Thanks for all of the suggestions of software for be Ecologgers,
Thanks for all of the suggestions of software for behavioral coding of digital videos. The other programs suggested were Anvil (http://www.anvil-software.de/), Cowlog (http://mpastell.com/cowlog/), and OntheMark (http://onthemark.sourceforge.net/). I had trouble opening a new configuration file in Anvil and wasn't able to get JWatcher Video installed (but see another user's tips below). I'm now using Cowlog, which is very easy to use and has customizable buttons if the development branch is installed with Python 2.7.2 (http://python.org/download/) and PyQT 2.7 (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download). All of these are free. -Jen > I've just started to use Jwatcher Video after a long battle against my >computer (which runs Windows 7). Eventually I chose to install the software on >a PC running Windows XP. I had to buy QuickTime Pro in order to work with my >videos (it has a built-in system to convert videos to a format compatible with >JW) and install Java 5.0. This way is not free from pain either, I had to >install and uninstall both JW and Java (as per manual) several times but >eventually it worked. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:58 AM, jennifer wang <[email protected]> wrote: I would like to code a large body of digital video files of nestbox-breeding birds, and was planning on using JWatcher Video. However, JWatcher Video 1.0+JRE is hanging during install on my laptop (Windows Vista 64-bit with Quicktime 7.6.9). I've tried installing Quicktime 6 instead, and the most recent Quicktime 7, to no avail. Has anyone been able to use JWatcher Video with a newer Windows computer? I've already tried the fixes suggested at http://www.jwatcher.ucla.edu/ and there doesn't seem to be a user forum for the program. I'd also appreciate suggestions of other programs being used to code behavior from video files. > >-Jen Wang >
