Kinovea

by Kinovea

A free and open-source tool for the analysis of sports and motion video footage, with annotation, tracking and measurement tools.

Operating system: Windows

Publisher: Kinovea

Release: Kinovea 0.8.15

License: Open source (GPL-2.0)

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Kinovea is a flexible, free, and open-source tool to aid with the analysis of video footage. With Kinovea, you can easily capture, speed-adjust, cross reference, annotate, and measure athletic performances.

Features:

  • Professional-grade tools, with an interface simple enough for a classroom
  • Amend and annotate the video with arrows, descriptions, and other aids
  • Synchronize and compare two videos side-by-side
  • Use semi-automated or manual tracking to follow trajectories and work out angles, distances, and times
  • Export your custom findings to various spreadsheet formats
With Kinovea you can easily capture, speed-adjust, cross reference, annotate, and measure athletic performances.

Kinovea allows for the methodical study of a video-captured performance, ideal for training, coaching, commentary, or other professional fields -- yet it's designed to be intuitive for any level of the user. With its ability to zoom, annotate, measure and slow or speed up footage, its high level of control allows for a much deeper and more precise understanding of recorded events.

The software supports nearly any video format, as well as static images. Image tools include rotate (useful for cell phone captures), zoom, mirror, deinterlace, and aspect ratio correction. Users can synchronize and compare videos, even with different framerates. Time itself is flexible and can be measured by frame, in milliseconds, or with a traditional timecode. Measure time, angles and distances on a calibrated plane, and compute speeds and accelerations. A grid-based system helps to track motion even when not aligned with the camera plane; a warping tool compensates for lens distortion. To help with analysis, users can use spotlight or magnifier tools; freeze footage; and add text and graphics: lines, arrows, free drawing. Track analysis of single-point or multi-point objects; view scatter plots, linear or angular kinematics, and export data to standard spreadsheet formats. Advanced users can code custom tools using an XML framework. 

Kinovea is free software released under the GPL v2 licence, its interface is translated into many languages by the community, and current releases run on 64-bit Windows 7 to 11 with .NET Framework 4.8. Though free, the author, Joan Charmant, who has developed the project since 2004, accepts donations through Ko-fi to help support the project. Each release is available both as a portable ZIP archive and as an installer. Early test builds are occasionally shared with supporters for feedback, so they may have more features than the latest stable release, but those features may not all work the way they're intended. 

Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 (current releases)
64-bit Intel or AMD processor
.NET Framework 4.8
Older 0.8 series: Windows XP or later, .NET 3.5
1024x600 screen resolution

PROS
Provides detailed and precise video analysis for sports performance.
Free, open-source software with a user-friendly interface.
Offers advanced features like slow motion and drawing tools.

CONS
Lacks advanced editing features of other video analysis tools.
May experience occasional glitches and crashes during use.
No availability for mobile devices or Mac operating systems.
Kinovea 0.7.10 (8.95 MB)
Kinovea 0.8.15 (16.41 MB)
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