  In this paper problems that arose with the introduction of distance learning
in physics at the Technical University of Sofia due to the COVID-19 pandemic
and the imposition of video recording of laboratory exercises are indicated. It
was found that the video for the ''Damped Mechanical Oscillations'' exercise
provides enough information for a more detailed and in-depth analysis of the
studied phenomenon compared to the standard way of capturing the data. The
Video Editor program was used to view the video frame by frame and statistical
processing - non-linear regression - was performed with the recorded data. The
laboratory results are compared with the theoretical function, the parameters
of which are optimized as a result of the specified processing. A theoretical
model of the damped oscillation is described and the dependence of the damping
coefficient on the current through the electromagnetic brake is theoretically
investigated.
