Is VirtualDub and DeShaker still the preferred way of stabilizing motion?

A long time ago, when I asked about this, DeShaker was the most recommended option. I tried some suggested DePan settings but they never really satisfied me. Has anything been created on the Avisynth side that produces at least as good results as the VDub route?

I still recommend Deshaker + VDub. Depanstabilize isn't as flexible as deshaker in difficult situations. For best image quality I suggest to prepare an interlaced video like this: 1) Code:

How about those older videos where there is a small (usually vertical) jitter of a couple of pixels here and there, is there anything that could be used to stabilize them?

this issue can be well treated with depanstabilize and very low limits for vertical compensation and near to zero limit for horizontal compensation. I used depanstabilize to de-jitter some old film footage before. It works quite well for this purpose. But for handheld camera deshaking I don't recommend depanstabilize.

I've never been able to dial in the settings for DePanStabilize to be of any use. Doesn't fix quick jitter, and tracks slower pans too well. Notice that my script doesn't use DePanStabilize though! You'll only know how well it works if you try it. -G

Doesn't really matter 

Perfect. 

The clip is mostly static, but there are two high speed pans in it. I'll try your method and report back, thanks for the suggestion, g-force :). [edit]Doesn't work, it creates an ugly sort of artifacting in a single frame, looks sort-of like a grid. I'll give DeShaker a shot now, but will try your suggestion (deshaking a deblocked version, then filtering that, right?).

Would you say this is more efficient then Depan or Deshaker? or this? how about Autodesks Stabilizer?

German magazine c't compared 4 video stabilizers in it's issue 05/2008. They tested the following products: - Mercalli Expert - Premiere Elements 4 - Studio Version 11 - Gunnar Thalins Deshaker v2.2 Here's the table with results: The table contains ratings for the following features: - stabilizing camera turns - stabilizing continuous shaking/jitter - stabilizing closeup scenes - stabilizing single shakes - stabilizing with default settings