Video Processing Library for Java

Question

I want to extract frames from a video and apply some filters on it such as gabor/hough etc. Which Java library would be perfect for handling all kinds of video encodings? I have

Answer 1

You can try Marvin Framework. It uses JavaCV for video encodings and device access, but all image processing algorithms are pure Java.

It's very easy to load a video and process the frames in real time, as shown in the edge detection example below.

Source code:

import static marvin.MarvinPluginCollection.*;

public class SimpleVideoProcessing extends JFrame implements Runnable{

    private MarvinVideoInterface    videoAdapter = new MarvinJavaCVAdapter();
    private MarvinImagePanel        videoPanel = new MarvinImagePanel();
    private MarvinImage             videoFrame, videoOut = new MarvinImage(640,480);

    public SimpleVideoProcessing() throws MarvinVideoInterfaceException{
        super("Simple Video Processing using Marvin");
        add(videoPanel);
        // Load video file and start the processing thread
        videoAdapter.loadResource("./res/snooker.wmv");
        new Thread(this).start();
        setSize(640,500);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public void run() {
        try {
            while(true){
                // Request, process and show the video frame.
                videoOut.clear();
                videoFrame = videoAdapter.getFrame();
                prewitt(videoFrame.clone(), videoOut);
                videoPanel.setImage(videoOut);
            }
        } catch (MarvinVideoInterfaceException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws MarvinVideoInterfaceException {
        new SimpleVideoProcessing().setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }
}