Hello,
Following on from my previous question regarding how to video insects in agricultural contexts.
I am considering recording continuous video of baits (such as seeds, seedling or insects) to see what is removing them (could be mammals, birds, insects) then running this video through software to detect motion (this way I can adjust sensitivity as appropriate, which might be crucial for small insects).
At first glance there appears to be plenty of software that uses live feeds but less for analysis of video files, Does anyone know of any software and methods for this sort of analysis?
Many thanks,
Pete
Hi Peter,
Computer Vision System Toolbox in MATLAB (http://se.mathworks.com/products/computer-vision/) is good place to start.
Regards,
Ronny
I've used EthoVision, which is expensive but powerful. VideomexOne is older, and possibly no longer available, but perfectly serviceable if you just need basic metrics.
Hello,
I worked on insect's behaviors (hymenoptera), and I used the software JWatcher, it makes a lot of behavorial analysis, it is easy to understand, and you can export the results in files readible with excel.
http://www.jwatcher.ucla.edu/
and this is a free software
Best,
Noldus (http://www.noldus.com/) offers a series of sophisticated tracking programs. I used EthoVision XT, which worked pretty well for various kinds of insects and spiders. It has many options and the program surface is very user friendly. The other side of the coin: it is quite expensive.
Wow! Thanks for all of your advice, I will look into all this and post back soon.
Cheers!
Pete
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