[MPlayer-users] Stabilizer filter in MEncoder?

[Stephen Stocker]

>>   Hi,
>>
>>   I'm wondering if there's a filter in MEncoder which could be used as a
>>   stabilizer in some way? What I'm looking for is something which can
>>   stabilize old home movies, to lessen the jerkiness caused by the
>>   movements of the cameraman.
>>
>>   If this isn't possible, does anyone know of a command-line utility or
>>   something of that nature for Linux which will do this? Thanks.
>>
>>   Steve
>
>there's no such feature right now, and actually it's a very difficult
>task, stabilizing video. it would be a cool filter for someone to
>write eventually, but don't expect to see it soon.
>
>rich

  Thanks Rich. Yeah, it would be nice, but I got the impression from
  searching for such a thing that it wasn't an easy thing to do.

  I know almost nothing about the technology involved. For that matter,
  I know very little about video in general. :)

  Steve