- Is Kinovea available in my native language ? Version 0.7.6 of Kinovea is available in the following locales : English, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish and Spanish.
- Can I use Kinovea in a professionnal environement ? Yes.
- Can I copy and redistribute Kinovea ? Yes. Use of Kinovea is subject to the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
The distribution of modified or unmodified version of Kinovea must be
accompanied by the distribution of its source code. Please consult the article about Licenses for a complete overview of conditions.
- Who are the authors of Kinovea ? Kinovea is primarily written by Joan Charmant. Contact : joan@kinovea.org. Some parts of Kinovea are based on external projects such as FFMpeg and AForge.NET. Several contributors are also involved with translating, testing, and general improvement of the software.
- What are the supported operating systems ? Kinovea is available for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista (32 bits or 64 bits).
- What are the minimum requirements ? CPU : 1GHz. RAM : 256 Mo. Screen resolution : 1024x768 pixels. Software : Microsoft Windows (XP ou Vista) with .NET framework 2.0 or higher.
- How do I install Kinovea ? Check that your computer complies with the minimum requirements. Install the .NET framework if necessary. An installer is available for download on the main website. Launch the installer and follow the instructions given.
- How do I update my version ? You can use the update dialog box included into Kinovea to download the latest installer program. Once downloaded, launch the installer and follow its instructions.
- What are the file formats supported as input ? The following multimedia containers are supported : AVI, MPG, MOV, WMV, MP4, MKV, VOB, 3GP. Numerous compression algorithms are suuported, including DV, DivX, Xvid, x264, MJPEG, Theora...
- Can I use Kinovea with High Definitions (HD) video files ? Most HD formats are supported except for interlaced AVCHD. Some functions of Kinovea like synchronizing two videos can become hard to use with large images. In those cases, it is advised to reduce selection to the minimum possible and voluntarily decrease speed.
- What are the camcorders compatible with Kinovea ? Most camcorders output video files compatible with Kinovea. For more informations on formats, see previous questions.
- Why the speed of my video decrease on its own ?
This happens when Kinovea detects it cannot extract images from the
video fast enough to keep up the framerate asked.
The speed stabilize itself at a sustainable treshold. However it is
advised to decrease it manually again to get a smoother playback.
- How can I save my analysis work ? Use menu File > Save Video or Key Images Data, then Save only the key images data. The resulting file has an extension of .kva and is in XML format.
- How can I share my analysis work with another user ? You can save the analysis (see previous question) and give the .kva file along with the video. Alternatively you can save the data inside a new video of format MKV. To do that use the option Save video and key images data in a single file of the saving dialog. Analysis data will stay editable by your correspondant.
- How can I help with the implementation ? Start by downloading the source and rebuild. Get more familiar with the architecture using the 'architecture notes' document: http://www.kinovea.org/documents/ArchitectureOverview.html Contact author at joan@kinovea.org.
