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Correcting the rolling shutter effect with adjusted time values
Axel Mellinger
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Is there a way to use a different column as time stamp, and base the calculation of angle and angular velocity on that column? And could Tracker calculate derivatives of a quantity with non-uniform time steps?
Background: In one of our intro physics lab experiments, students are recording a video clip of a rotating disk. Tracing a point on the disk, they calculate angle vs. time and angular velocity vs. time. The webcam introduces a strong rolling shutter effect, which makes the (uncorrected) angular velocity appear to oscillate. However, this can be compensated by adjusting the time stamp of each video frame according to
At the moment, we use Logger Pro for the video analysis, which has, however, been discontinued, and we are looking into Tracker as a possible replacement. Is there any way this rolling shutter correction could be done within Tracker? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated!