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Video Cut Detector

Status: Completed
Current Developers: Matt
Current "inflight" dev location: /Sketches/MH/Video/CutDetector
Start Date: 01 December 2006
Major Milestone date: (met/slipped/missed) (optional)
Expected End Date: n/a
End Date: 10 December 2006
Date this page last updated: 10 December 2006
Estimated effort so far: 3.25

Description

A tool to analyse a video file and output a list of (probable) locations of cuts/shot-changes in the video.

This will serve as useful input data to user controlled video manipulation applications, such as the intended front end for the mobile reframer.

This work was requested as a follow on from the Mobile Reframer - to support the front end interface being developed (a BBC internal project).

This adds a simple shot change detection capability.

Inputs

Task Sponsor: SJ (BBC internal)
Task Owner: Matt
Developers: Matt
Users: SJ
Interested third parties: None
Requirements:

MUST Analyse video files of a range of formats for shot changes/cuts
Use ffmpeg/mencoder to decode the video
MUST Output a list of frame numbers of likely shot changes
MUST Output as XML conforming to a schema
MAY output additional information, such as a confiden value for each shot change detection

Relevant Influencing factors:

*JE (BBC internal) has open sourced a simple shot change algorithm now on sourceforge

Outputs

Expected

Video shot change detector command line application

XML Schema defining the output format

New components:

shot change detector, reimplementing JE's algorithm

Actual

Code

/Sketches/MH/Video/CutDetector/ComputeMAD.c
/Sketches/MH/Video/CutDetector/Makefile
/Sketches/MH/Video/CutDetector/DetectedCuts.xsd
/Sketches/MH/Video/CutDetector/CutDetector.py

XML Schema:

/Sketches/MH/Video/CutDetector/ComputeMeanAbsDiff.pyx

Webpages:

explanation of how to use it

Realistic possibilities arising as a result of activity on this task

Tasks that directly enable this task (dependencies)

Mobile Reframer (YUV4MPEG components)

Sub Tasks

Seek permission to reimplement algorithm from JE's project
Develop shot change detection component
Write schema
Develop application

Task Log

01 December 2006 - Matt : Added developer Matt. Permission obtained to re-implement algorithm and to relicence as part of Kamaelia distribution
02 December 2006 - Matt : Task status changed to Running.
10 December 2006 - Matt : Code complete. Task status changed to Completed.
14 December 2006 - Matt : Added webpage describing how to use it . Time spent: 1/4 day

Discussion

Developed during weekends.