X-Kinovea

X-Kinovea is a comprehensive and intuitive program designed particularly for athletes and trainers to help view, crop and analyze diverse videos. It can also be used to view and compare various images, examine different angles and positions, as well as capture the screen using the webcam.

It's wrapped in a feature-rich and accessible layout divided into a file explorer, shortcuts and clips panel on the left side of the window and a video player and editing tools on the right. X-Kinovea supports the most popular file formats, like AVI, RM, FLV, MOV, MKV and MPG.

You can either use the explorer to easily find the desired directory or load a file using the open function. Once the item is selected you can play it using the built-in player, write comments, as well as draw using the pen, insert geometrical shapes (line, circle, cross) and angles, countdown timer and enable the perspective grid.

Plus, it's possible to configure the color for each element, track paths and crop the video into individual parts. Another useful feature is the option to capture an image from a particular area of the clip and save it as JPG, PNG or BMP file type, create a slideshow of multiple pictures and toggle between one or two capture screens.

From the preferences menu, the app lets you configure a few settings, like change the interface language, select the time marker format, predefined photo type, as well as modify the destination folders for both video and image, the grid tone and the speed measurement unit. You can flip the item to left and right, choose the picture format (4:3, 16:9) and the allocated memory for capture buffers.

Taking everything into account, X-Kinovea is a professional and sophisticated utility that might take a bit of time to master, comes in handy for novices and experienced users to help view, alter and analyze multiple videos. During our testing, no errors were encountered and didn't consumed too many resources.