[vdr] Re: Feature Request : Auto-cut or Auto-cut-marks

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

Christian Jacobsen wrote:
> 
> Hallo List,
> 
> I was thinking about a possibllity to automatically set cut-marks on
> recordings.
> 
> The first thing that came into my mind (but unfortunatly does 
> not work on
> all stations/recordings, but should be possible) was to use 
> the AC3/DD sound
> for creating cut-marks. That means a plugin or patch would examine the
> recording and at every place where the sound changes from AC3 
> to DD and the
> other way around it would set a mark. One would maybe have to 
> fine adjust
> these cut-marks but at least with Pro7 recordings one would 
> not have to
> search for beginning an end of commercials ;)
> And as far as I know with Premiere 1+2 it would also mark the 
> beginning and
> end of the AC3  movies. Wich would also be quite nice.
> 
> The second approach is probably much more complicated, but as 
> far as I know
> this has been worked on before (probably not for VDR though).
> A plugin or patch could search for the Logo of the station in 
> the Video
> picture. On Pro7 that would be the 7 and on RTL the RTL Logo. 
> These Logos
> disapear wenn Comercials are sent. Again one would probably have to
> fineadjust the marks but it would be a lot better than 
> searching for the
> commercials on foot :)
> 
> I have got no idea how difficult this is but I am sure 
> someone can tell me.
> If I could programm myself I would probably take a look at it, but
> unfortunatly I can'nt :(

This idea keeps coming up....

Search the ML-archives (http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/htwrap.pl Keyword
"commercial") for reasons why it hasn't been done yet.

Ciao Ulrich



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