VAMOS+ is a software for detecting meteors (shooting stars) in videos. To make the detections more reliable, a Tensorflow Convolutional Neural Network is used for prediction.

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Installation:

Required Python packages:

• OpenCV
• openpyxl
• PyQt5
• numpy
• tensorflow

Install with

pip install -r requirements.txt

• Install tensorflows correct version for your system from Tensorflow

Video drivers for PyQt5

• Windows only, Linux currently not supported
• Recommended
• Download here

Only for GPU use:

• CUDA
• CUDNN

Execution

To run VAMOS+, execute the "vamos_plus.py" file with python and make sure all of the above packages are correctly installed.

Known Linux issues

• Working with VAMOS+ on Linux has some performance benefits over Windows, but also comes with some missing features, such as the video player in the results window or the video preview during the analysis