In 2020 we compared several video stabiliztion tools including Filmora and NCH Videopad and settled on NCH Videopad as the best solution.
A few days ago we revisited the stabilization options as we had more video to correct and we found that NCH had updated Videopad by moving the stabilization options. As such we created an updated new video which you can see here.
However, we also found that NCH was just using the free “Deshaker” plugin for Virtualdub which is completely open source so we decided to dig into that.
A quick bit of background may help here. Virtualdub was written by a student in the early 2000’s and made available for free. It has not had a major update in more than a decade but it is very popular, completely free and still looks like a solid tool.
Even though NCH Videopad does a great job and is easy to use we went through the process with Virtualdub, because we found that Videopad’s stabilization is only available for free for 30 days. After that, it requires the Pro version which is not free.
Virtualdub stabilization requires an add-in and so does it’s ability to use MP4 source files. As such you can download and assemble this yourself, or you can download the complete Virtualdub MP4 stabilizer package we have HERE (still free, no advertising and no spyware).
Simply unzip that file and you are good to go. It is standalone software without an installer.
Then you need to install XVID codec which you can do for free directly from Xvid HERE.
Then just go into your Virtualdub folder and launch VEEBUB64.EXE and follow these steps:
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