If you have ever had to try and read a moving license plate in a CCTV video you know it is not an easy task, especially if the video was captured at night. After getting frustrated with this issue and being deterred with options that were not affordable or cost effective, I started looking for other solutions.
I think we have all seen the expensive software at trade shows (10K +) but I found a great alternative and it is open source = FREE!
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It just so happens the developer is holding a webinar to show his software on April 27, 2016, at 8am (PST). He gave me permission to share the link for the webinar along with the call-in info.
Conference call number (712) 451-0011 (toll charges may apply - mute lines when on call)
Access Code 779241#
Tom Bruce - Commander
Cypress Police Department, CA
I think we have all seen the expensive software at trade shows (10K +) but I found a great alternative and it is open source = FREE!
Nice! )
To be picky, however, maybe the Author(s) could spend a few words clarifying the licensing terms and providing the actual Source Code (or link to it if available online), though.
Apart the Open Source/Free components in it (which possibly have been modified/recompiled/adapted to be used together), I could not find at first sight a proper statement about licensing status and availability of the Source, there is this in "VideoCleaner_users_guide.pdf"
VideoCleaner can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of each component's relevant GNU General Public License, available in the VideoCleaner Support folder. VideoCleaner is provided "as is" without any warranties or guarantees, and VideoCleaner installation or usage constitutes a unilateral unlimited release of any and all related risks, damages and liability, actual or implied.
And this
VideoCleaner is forensic video enhancement software is relied upon by thousands of forensic experts, law enforcement professionals, and government agencies across the globe. This is FOSS (Free Open Source Software) originally created to assist law enforcement, and available to everyone under the belief that clear evidence is a public right. VideoCleaner utilizes industry best practices, peer reviewed science, automatic reporting, open-source code for transparency, and has been field proven through thousands of cases. Everything is free, including lifetime support and updates.
in VideoCleaner_installation.pdf
But nothing about exact license and availability of source code, even here
http//
there is little apart a generic declaration about how good is free (or open source) software.
jaclaz
We apologize if finding what you need wasn't clear. All of the source code for the components are included with the VideoCleaner installation as their individual download files collectively located within the zip file
"C\VideoCleaner\Support\Complete plugin zip folder.7z"
These download files are the EXACT same, and untouched, as those provided by their respective programmers. Each of these files include the DLLs, usage instructions, open source GPL, and source code exactly as provided by their respective authors. You can also locate these downloads through an on-line web search and by following the links in the VideoCleaner user's manual. As for the supporting scripts and batch files, those are all located in the VideoCleaner folder and open for review. Note fields within the script files credit each subscript's respective author.
If you need further assistance locating something, simply post your question in the VideoCleaner support group and we will gladly help you.
We apologize if finding what you need wasn't clear. All of the source code for the components are included with the VideoCleaner installation as their individual download files collectively located within the zip file
"C\VideoCleaner\Support\Complete plugin zip folder.7z"These download files are the EXACT same, and untouched, as those provided by their respective programmers. Each of these files include the DLLs, usage instructions, open source GPL, and source code exactly as provided by their respective authors.
Mind you I find the Videocleaner an extremely good thing ) and I thank you for the time and dedication you put in assembling the whole stuff and providing it for free to the community, still Open Source means "Open Source" and it is extremely difficult (in some cases impossible) to actually make something compliant to the meaning of the definition.
I am not at all expert in such compliance, but the Complete plugin zip folder.7z while surely containing "the EXACT same, and untouched, as those provided by their respective programmers" do not (or only partially) contain the actual source code.
To give you some examples, the "rotate_20071030.zip" and the "ExpLaboV2_0.zip" contain both the binaries and the source code (and since they also contains a GPL license they are also "Free software" according to the GNU definition), whilst (other example) "nnedi2.zip" contains not the source nor any license, "Hdragc-1.8.7.zip" contains not the source but contains a license (which is actually only a disclaimer), "rawsource_25_dll_20122327.zip" contains the source but not any license, the "RemoveGrain.zip" contains not the source code nor a license (but there is a statement in the help file pointing to the GPL license and to the source code on http//
Anyway, what I found "missing" at first sight was a document, similar to the "License.html" for MediaInfo(Lib) that lists the components and the respective licenses.
You can also locate these downloads through an on-line web search and by following the links in the VideoCleaner user's manual. As for the supporting scripts and batch files, those are all located in the VideoCleaner folder and open for review. Note fields within the script files credit each subscript's respective author.
If you need further assistance locating something, simply post your question in the VideoCleaner support group and we will gladly help you.
Thank you very much, I do understand how difficult and complex is to create and maintain a package like yours, particularly when relying on third parties, that may be here today but unfortunately not tomorrow, ideally you could make a repository on (say) github to keep "all together" both sources and binaries.
The virtualdub forums have unfortunately been shut down, and this "Smoother"
http//
linked to in the VideoCleaner user's manual will need an updated link.
jaclaz