I have a number of high quality videos taken of a stage performances. The video subject is stationary but the handheld video moves around a lot. I am trying to use AviSynth to remove the shake and motion of the video.
I have had partial success using Depan and MVTools.
For example:
source=ConvertToYV12()
vectors = source.MVAnalyse(isb=false)
globalmotion = source.MVDepan(vectors, thSCD1=400)
DepanStabilize(source, data=globalmotion, cutoff=1, damping=1.5)
The problem, however, is that the intent of these plugins seems to be to smooth out the movement of the video but not to remove it completely. I want to have the center of the stage stay in the center throughout the entire video, even if I started recording looking at the left of the stage and ended looking at the right.
I have tried setting the frequency cutoff parameter very low (0.0001 Hz) without any success.
Any thoughts or recommendations are most welcome.