VideoCleaner is a free, open source application that can both process and edit video and is used by experts and police authorities to authenticate.
Technically VideoCleaner is not an application in itself, but a script that runs on different software, but to understand what it does and for short, let's call it a program.
VideoCleaner is a video enhancement tool that can be used for forensic purposes. It is not the only one of its kind, since there are various corresponding solutions such as AChoir or OSForensics we had introduced earlier or FotoForensics etc.
the program can be used to give you more details, from the videos that are bad quality, especially with regard to lighting. VideoCleaner is open source and the download as zip file containing an installer MSI package, an installation guide, and a user guide. There are some steps in the setup wizard that you need to follow to set up VideoCleaner to work.
The program is installed at the highest level of the C drive, that is, in the C: \ VideoCleaner folder and requires administrator permissions to install it. It also installs the AVIsynth and FFDshow files needed for video editing.
Once installed, it launches an application called AvsPmod, which is screen of VideoCleaner. There, you will see shortcuts to installing Camstudio, Lagarith Codec and XVID Codec. All of these are optional of course, and all open source projects.
Warning: We must warn you that the Camstudio has a bad reputation for containing adware in its installer. If you want to capture picture and sound, then we would recommend skipping it altogether and using something safer and more modern such as Viewer discretion.
However, the other codecs (Lagarith Codec and XVID Codec) can be useful as they add support for additional features such as lossless video and Divx support.
Ας φτάσουμε στην κύρια εφαρμογή. Μπορείτε να την ανοίξετε από το εικονίδιο “VideoCleaner” στο μενού Έναρξη ή στην επιφάνεια εργασίας. Ένα από τα πρώτα πράγματα που πρέπει να κάνετε, και αυτό μπορεί να ακούγεται πραγματικά περίεργο, είναι να μην χρησιμοποιήσετε το μενού στο επάνω μέρος του window. and that's because the menu is AvsPmod, which is the host program that runs the VideoCleaner script. So forget about this menu altogether.
When you click the VideoCleaner shortcut, a Windows Explorer popup will appear. Navigate to it to find the image or video you want to verify or enhance. It supports video formats such as AVI, MP4, MKV, WMV and image formats such as BMP, PNG, JPG. There are some sample images and videos included in the VideoCleaner Samples folder that you can use to learn how to work with the program.
After inserting some media into the program, you'll see a preview of the video or image, as well as playback controls, just below the preview window. There is a panel on the right side of the screen. You can change the Properties, Specialty, and Finalizing sections using the check boxes. The other buttons are sliding. Move the slider left or right to adjust the value. The current value is displayed towards the right end of each line.
The four sliders at the top are useful for checking for differences between frames, and for comparing the original video with the one you've edited. These can be useful to check if a video has been violated.
Below are the editing sections. Each of them has a master switch (at the top) that you need to activate to apply the effects. The tools have various filter options that you can use to adjust Sharpness, Color Contrast, Saturation, Hue, Histogram, Denoise and other settings.
The Curve section is for change of lighting balance. Look at the picture below, and you will see that it shows some hidden details, such as the one under his table computer.
Forensic filters are a bit more advanced and allow you to customize Edge detection, isolation, RGB amplification. Analysis and information tools have controls for activating Pseudocolors, noise, etc. VideoCleaner can be used to adjust color channels, add tones to an area, adjust the angle, etc. You can also use it to add timestamps or numbers to boxes, comment with text, and put margins.
Right-click to adjust magnification levels. After processing, press F7 to save your work. You can also export it to Virtualdub using F6.
More generally VideoCleaner is a powerful tool and could be useful for those with video capture by CCTV cameras or other low quality video. Could you download for free from here and you can also find plenty educational videos from here.
