cinembers

Generating numbers from movies, one movie at a time.

Usage

As of now, cinembers.py script plots the differences between consecutive frames of a given video. Spikes in this plot indicate a possible change in shot.

The method used to score the difference can be set by the --score flag. Available options are

• SAD. Sum of Absolute Differences.
• HD. Histogram Differences.
• ECR. Edge Change Ratio.

More about these methods can be found here.

sumit@HAL9000:~/cinembers$ python3 cinembers.py -h
usage: cinembers.py [-h] -v VIDEO -s {SAD,HD,ECR}

Generating numbers from movies, one movie at a time.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v VIDEO, --video VIDEO
                        Filename of video.
  -s {SAD,HD,ECR}, --score {SAD,HD,ECR}
                        Scoring method.

Example Usage

Plotting the SAD between consecutive frames of this Britain's Got Talent clip.

sumit@HAL9000:~/cinembers$ python3 cinembers.py -v WSinMOs5eGw.mkv -s SAD