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motionflow

CLI and Python API for optical flow video processing.

motionflow input.mp4

Install

pip install motionflow          # classical methods only
pip install motionflow[torch]   # + RAFT and deep methods
conda install -c conda-forge motionflow    # includes PyTorch
pixi global install motionflow             # auto-selects GPU/CPU torch

Usage

CLI

# HSV colour-wheel flow (default: Farneback)
motionflow recording.mp4

# RAFT on GPU, heatmap style, every other frame
motionflow recording.mp4 --method raft --device cuda --viz heatmap --stride 2

# Blend flow 40% over original, with temporal smoothing
motionflow recording.mp4 --viz blend --blend 0.4 --smooth 3

# Quiver arrow overlay
motionflow recording.mp4 --viz quiver --quiver-step 24

Python API

from motionflow import process_video

out = process_video(
    "recording.mp4",
    method="raft",
    viz="hsv",
    stride=2,
    device="auto",
)

Using estimators directly

import cv2
from motionflow.methods import FarnebackFlow
from motionflow.viz import flow_to_hsv

flow = FarnebackFlow()(prev_frame, curr_frame)  # (H, W, 2)
vis  = flow_to_hsv(flow)                         # BGR image

Methods

Method Type GPU Notes
farneback Dense No Default, fast
tvl1 Dense No Sharp edges, slow; requires opencv-contrib
lucas-kanade Sparse No Good with --viz quiver
raft Dense Yes High quality; weights auto-downloaded
sea-raft Dense Yes ECCV 2024; coming soon
neuflow Dense Yes Edge-optimised; coming soon

Documentation

roaldarbol.github.io/motionflow

License

MIT

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