Stabilize Video

Reduce camera shake in handheld footage using FFmpeg's two-pass vidstab stabilization.

API Endpoint

POST /api/v1/tools/stabilize-video

Accepts multipart form data with a video file and a JSON settings field. This is an async endpoint - it returns 202 Accepted immediately and progress is streamed via SSE at GET /api/v1/jobs/{jobId}/progress.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
smoothing	integer	No	15	Smoothing window size in frames (5-60). Higher values produce smoother motion

Example Request

curl -X POST http://localhost:1349/api/v1/tools/stabilize-video \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer si_your-api-key" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F 'settings={"smoothing": 30}'

Example Response

{
  "jobId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
  "async": true
}

Notes

• Stabilization is a two-pass process: the first pass analyzes camera motion, and the second pass applies the correction. This takes roughly twice as long as single-pass tools.
• Higher smoothing values remove more shake but may introduce a slight zoom crop at the edges.
• Progress updates are available via SSE at GET /api/v1/jobs/{jobId}/progress until the job completes.