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CowLog – Cross-Platform Application for Coding Behaviours from Video Cover

CowLog – Cross-Platform Application for Coding Behaviours from Video

Journal of Open Research Software

Volume 4 (2016): Issue 1

By: Matti Pastell

Open Access

|Apr 2016

Abstract

CowLog is a cross-platform application to code behaviours from video recordings for use in behavioural research. The software has been used in several studies e.g. to study sleep in dairy calves, emotions in goats and the mind wandering related to computer use during lectures.

CowLog 3 is implemented using JavaScript and HTML using the Electron framework. The framework allows the development of packaged cross-platform applications using features from web browser (Chromium) as well as server side JavaScript from Node.js. The program supports using multiple videos simultaneously and HTML5 and VLC video players.

CowLog can be used for any project that requires coding the time of events from digital video. It is released under GNU GPL v2 making it possible for users to modify the application for their own needs. The software is available through its website http://cowlog.org.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.113 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647

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Language: English

Published on: Apr 27, 2016

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Behavioural coding,

Electron Framework

© 2016 Matti Pastell, published by Ubiquity Press
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