.8% 70.8% 10.3%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] mb P I16..4: 3.4% 6.8% 0.4% P16..4: 39.9% 10.1% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% skip:35.7%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] mb B I16..4: 0.3% 0.5% 0.0% B16..8: 29.7% 2.3% 0.2% direct: 0.6% skip:66.4% L0:39.2% L1:58.6% BI: 2.2%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] 8x8 transform intra:64.2% inter:83.1%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 35.0% 60.9% 13.1%
inter: 5.7% 12.1% 0.1%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i16 v,h,dc,p: 23% 25% 8% 43%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 20% 25% 4%
6% 6% 6% 6% 5%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 27% 15% 4%
8% 7% 8% 5% 4%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i8c dc,h,v,p: 54% 21% 18% 7%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.3% UV:0.4%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] ref P L0: 70.1% 10.3% 14.7% 4.8% 0.1%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] ref B L0: 91.9% 6.8% 1.3%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] ref B L1: 97.6% 2.4%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] kb/s:416.03
[aac @ 0000023bbadcfc00] Qavg: 3536.932

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On Sat, 10/19/2024 1:59 PM, Oliver wrote:

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:44:36 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote

   ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4

Check the resolution of the input video, versus that
of the output video.

That worked well enough. Thanks. I'll use that to clean up video shaking.

It's easy to do, but it increased the size of the video by a third.
But the resolution was fine, visually (see details below).

The main negative is there was a slight artifact of an angled line in the bottom of the output video that seems to have been introduced by ffmpeg.

I only did it once though, and on a relatively large 1-1/2 hour long video: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4
where here are the before and after file sizes:
10/18/2024  06:39 PM       270,732,733 input.mp4
10/19/2024  12:12 PM       347,497,221 output.mp4

The resulting visual resolution looked just fine to me, so other than the strange artifact (which could be data related for all I know as I only ran this single test before thanking you), it was a win because it's so easy.

Looking at the details inside of Media Info, input.mp4 is reported as
First video stream 313kb/s, 788*444 (16:9) at 25,000 FPS,                    AVC (High@L3)(CABAC / 5 Ref Frames)
First audio stream 61.1 kb/s, 44.1 kHz, 1 channel, AAC LC

Where output.mp4 is only slightly different in MediaInfo reports as
First video stream 416kb/s, 788*444 (16:9) at 25,000 FPS,                    AVC (High@L3)(CABAC / 4 Ref Frames)
First audio stream 66.2 kb/s, 44.1 kHz, 1 channel, AAC LC

EVERYTHING BELOW IS THE FFMPEG LOG OUTPUT

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf deshake output.mp4
ffmpeg version 4.2.3 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
 built with gcc 9.3.1 (GCC) 20200523
 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libdav1d --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libmfx --enable-amf --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth --enable-libopenmpt
 libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
 libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
 libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
 libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
 libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
 libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
 libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
 libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input.mp4':
 Metadata:
   major_brand     : isom
   minor_version   : 512
   compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
   encoder         : Lavf58.12.100
 Duration: 01:34:44.25, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 381 kb/s
   Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 788x444, 313 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 50 tbc (default)
   Metadata:
     handler_name    : VideoHandler
   Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 61 kb/s (default)
   Metadata:
     handler_name    : SoundHandler
Stream mapping:
 Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
 Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast LZCNT [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] profile High, level 3.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] 264 - core 160 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2020 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=6 lookahead_threads=1 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4':
 Metadata:
   major_brand     : isom
   minor_version   : 512
   compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
   encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
   Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (libx264) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 788x444, q=-1--1, 25 fps, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
   Metadata:
     handler_name    : VideoHandler
     encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 libx264
   Side data:
     cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
   Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 69 kb/s (default)
   Metadata:
     handler_name    : SoundHandler
     encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 aac
frame=142105 fps= 25 q=-1.0 Lsize=  339348kB time=01:34:44.22 bitrate= 489.1kbits/s speed=1.02x
video:288672kB audio:46031kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 1.387617%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] frame I:904   Avg QP:18.54  size: 15601 [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] frame P:49446 Avg QP:20.64  size:  3873 [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] frame B:91755 Avg QP:25.71  size:   981 [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] consecutive B-frames:  1.5% 36.5%  2.5% 59.6% [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] mb I  I16..4: 18.8% 70.8% 10.3%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] mb P  I16..4:  3.4%  6.8%  0.4%  P16..4: 39.9%
10.1%  3.7%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:35.7%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] mb B  I16..4:  0.3%  0.5%  0.0%  B16..8: 29.7%
2.3%  0.2%  direct: 0.6%  skip:66.4%  L0:39.2% L1:58.6% BI: 2.2%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] 8x8 transform intra:64.2% inter:83.1%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 35.0% 60.9% 13.1% inter: 5.7% 12.1% 0.1%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i16 v,h,dc,p: 23% 25%  8% 43%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 20% 25%  4% 6%  6%  6%  6%  5%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 27% 15%  4% 8%  7%  8%  5%  4%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] i8c dc,h,v,p: 54% 21% 18%  7%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.3% UV:0.4%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] ref P L0: 70.1% 10.3% 14.7%  4.8%  0.1% [libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] ref B L0: 91.9%  6.8%  1.3%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] ref B L1: 97.6%  2.4%
[libx264 @ 0000023bbadce0c0] kb/s:416.03
[aac @ 0000023bbadcfc00] Qavg: 3536.932

You may have to inspect individual frames from each video,
to see why the output video is less compressible.

See if the sharpness is visibly different.

Paul

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If anyone else uploads videos to web sites such as Amazon,
this summary might help you - thanks to all the help here.
a. The process removes personal information
b. And it stabilizes jumpy videos
c. Plus it adds captions into the video

This way only a single file is uploaded.


1. Create a copy of your MP4 (just in case)
C:\> copy amazon.mp4 amazon1.mp4

2. Remove metadata (spaces matter in the command below!)
C:\> exiftool -all= amazon1.mp4

(prolly should use ffmpeg for this step)

3. Test that the metadata was removed
Rightclick on the video review > Open With... > Media Info

(again, prolly should use ffmpeg)

4. Deshake the video (if needed)
C:\> ffmpeg -i amazon1.mp4 -vf deshake amazon2.mp4

5. Create captions if needed (assume a 68-second video below)
C:\> gVim amazon2.srt
1
00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000
I think this product is crummy
Because it failed all my tests

2
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:30,000
Even the cat didn't like this product

3
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:50,000
But there was one saving grace

4
00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:68,000
The product didn't cost all that much

6. Merge captions into the file for upload to Amazon
C:\> ffmpeg -i amazon2.mp4 -vf subtitles=vine.srt amazon3.mp4

The result is a single stead(ier) file with burned-in captions.
If you can make ALL the steps using ffmpeg, that would be better.

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