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• How to make video from images using Java + x264 ; cross platform solution required

  19 octobre 2014, par Shashank Tulsyan

  I have made a software which records my entire day into a video.
  Example video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITZYMMcubdw (Note : >16hrs compressed in 2mins, video speed too high, might cause epilepsy :P )

  The approach that I use right now is, Avisynth + x264 + Java.
  This is very very efficient. The video for entire day is created in 3-4mins, and reduced to a size of 40-50MB. This is perfect, the only issue is that this solution is not cross platform.
  Does anyone have a better idea ?

  I tried using java based x246 libraries but

  1. They are slow as hell
  2. The video output size is too big
  3. The video quality is not satisfactory.

  Some website suggest a command such as :

  x264.exe --crf 18 --fps 24 --input-res 1920x1080 --input-csp rgb -o "T:\crf18.mkv" "T:\___BBB\big_buck_bunny_%05d.png"

  There are 2 problems with this approach.

  1. As far as I know, x264 does accept image sequence as input, ffmpeg does
  2. The input images are not named in sequence such as image01.png , image02.png etc. They are named as timestamp_as_longinteger.png . So inorder to allow x264 to accept these images as input, I have to rename all of them ( i make a symbolic link for all images in a new folder ). This approach is again unsatisfactory, because I need more flexibility in selecting/unselecting files which would be converted to a video. Right now my approach is a hack.

  The best solution is x264. But not sure how I can send it an image sequence from Java. That too, images which are not named in sequential fashion.

  ---

  BTW The purpose of making video is going back in time, and finding out how time was spend/wasted.
  The software is aware of what the user is doing. So using this I can find out (visually) how a class evolved with time. How much time I spend on a particular class/package/module/project/customer. The granuality right now is upto the class level, I wish to take it to the function level. The software is called jitendriya.

  

  ---

  Here is 1 solution
  How does one encode a series of images into H264 using the x264 C API ?

  But this is for C. If I have to do the same in java, and in a cross plaform fashion, I will have to resort to JNA/JNI. JNA might have a significant performance hit. JNI would be more work.
  FFMpeg also looks like a nice alternative, but I am still not satisfied by any of these solutions looking at the pros and cons.

  ---

  Solution Adapted.

  package weeklyvideomaker;
  
  
  
  import java.awt.AWTException;
  
  import java.awt.Rectangle;
  
  import java.awt.Robot;
  
  import java.awt.Toolkit;
  
  import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
  
  import java.io.File;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  
  import java.util.Calendar;
  
  import java.util.LinkedList;
  
  import java.util.logging.Level;
  
  import java.util.logging.Logger;
  
  import neembuu.release1.util.StreamGobbler;
  
  import org.shashaank.activitymonitor.ScreenCaptureHandler;
  
  import org.shashaank.jitendriya.JitendriyaParams;
  
  
  
  /**
  
   *
  
   * @author Shashank
  
   */
  
  public class DirectVideoScreenHandler implements ScreenCaptureHandler {
  
      private final JitendriyaParams  jp;
  
  
  
      private String extension="264";
  
      private boolean lossless=false;
  
      private String fps="24/1";
  
  
  
      private Process p = null;
  
      private Rectangle r1;
  
      private Robot r;
  
  
  
      private int currentDay;
  
  
  
      private static final String[]weeks={"sun","mon","tue","wed","thu","fri","sat"};
  
  
  
      public DirectVideoScreenHandler(JitendriyaParams jp) {
  
          this.jp = jp;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public String getExtension() {
  
          return extension;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public void setExtension(String extension) {
  
          this.extension = extension;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public boolean isLossless() {
  
          return lossless;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public void setLossless(boolean lossless) {
  
          this.lossless = lossless;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public String getFps() {
  
          return fps;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public void setFps(String fps) {
  
          this.fps = fps;
  
      }
  
  
  
      private static int getday(){
  
          return Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) - 1;
  
      }
  
  
  
      public void make()throws IOException,AWTException{
  
          currentDay = getday();
  
          File week = jp.getWeekFolder();
  
  
  
          String destinationFile = week+"\\videos\\"+weeks[currentDay]+"_"+System.currentTimeMillis()+"_direct."+extension;
  
  
  
          r = new Robot();
  
          r1 = getScreenSize();
  
  
  
          ProcessBuilder pb = makeProcess(destinationFile, 0, r1.width, r1.height);
  
  
  
          p = pb.start();
  
          StreamGobbler out = new StreamGobbler(p.getInputStream(), "out");
  
          StreamGobbler err = new StreamGobbler(p.getErrorStream(), "err");
  
          out.start();err.start();
  
      }
  
  
  
      private static Rectangle getScreenSize(){
  
          return new Rectangle(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize());
  
      }
  
  
  
      private void screenShot(OutputStream os)throws IOException{        
  
          BufferedImage bi = r.createScreenCapture(r1);
  
          int[]intRawData = ((java.awt.image.DataBufferInt)
  
                  bi.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
  
          byte[]rawData = new byte[intRawData.length*3];
  
          for (int i = 0; i < intRawData.length; i++) {
  
              int rgb = intRawData[i];
  
              rawData[ i*3 + 0 ] = (byte) (rgb >> 16);
  
              rawData[ i*3 + 1 ] = (byte) (rgb >> 8);
  
              rawData[ i*3 + 2 ] = (byte) (rgb);
  
          }
  
          os.write(rawData);
  
      }
  
  
  
      private ProcessBuilder makeProcess(String destinationFile, int numberOfFrames,
  
              int width, int height){
  
          LinkedList<string> commands = new LinkedList&lt;>();
  
          commands.add("\""+encoderPath()+"\"");
  
          if(true){
  
              commands.add("-");
  
              if(lossless){
  
                  commands.add("--qp");
  
                  commands.add("0");
  
              }
  
              commands.add("--keyint");
  
              commands.add("240");
  
              commands.add("--sar");
  
              commands.add("1:1");
  
              commands.add("--output");
  
              commands.add("\""+destinationFile+"\"");
  
              if(numberOfFrames>0){
  
                  commands.add("--frames");
  
                  commands.add(String.valueOf(numberOfFrames));
  
              }else{
  
                  commands.add("--stitchable");
  
              }
  
              commands.add("--fps");
  
              commands.add(fps);
  
              commands.add("--input-res");
  
              commands.add(width+"x"+height);
  
              commands.add("--input-csp");
  
              commands.add("rgb");//i420
  
          }
  
          return new ProcessBuilder(commands);
  
      }
  
  
  
      private String encoderPath(){
  
          return jp.getToolsPath()+File.separatorChar+"x264_64.exe";
  
      }
  
  
  
      @Override public void run() {
  
          try {
  
              if(p==null){
  
                  make();
  
              }
  
              if(currentDay!=getday()){// day changed
  
                  destroy(); 
  
                  return;
  
              }
  
              if(!r1.equals(getScreenSize())){// screensize changed
  
                  destroy();
  
                  return;
  
              }
  
              screenShot(p.getOutputStream());
  
          } catch (Exception ex) {
  
              Logger.getLogger(DirectVideoScreenHandler.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
  
          }
  
      }
  
  
  
      private void destroy()throws Exception{
  
          p.getOutputStream().flush();
  
          p.getOutputStream().close();
  
          p.destroy();
  
          p = null;
  
      }
  
  
  
  }
  
  </string>

  ---

  package weeklyvideomaker;
  
  
  
  import org.shashaank.jitendriya.JitendriyaParams;
  
  
  
  /**
  
   *
  
   * @author Shashank
  
   */
  
  public class DirectVideoScreenHandlerTest {
  
      public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
  
          JitendriyaParams  jp = new JitendriyaParams.Builder()
  
                  .setToolsPath("F:\\GeneralProjects\\JReminder\\development_environment\\tools")
  
                  .setOsDependentDataFolderPath("J:\\jt_data")
  
                  .build();
  
          DirectVideoScreenHandler w = new DirectVideoScreenHandler(jp);
  
          w.setExtension("264");
  
          w.setFps("24/1");
  
          w.setLossless(false);
  
          w.make();
  
  
  
          for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
  
              w.run();
  
              Thread.sleep(1000);
  
          }
  
      }
  
  }

• 10 Proven Ways Heatmap Software Improves Website Conversions

  20 septembre 2021, par Ben Erskine — Analytics Tips, Plugins, Heatmap
  

  Heatmap software is critical in improving website conversions. Why ? Because it provides customer-centric insights. 

  In the online market, businesses that are customer-centric are 60% more profitable than businesses that are not.

  Using heatmaps to track factors such as usability, compare A/B landing pages and content engagement across channels optimises online conversions by addressing issues faced by real users. 

  How heatmaps benefit your customers

  Customer experience is one of the most important factors in business success. 

  Website heatmap software like Matomo offers unique insights into customer behaviour that is then used to improve their experience, usability and engagement. 

  Data analysis captures information on how many people complete a sales funnel or bounce from a website. Behavioural analytics like heatmaps can show you why they bounce.

  This benefits your customers (and therefore your bottom line) because it puts the focus on them and their needs.

  10 ways heatmap software helps increase website conversions

  #1. Improve UX/Usability 

  Heatmap analytics improve usability by identifying where you are losing customers on your website.

  Forrester research indicates that improving user experience can improve conversions by up to 400%, and on average every $1 spent on UX has a return of $100. 

  For example, you may have a CTA button but customers never click it to reach the payment page. 

  Heatmaps show you how customers interact with your website naturally so that you can adjust it according to their needs.

  Using heatmap analytics to improve usability boosts conversions because it improves customer experiences. 88% of online consumers say that they wouldn’t even bother returning to a website after a bad experience. 

  #2. Website design and content structure 

  Another way that heatmaps can improve conversions is to analyse your website design and content structure. 

  You might be wondering how often a specific ad or a banner was displayed and viewed by your visitors on any of your pages and how often a visitor actually interacted with them. These two parts of the analysis are called content impression and content interaction.

  Ideally, your website elements such as banners, listings, buttons and thumbnails will entice customers to click and find out more. 

  Heatmaps and click maps analyse

  1. How many impressions the content has (e.g. a banner), and
  2. What percent of users that see the content click on it 

  For example, you may have a banner with high impressions but low click-through rates. Tracking content interactions optimises your website by showing which elements or CTAs need more visibility. 

  #3. A/B testing

  Heatmaps provide invaluable data on which landing pages are converting the best. Not only that, but session recordings and heatmap data can show you exactly why one is converting better so that you can replicate the results to increase conversions on other landing pages.

  Tracking heatmap updates on different versions of the same sales page will help confirm creative solutions faster than feedback alone. 

  Ultimately this kind of comparison increases your ROI faster because you are not guessing why some customers are converting and others are not. 

  #4. Conversion Funnel

  Using heatmap software in sales funnels lets you visualise user behaviour at each stage of the conversion process. 

  For example, if many customers are dropping off a payment page, heatmaps can indicate whether it is a usability issue such as pop ups, lack of clarity with payment buttons or something web developers haven’t seen from the back end. 

  These analytics improve conversions by reducing friction in sales funnels as much as possible. 

  #5. Content engagement across channels 

  Optimising websites across all channels is now expected for online businesses. 

  Bad mobile optimisation annoys 48% of online shoppers, and if your web page takes longer than 3 seconds to load, 53% of visitors will simply click away. 

  You can use heatmaps to improve engagement by tracking mouse activity, clicks and scrolling. This helps improve conversions by confirming 

  • How invested a user is in the page 
  • How easy it is to navigate your website and content on different devices 
  • What is your most viewed content and what to push more of 
  • How users generally move through your website on different devices 
  • How clear your messaging is (e.g. high click through rate but low engagement could indicate they aren’t finding what they’re looking for once they click on a CTA)

  #6. Above the fold analysis 

  Although a well-used web development term, above the fold is still one of the most important factors in heatmap analysis. 

  Above the fold analysis gives you insight into a customer’s first impression of a page. 

  An example of above-the-fold heatmaps in action could be a page with a video explanation. Say you have a landing page with a video below the fold that explains why someone should buy and has a CTA button underneath. If there are a lot of page visitors but very few people scrolling below the fold, you can see why hardly any visitors are watching the video or engaging with the CTA button. 

  Insights like this would inform further development such as including important video content above the fold or updating header copy to encourage visitors to scroll down the page more often.

  

  #7. Session recording

  Recording features go hand in hand with heatmap visualisations. Recording features like Session Recording shows the flow of each user’s time on your website. 

  For example, a session recording replays all clicks, mouse movements, scrolls, window resizes, form interactions, and page changes (e.g. when a popup appears).

  #8. Scroll heatmap 

  A scroll heatmap shows the percentage of people that have seen a part of the page. 

  For example, the top of a website page will be the “hottest” in a scroll heatmap, and it naturally gets “colder” further down.

  Tracking this shows whether customers are staying on the page, whether they are only seeing information above the fold, and whether sales pages are engaging. 

  It is an effective strategy for improving sales pages because it shows where customers are losing interest and which elements receive the most engagement.

  

  #9. Records clicks 

  With a click heatmap, you can find out what your visitors think is clickable on a webpage.

  This improves conversions in two ways. 

  Firstly, it shows whether customers are clicking where you expect them to. For example, if you create a “buy now” or “free trial” button but nobody ever pushes it, it informs your back end developers that it needs an upgrade. 

  Secondly, it indicates any user experience issues. If there are a lot of clicks on an element that doesn’t link anywhere, it shows that it either needs to be changed or have a link included because customers are trying to engage with it. 

  For even more accurate data, combine click maps with hover maps. This shows where users are paying attention but not clicking through. 

  #10. Records mouse movement/hovering

  Is your website distracting users from the ultimate goal of converting ? Does your website have a logical flow and next step ? Recording mouse movement and attention will help you answer questions like these. 

  Mouse move and hover heatmaps identify where your website visitors engage on the page. Are they naturally drawn to your CTAs ? Is the sidebar taking their attention away from the primary content ? 

  This data increases the likelihood of conversions because it shows where you need to remove distractions or draw their attention in. 

  

  Final thoughts on heatmap analytics 

  Heatmap analytics benefit both you and your customers. By identifying issues that stop them from buying and optimise their engagement, you’ll have happy customers and happy stakeholders. 

  Next, check out these guides on heatmap software and using user behaviour analytics to increase conversions and improve customer experience !

  The Ultimate Guide to Heatmap Software

  How to use Behavioural Analytics to Improve Website Performance

  Heatmap Video

  Session Recording Video

• 10 Proven Ways Heatmaps Improve Website Conversions

  20 septembre 2021, par Ben Erskine — Analytics Tips, Plugins, Heatmap
  

  Heatmap analytics are critical in improving website conversions. Why ? Because they provide customer-centric insights. 

  In the online market, businesses that are customer-centric are 60% more profitable than businesses that are not.

  Using heatmaps to track factors such as usability, compare A/B landing pages and content engagement across channels optimises online conversions by addressing issues faced by real users. 

  How heatmaps benefit your customers

  Customer experience is one of the most important factors in business success. 

  Website heatmap software like Matomo offers unique insights into customer behaviour that is then used to improve their experience, usability and engagement. 

  Data analysis captures information on how many people complete a sales funnel or bounce from a website. Behavioural analytics like heatmaps can show you why they bounce.

  This benefits your customers (and therefore your bottom line) because it puts the focus on them and their needs.

  10 ways heatmap analytics help increase website conversions

  #1. Improve UX/Usability 

  Heatmap analytics improve usability by identifying where you are losing customers on your website.

  Forrester research indicates that improving user experience can improve conversions by up to 400%, and on average every $1 spent on UX has a return of $100. 

  For example, you may have a CTA button but customers never click it to reach the payment page. 

  Heatmaps show you how customers interact with your website naturally so that you can adjust it according to their needs.

  Using heatmap analytics to improve usability boosts conversions because it improves customer experiences. 88% of online consumers say that they wouldn’t even bother returning to a website after a bad experience. 

  #2. Website design and content structure 

  Another way that heatmaps can improve conversions is to analyse your website design and content structure. 

  You might be wondering how often a specific ad or a banner was displayed and viewed by your visitors on any of your pages and how often a visitor actually interacted with them. These two parts of the analysis are called content impression and content interaction.

  Ideally, your website elements such as banners, listings, buttons and thumbnails will entice customers to click and find out more. 

  Heatmaps and click maps analyse

  1. How many impressions the content has (e.g. a banner), and
  2. What percent of users that see the content click on it 

  For example, you may have a banner with high impressions but low click-through rates. Tracking content interactions optimises your website by showing which elements or CTAs need more visibility. 

  #3. A/B testing

  Heatmaps provide invaluable data on which landing pages are converting the best. Not only that, but session recordings and heatmap data can show you exactly why one is converting better so that you can replicate the results to increase conversions on other landing pages.

  Tracking heatmap updates on different versions of the same sales page will help confirm creative solutions faster than feedback alone. 

  Ultimately this kind of comparison increases your ROI faster because you are not guessing why some customers are converting and others are not. 

  #4. Conversion Funnel

  Using heatmap software in sales funnels lets you visualise user behaviour at each stage of the conversion process. 

  For example, if many customers are dropping off a payment page, heatmaps can indicate whether it is a usability issue such as pop ups, lack of clarity with payment buttons or something web developers haven’t seen from the back end. 

  These analytics improve conversions by reducing friction in sales funnels as much as possible. 

  #5. Content engagement across channels 

  Optimising websites across all channels is now expected for online businesses. 

  Bad mobile optimisation annoys 48% of online shoppers, and if your web page takes longer than 3 seconds to load, 53% of visitors will simply click away. 

  You can use heatmaps to improve engagement by tracking mouse activity, clicks and scrolling. This helps improve conversions by confirming 

  • How invested a user is in the page 
  • How easy it is to navigate your website and content on different devices 
  • What is your most viewed content and what to push more of 
  • How users generally move through your website on different devices 
  • How clear your messaging is (e.g. high click through rate but low engagement could indicate they aren’t finding what they’re looking for once they click on a CTA)

  #6. Above the fold analysis 

  Although a well-used web development term, above the fold is still one of the most important factors in heatmap analysis. 

  Above the fold analysis gives you insight into a customer’s first impression of a page. 

  An example of above-the-fold heatmaps in action could be a page with a video explanation. Say you have a landing page with a video below the fold that explains why someone should buy and has a CTA button underneath. If there are a lot of page visitors but very few people scrolling below the fold, you can see why hardly any visitors are watching the video or engaging with the CTA button. 

  Insights like this would inform further development such as including important video content above the fold or updating header copy to encourage visitors to scroll down the page more often.

  

  #7. Session recording

  Recording features go hand in hand with heatmap visualisations. Recording features like Session Recording shows the flow of each user’s time on your website. 

  For example, a session recording replays all clicks, mouse movements, scrolls, window resizes, form interactions, and page changes (e.g. when a popup appears).

  #8. Scroll heatmap 

  A scroll heatmap shows the percentage of people that have seen a part of the page. 

  For example, the top of a website page will be the “hottest” in a scroll heatmap, and it naturally gets “colder” further down.

  Tracking this shows whether customers are staying on the page, whether they are only seeing information above the fold, and whether sales pages are engaging. 

  It is an effective strategy for improving sales pages because it shows where customers are losing interest and which elements receive the most engagement.

  

  #9. Records clicks 

  With a click heatmap, you can find out what your visitors think is clickable on a webpage.

  This improves conversions in two ways. 

  Firstly, it shows whether customers are clicking where you expect them to. For example, if you create a “buy now” or “free trial” button but nobody ever pushes it, it informs your back end developers that it needs an upgrade. 

  Secondly, it indicates any user experience issues. If there are a lot of clicks on an element that doesn’t link anywhere, it shows that it either needs to be changed or have a link included because customers are trying to engage with it. 

  For even more accurate data, combine click maps with hover maps. This shows where users are paying attention but not clicking through. 

  #10. Records mouse movement/hovering

  Is your website distracting users from the ultimate goal of converting ? Does your website have a logical flow and next step ? Recording mouse movement and attention will help you answer questions like these. 

  Mouse move and hover heatmaps identify where your website visitors engage on the page. Are they naturally drawn to your CTAs ? Is the sidebar taking their attention away from the primary content ? 

  This data increases the likelihood of conversions because it shows where you need to remove distractions or draw their attention in. 

  

  Final thoughts on heatmap analytics 

  Heatmap analytics benefit both you and your customers. By identifying issues that stop them from buying and optimise their engagement, you’ll have happy customers and happy stakeholders. 

  Next, check out these guides on heatmap software and using user behaviour analytics to increase conversions and improve customer experience !

  The Ultimate Guide to Heatmap Software

  Heatmap Video

  Session Recording Video