Trying to download DeShaker plugin for VirtualDub

[Patrick Cooper]

I'm one of those people who are still using the old VirtualDub program. And I really want to use the DeShaker plugin as it does such a good job with smoothing out footage. I was directed to go to http://www.guthspot.se/video/deshaker.htm to download this particular plugin. Although I'm using 64bit windows, I was advised to download the 32bit version of DeShaker as that offers some advantages. I was expecting to get a .vdf file. More specifically - a file called DeShaker,vdf. When I downloaded the file from that site, I got this - Unconfirmed 68664.crdownload. Ive no idea what that is. Do I need to convert it into a .vdf file or is this thing useless for my needs? 

The site has a link to another site where the DeShaker plugin can be found - https://github.com/gu-t/Deshaker

It looks like there are a few variations of DeShaker here (with different extensions.) 

DeShaker.cpp

DeShaker.h

DeShaker.rc

DeShaker.sln

DeShaker.vcxproj

DeShaker.vcxprojfilters

Would one of these work as a plugin within VirtualDub? Oddly, I don't see a .vdf file.

Additionally, would anyone know where to find the QuickTime VD plugin online? I believe that allows VD to recognise more file types other than AVI. Like MOV files. I hope it will also work with MP4 files. 

 

 

 

[Perry Paolantonio]

3 hours ago, Patrick Cooper said:

Unconfirmed 68664.crdownload

This is an incomplete download. It's a temp file made by your browser and when the download is finished it will change to whatever the correct extension is supposed to be. 

3 hours ago, Patrick Cooper said:

DeShaker.cpp

DeShaker.h

DeShaker.rc

DeShaker.sln

DeShaker.vcxproj

DeShaker.vcxprojfilters

Source code. You'd need to open them in Microsoft Visual Studio and compile the application. If you don't have experience writing C++ code, this is probably not the route for you.

I would just try re-downloading the one that failed. Or use something else. VirtualDub isn't exactly a great application, and if you're looking to stabilize footage you might get better results in something like Resolve, which is widely used in a professional setting. 

[Patrick Cooper]

37 minutes ago, Perry Paolantonio said:

This is an incomplete download. It's a temp file made by your browser and when the download is finished it will change to whatever the correct extension is supposed to be. 

Source code. You'd need to open them in Microsoft Visual Studio and compile the application. If you don't have experience writing C++ code, this is probably not the route for you.

I would just try re-downloading the one that failed. Or use something else. VirtualDub isn't exactly a great application, and if you're looking to stabilize footage you might get better results in something like Resolve, which is widely used in a professional setting. 

Ah I didn't realise that it was an incomplete download. The odd thing is this file seems to have vanished from my downloads folder.

Definitely no experience with C++ code.

Out of curiosity, does the free version of Resolve offer the option to stabilise footage?

 

 

[Perry Paolantonio]

I don't use the free one so I'm not sure. But it you could download it and find out. There are some resolution limitations with the free version, and some limits on GPU usage as well, but most of the things you can't do are relatively advanced and most people can get by with those restrictions. I'd give it a shot and see.