PhysMo 2

After a long time of dormancy, I have revived the PhysMo project and breathed new life into it.

Some years before, I was planning on using the JMF/FMJ project and hoping for a truly system-portable application that could be deployed on various school computers without much effort. Unfortunately, these projects have not advanced as much as I required in order to implement something like PhysMo. Recently however, I found a project called FFMPEG- which is a command-line implementation of a video processing library found on different operating systems.

Using the command line tool of FFMPEG, I have interfaced the project into a completely new (rebuilt from scratch) Java app with GUI and taken the project in a new, more open-source friendly direction (Quicktime is no longer required).

I have uploaded the semi-complete application to the web- it is fully functional as far as analysis is concerned. It even handles odd-timebase applications (you can manually set timebase to high-speed camera frame rates and thus enable calculations without scaling required). There are a few minor features that will be implemented in the coming weeks.

As per the usual, xls export is standard. The new version of PhysMo compared to old however has:
Realtime data feedback in the bottom left table
cross markers on screen for points
angle measuring (true north values, radians to follow later)
guide-markers
one-time calibration (magnifying your image no longer requires re-calibration)
up to 10x magnification of images for accurate plotting of points
shortcut keys for frame advance
adjustable playback speeds
timebase manual override
unlimited point traces
frames are saved as images for inclusion in school projects
A slick, simple to use UI

Consult the PhysMo 2 WIKI:
https://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/avian_freeware/index.php?title=Main_Page

The same, simple ideology- an easy to use program for students to analyze motion in videos. Nothing more complicated than that.

Enjoy.
Jason.