I'm trying to install it but it seems the installation process cannot be completed. I follow all the instructions in the .txt doc but still, the .exe file does not run. Has anyone succesfully installed and tested it?
Thanks
Hi - I've got it working - have you tried right click 'run as administrator'?
Yes I have, and nothing happens...:( Attached a screenshot of my Zootracer folder... Thanks anyway!
Any other idea anyone?
I didn't find it very useful anyway, not nearly as accurate as some other software. If you are looking for extremely accurate, failsafe free animal tracking, the best is ImageJ with the MtrackJ plugin. However, it is manual tracking so you have to click on each frame... But it is free and in my opinion more accurate than any computer can be because you control where it says the animal is for each frame. However all your output is in xyz format so depending on what you want to get out of it it may not be applicable. I wrote ms Excel macros to get everything I needed.
Thanks! I think, however, that this would not be a solution in my case since I have more than 600 videos, 20 minutes each, 20 fps, so doing everything manually would be a bit painful.
Thanks anyway!
Ok now it's working! But where can I found a user manual? Or a place that explain how to use it?!
Thanks
David, what did you end up doing to make it work? I'm having the exact same issue.
Be sure you have installed .NET Frameword and C ++ redistributable...
Have a look at the prerequisites:
Prerequisites
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- 64-bit PC with 64-bit Windows OS. 4GB RAM recommended as a minimum. The
larger video files you process the more RAM you need. 4 CPU cores
recommended although the more cores you have the more interactive the tool.
- Microsoft .NET Framework v.4.5 or later. The framework is available for
download from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653.
- Visual C++ 2013 redistributable packages available for download from
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
Hello, David
Can you send me the three files of opencv 2.4.8, because can't download this version from opencv now. My E-mail is [email protected]. Thanks.
Please, can you send me opencv 2.4.8? i don't know why zootracer doesn't work, only difference is that i tried with opencv 2.4.9
I was thinking of using Zootracer to track dolphin movement patterns from a drone to make a track of their movement to then download their movement track onto a map maybe through ArcGIS
Emmanuel will you give an update if you get it to Work? :-)
Nancy it sounds very interesting, as long as you can get the program to Work;-)
I tried and it worked. All requests must be followed. I tried opencv 2.4.9 but it didn't work. It seems that opencv 2.4.8 is necessary. Good luck!
It works in my computer too. According to the releasenotes of zootracer, additional files needed for operation all have 248 in their name, which may correspond to the version of 2.4.8. So you have to try OpenCV v. 2. 4. 8.
Check ToxTrac, a free software for animal tracking we have developed. Maybe it can be useful for you or someone with a similar project.
Here is the project site: https://toxtrac.sourceforge.io
Here is the project in research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/ToxTrac-Free-software-for-animal-tracking
Thanks @Alvaro Rodriguez, I will have a go at it. Is it possible to implement 3D tracking with this as well (using 2 or more cameras), or is it strictly 2-dimensional?
@Morten Knapp so far im afraid it is designed only for a regular 2D video.
Thanks for the reply. No worries, I will figure something out. I'm looking forward to testing the tool.
@Alvaro Rodriguez I tried ToxTrac but since the videos I have recorded does not have good contrast between background and foreground, detection of the animal is becoming impossible. If you have some suggestions to resolve this, it would be great.
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