Shotdetect is a free software (LGPL) which detects shots and scenes from a video. The result produced is a simple XML file containing all the informations about the movie generated.

sudo apt-get install libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libgd2-noxpm libgd2-noxpm-dev

sudo apt-get install libwxgtk2.6-dev wx2.6-doc libwxgtk2.6-headers

mkdir -p build cd build cmake ..

mkdir -p build cd build cmake -D USE_WXWIDGETS:BOOL=OFF ..

shotdetect -i myvideo.avi -o output_dir -s 60 -w -v -f -l -m -r

-s : set threshold The threshold is the level for shot detection. High will not detect a lot, low will detect a lot of false shots. A good choice is about 60.

-w : generates audio xml information See the generated file for more details

-v : generates video xml informations See the generated file for more details

-f : generates the first image of shots -l : generates the last image of shots -m : generates the thumbnails images -r : generates the real size images

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