# amc-run-video-calibration

Runs pre-recorded multi-camera MP4 files through the AutoMagicCalib REST API: creates a project, uploads videos, calibrates and evaluates.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 654 installs · ★ 3735
- Author: Shubham Agrawal
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/amc-run-video-calibration

## What it does

The skill takes a folder of local `cam_00.mp4`, `cam_01.mp4` files and walks the agent through the whole run: create a project, upload the videos, pick up local settings files, start calibration, poll until it finishes, evaluate, and optionally run VGGT refinement. No CLI scripts or Docker bind-mounts — you need a running AMC microservice and your files.

Upload order matters. The server assigns camera indices by upload order, so the bundled script sorts files alphabetically and rejects sets with gaps in the numbering before anything is sent. It also scans for settings, alignment and layout files in the video directory, one level below it, and in the parent folder. Exactly one match means it is used silently; zero or several means the agent asks for a path. If the file simply is not there, the corresponding UI step stays manual.

What to have ready: the AMC microservice and UI running, Python 3 with `requests`, time-synchronized videos at roughly 1920×1080, and the service URL. Use HTTPS for any non-loopback host; keep `ALLOW_INSECURE_HTTP=true` for trusted development setups only. Videos are sent to the AutoMagicCalib backend, so this belongs on a trusted platform or network. Live `rtsp://` streams go to the separate `amc-run-rtsp-calibration` skill.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill amc-run-video-calibration -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill amc-run-video-calibration -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill amc-run-video-calibration -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/skills amc-run-video-calibration
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill amc-run-video-calibration -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills --path skills/amc-run-video-calibration
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/skills --skill amc-run-video-calibration -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/amc-run-video-calibration/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create a calibration project and upload multi-camera videos
- catch gaps in `cam_*.mp4` numbering before upload
- locate settings, alignment and layout files next to the videos
- poll calibration to completion and score it against ground truth
- run VGGT refinement after the main calibration

## Example prompts
- calibrate my videos in the recordings folder
- run AMC on these MP4 files
- calibrate from video files, project lobby-cams

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: "amc-run-video-calibration"
description: "Calibrates pre-recorded `cam_*.mp4` datasets through the AutoMagicCalib REST API. Use for user-supplied local MP4s; route live RTSP streams to `amc-run-rtsp-calibration`."
owner: "NVIDIA CORPORATION"
service: "auto-magic-calib"
reviewed: "2026-04-28"
license: "Apache-2.0"
permissions: [env, file_read, network]
metadata:
  version: "1.0.0"
  author: "Shubham Agrawal <shuagrawal@nvidia.com>"
  tags: [amc, calibration, rest-api, camera, python]
---

# Skill: Calibrate from Video Files

## When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when the user has pre-recorded MP4 files and wants to calibrate them via the AMC REST API. Typical prompts:

- "calibrate my videos" / "run AMC on these videos"
- "calibrate from video files"

Drives calibration through the REST API on user-supplied **pre-recorded MP4 files** — no CLI scripts or Docker bind-mounts required, just a running microservice and your files.

Do not use this skill for live RTSP streams or `rtsp://...` URLs; route those requests to `skills/amc-run-rtsp-calibration/SKILL.md`.

## Purpose

Guide the agent through project creation, sorted MP4 upload, local asset resolution, UI fallback only when necessary, project verification, calibration, polling, evaluation, and optional VGGT refinement for a user-provided multi-camera dataset.

## Prerequisites

- [ ] AMC microservice **and** UI running (follow `skills/amc-setup-calibration-stack/SKILL.md`)
- [ ] You know the microservice URL (use `https://<HOST_IP>:<MS_PORT>` for remote AMC, or `http://localhost:<MS_PORT>` on loopback) and UI URL
- [ ] Video files locally as contiguous `cam_00.mp4`, `cam_01.mp4`, … time-synchronized, ~1920×1080
- [ ] Python 3 with `requests`
- [ ] If AMC stores project outputs outside the default `projects/` directory, you know the host `PROJECTS_DIR`

## Interaction Model

- The "host's question mechanism" means the runtime's built-in prompt API for short user decisions, such as terminal stdin, an IDE ask tool, or an equivalent interactive dialog.
- If that mechanism is unavailable, ask in chat and wait before any guarded step that requires user confirmation or a missing-file decision.
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