Split by scene sensitivity

masterjaz_99 · Post by **masterjaz_99** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:04 pm

Hello All,

Things would be great if I could have VideoStudio do one little thing. Here it is: I have a wonderful Home Theater PC set up that records all sorts of good shows. I would like to be able to quickly remove any commercials. This would be easy in that most commerical breaks are preceeded by a black or white screen (always 100%). So, if I could split the recorded video based on these black or white screens I could easily remove the commercials

Now the problem: VideoStudio 7 has a 'split by scene' function by even at 0 sensitivity, it still finds literally 100's of scene changes especially during action sequences and camera angle changes.

So does anyone have a work around or another piece of software that can perform this basic task? I am dying to get this working, as it would be the culmination of lots of hard work and tinkering.

Thanks in advance,

Masterjaz

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:48 pm

I think the behavior of the slider is backwards, try setting the sensitivity to 100% or 99%.

masterjaz_99 · Post by **masterjaz_99** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:26 am

Thanks for the hint THoff, but I believe I tested it at both extremes with no success. I'm going to try it one more time and then I'll update forum members.

THoff wrote:I think the behavior of the slider is backwards, try setting the sensitivity to 100% or 99%.

rjgeisler · Post by **rjgeisler** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:33 pm

The slider seems to have very little affect on the sensitivity, but 0 is less sensitive and 100 is more sensitive. How it responds depends a great deal on the clip!

I would also like to see a black level scan method. To make it more efficient allow X-number of frames of black.

Rhonda