Mark Crouch: the omnipresence of video evidence and how it's designed to trick you, tools of the trade, and the future of video analysis.

Lou sits down with Mark Crouch, Head of Collision Investigations at FCIR, to discuss his background, differences in the field of collision reconstruction between the US and the UK, and primarily the current state and future of video analysis.

Prefer to watch the filmed interview? It can be found on Youtube.

Links from the show:

• Connect with Mark
• Be notified about Mark’s Video Analysis course
• Purchase Video Analysis in Collision Reconstruction
• Join the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (ITAI)
• Software / Tools Discussed
  • Amped FIVE
  • AnalyzerPro
  • Axon (iNPUT-ACE)
  • FFmpeg
  • PC-Crash
  • PhotoModeler Premium
  • Recon-3D
  • RIEGL
  • Virtual CRASH

Timeline of Topics:00:02:47 - Similarities and differences in collision reconstruction between the US and the UK 00:23:41 - Mark's background 00:28:24 - ITAI Membership 00:40:16 - Mark's introduction to video analysis & the development of his book 00:51:58 - Evolution of video analysis: frequency, diversity of sources, and autonomous vehicles 01:03:16 - Frame health 01:25:14 - Mark's video analysis toolkit 01:30:03 - Frame timing and position 01:41:05 - Recommendation for macroblock analysis 01:47:46 - Codecs 02:01:27 - Video of video 02:08:43 - Changes in video analysis over the last 15 years 02:09:50 - Current developments in the field of video analysis 02:14:54 - The future of video analysis