That\u2019s right, this software continuously analyses the sky for movement and will omit the obvious and explainable objects. When it sees, what it believes, can be a UFO; it will record the video in the best available quality, and save the clip for you to review later.<\/p>\n
The software is not meant to be a 100% accurate filter, however, it will save HOURS of time sifting through video, and produce a short list of results of probable UFO candidates for you to look at.<\/p>\n
The software is fully open source<\/a>. This means that anyone can read the code that runs the software and help add new features and improvements.”<\/p>\n Want to take part? Download the FREE software, and get started today!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n To use this software, you need a good web camera.<\/p>\n – Windows OS (More platforms are planned) Other video devices like IP cameras and capture cards can be used through XSplit (https:\/\/www.xsplit.com\/<\/a>) or Manycam (http:\/\/manycam.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n Need help or have suggestions? Write to contact@theblackvault.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before you run the UFO Detector, connect your USB webcam to your PC and position the webcam in an ideal place including as much of the sky in your field of view as possible. More information about the webcam placement can be found in the Tips & Hints section.<\/p>\n Installation of the software is as easy as it gets. First, make sure you have the\u00a0VLC media player<\/a>\u00a0installed so you can play the videos properly.<\/p>\n Then, download the .zip file to your left. Once you download, you can unzip the contents to a\u00a0temporary folder then run the setup.exe. You can then choose the destination, and follow the on-screen prompts.<\/p>\n Once installed, you should see a shortcut “Detector” on your Desktop or Start menu. Double click it to start the program<\/p>\n The first step, is to configure the software. To do so, click on the\u00a0Settings<\/strong>\u00a0button on the top right.<\/p>\n Then you will need to fill in the pertinent information. At this step, you will Select Webcam, Select Resolution (different for each camera. Make sure you have to correct information about your cameras resolution. Up to 1280\u00d7720 HD is supported), select Video Path and Image Path (empty folders are in the program directory and are preselected) and the optional settings of \u201cDraw rectangle around objects in video,\u201d\u00a0and also \u201cSave images.\u201d I\u00a0recommend keeping these last two objects checked. \u00a0\u201cSave images\u201d will store all the images of the objects that caused a positive detection. This is useful if you want to help improve the algorithm further by submitting the images that wrongly caused a positive detection.<\/p>\n Once you select these options (we skipped Area file and \u201cSelect detection area\u201d for now) you will need hit the buttonSave<\/strong>\u00a0and restart the program.<\/p>\n Once you restart the program, you should see a video from your webcam displayed. If no video is displayed go to the settings and change your selected webcam and\/or the resolution until the video from the camera is displayed.<\/p>\n Now we are going to click\u00a0Select Detection Area<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This window allows you to select your own area of detection which should contain ONLY the sky.<\/p>\n First click on\u00a0Take Picture<\/strong>\u00a0to take a picture from your camera view.<\/p>\n Once you see the picture, you then click reference points around the photo, essentially drawing a box around where you want the software to look for objects.<\/p>\n If the entire camera view is open sky, then draw three points, top left, bottom left, top right, and then click the button that says\u00a0Connect<\/strong>\u00a0to connect the first dot to the last dot. \u00a0If you have a daytime shot with a tree in the view draw around the tree (above). \u00a0Each situation is different, so draw accordingly.<\/p>\n Once you connect the dots, click on the\u00a0Save to file<\/strong>\u00a0button. The information about your selected area of detection is stored in the xml specified in the settings in the\u00a0Area file<\/strong>\u00a0field. Once you see the successful save message at the top, you are ready to scan the skies! \u00a0Just click on the \u201cDetect\u201d button, and you are off and running.<\/p>\n To know it\u2019s working, once you press\u00a0Detect<\/strong>\u00a0you will see, \u201cDetection started on\u2026\u2026\u201d when it isn\u2019t detecting, you will see, \u201cDetection not running.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2013 The \u201cFilter noise by pixel size\u201d allows you to ignore the noise that the camera might pick up. Start the detecting process and move the slider higher until the program stops constantly detecting movement\/noise. 2 is a good level for most cameras.<\/p>\n \u2013 The better your webcam is the better results you will get in the detection. Full HD detection is not supported currently as most webcams which have Full HD can only take Full HD single pictures and not video. 720p is ideal and more than adequate for a UFO video to be analyzed.<\/p>\n \u2013 A good webcam placement is crucial. Most false-positive detections happens when the webcam tries to refocus itself. If the webcam is placed behind a window, try to put the lens as close to the glass as possible to avoid the webcam loosing focus. If possible, turn off the auto-focus feature.<\/p>\n \u2013 Try to put something right behind the webcam to avoid light from inside reflecting on the window when you are using the program during the night.<\/p>\n \u2013 You want to try to get as much sky in your field of view as possible. Just pointing the webcam straight up is obviously not the best idea.<\/p>\n \u2013 It is recommended to not display the video from the webcam during the detection to achieve the best performance.<\/p>\n Once you have a video that shows a UFO submit it to share it with the community. Simply click on the button by the video that says SHARE. Add the optional information, and the software will do the rest!<\/p>\n They will then be placed in\u00a0The Black Vault<\/a>, which will provide an archive of all the submitted videos that were recorded with the UFO Detector.\u00a0 You can also check out UFOID.net <\/a>for captures by other users from around the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Background The Black Vault is excited to be a part of an open-source project that provides a UFO Detector \u2013 a\u00a0software tool that will let you utilize your computer and camera to scan the skies for possible UFOs. The software is powered by\u00a0UFOID.net,\u00a0and the programmer has created a computer algorithm to scan a video feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3323,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-blocks.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-468","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat cameras should I use?<\/h3>\n
Download<\/h3>\n
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\nVersion 0.7.8 – Released 10\/28\/2017<\/b><\/a>
\n(Windows)<\/center><\/p>\nSystem Requirements<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n– USB Camera
\n– VLC Media Player<\/a><\/p>\nHow to install<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Tips & Hints:<\/h3>\n
How to submit a video<\/h3>\n