When I compare different stabilisers, I always compare in full motion and also together with the original unstabilised footage and name the results. When I see wobbling in the result, then I know that rolling shutter correction is needed

Exactly. And in Mercalli 5 SAL (but not 6 SAL), the level of CMOS correction can be selected - Standard / Quick Repair / Variations_Wobble / Intensive Repair (with many sub-levels). Which CMOS level is best for any particular shot is often trial-and-error but for me mostly Quick Repair or Variations_Wobble in Mercalli 5 SAL. But I sometimes need to try several stabilisers in order to decide which one provides the best overall result for a particular shot.

@rgr I'm not sure what you're trying to show us. When I compare different stabilisers, I always compare in full motion and also together with the original unstabilised footage and name the results. When I see wobbling in the result, then I know that rolling shutter correction is needed. In your example(s) I do not know what is what and on what details I should pay attention...?

I'm not trying to demonstrate anything. I've only shown the behavior of two stabilizers. You can draw your own conclusions.

Generally, CMOS Fixr performs well with stable videos; if the video is unstable, even more problems arise. Neither mode simply performed well here, so I used the mode from the main plugin.

I made a small comparison test about a year ago between Mercalli6 with and without CMOS correction and DR stabilization.:

IMO DR gave the fastest and best result.

Do you have the original video? I'd like to check it out and compare it with Premiere Warp Stabilizer.

I made a small comparison test about a year ago between Mercalli6 with and without CMOS correction and DR stabilization.:

IMO DR gave the fastest and best result.

Do you have the original video? I'd like to check it out and compare it with Premiere Warp Stabilizer.

Yes, I still have the original 4k25 footage. I can share it when I'm back from vacation, just remind me in about 10-12 days.

Did anyone compare Mercalli v4 with the Mercalli v6 OFX?
I just installed v6 OFX and played a little and results looks pretty much the same.
I see UI is slightly re-designed and some virtual cams not available in v6 (Glide that I use sometime) + some new virtual cams such as AI and AI+3D are there. The last one ruined my test footage %-)

I did, for me no reason to upgrade, I still prefer to use Mercalli 4 plugin in Vegas, as I can use it for batch stabilization with Vegasaur.

I see no substantial advantage in upgrading to version v6. I'm sticking with Mercalli v5.

The cost for the OFX version (which doesn't work in Resolve), I would guess is for those that really don't have Mercalli. I've had the standalone version for quite a while, along with V5, which also installed in Vegas.

One advantage of Mercalli 6 SAL is that it works seemingly well with 8K from my Samsung S23 Ultra phone whereas Merc 5 SAL chokes on that 8K video.

I made a small comparison test about a year ago between Mercalli6 with and without CMOS correction and DR stabilization.:

IMO DR gave the fastest and best result.

Do you have the original video? I'd like to check it out and compare it with Premiere Warp Stabilizer.

Yes, I still have the original 4k25 footage. I can share it when I'm back from vacation, just remind me in about 10-12 days.

So I remind you.

@rgr Okay, as promised here is the original footage: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/32ecd18a-9439-4812-8316-2fe07d8ced25

Did anyone compare Mercalli v4 with the Mercalli v6 OFX?
I just installed v6 OFX and played a little and results looks pretty much the same.
I see UI is slightly re-designed and some virtual cams not available in v6 (Glide that I use sometime) + some new virtual cams such as AI and AI+3D are there. The last one ruined my test footage %-)

I never had the Mercalli v4 OFX plugin as I had standalone versions. I did opt for V6 OFX plugin, but as said I cannot compare V4 with V6 as a plugin.
I do use the V6 plugin a lot in VP23, as the Mocha Vegas plugin is no longer part of VP23. I used mocha Vegas a lot as stabilizer in VP22.
The Mercalli V6 plugin is good enough right now in VP23, and a lot easier to use than mocha workflow. for some specific situations mocha will be missed...
@fifonik AI, AI+3D options are (to be polite), pure bs... best not used. I never got any good out of these options.
Just be aware, if you change the decoding method in Vegas (enable legacy AVC decoding or disable it) on an already Mercalli analyzed clip in VP23, you need to re-analyse Mercalli. I do not why it would loose track of the frames, possibly Vegas feeds Mercalli different frames depending on the HW Decoding method/codec...

@bitman I can use Mercalli4 plugin together with Vegasaur for batch stabilizing selected events on a Vegas timeline, which is huge timesaver. This option I do not have yet with Mercalli 6 OFX. Probably this could be solved by a script.

I don't see much difference between the results of v4 and v6 (trial), probably because v4 was already very good in stabilizing. No need for me to upgrade to V6.

Why should you change decoding method after a stabilization?

Why should you change decoding method after a stabilization?

That is because I edit with legacy AVC decoding enabled (and stabilized) due to issues with VP23 occasional frame out of sequence with my 5090 until the Vegas team fixes this. And when there is a new patch, or when I try a new setting, I disable it to see if it is fixed yet or not.

@rgr Okay, as promised here is the original footage: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/32ecd18a-9439-4812-8316-2fe07d8ced25

Premiere -- Warp Stabilizer

light stab + default stab

https://files.fm/u/27e7tb7q58