Curriculum

Steady Cam software to steady my Android camera videos shot while walking.

VirtualDub
with two plugins:
DeShaker - steady cam
ffinput - reads multiple input formats

These plugins install just by copying files to the plugins directory, then restart VirtualDub.

XVid - compression

After you install XVid, it will be recognized by VirtualDub.

Steps:

1. Open Virtual Dub
2. Open your video file within VirtualDub
3. Mark beginning and ending selection points on the timeline
4. Click Video - Compression
5. Choose XVid MPEG-4 Codec
6. Click Configure to bring up configuration options
7. Set bitrate to 300 kbps, Close
8. Click Video - Filters - Add - Deshaker
9. Double-click on Deshaker to bring up the config screen
10. Choose Pass 1, Close
11. Click File - Run Video Analysis Pass
12. wait for it to complete
13. Click File - Save as AVI, enter desired filename
14. wait for it to complete

output by Android camera
Codec 4CC: H264
Image size: 1920 x 1080

output by VirtualDub
Codec 4CC: XVID
Image size: 1920 x 1080

output by Camtasia
Codec 4CC: H264
Image size: 854 x 480