PySceneDetect

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PySceneDetect

• About
  • The PySceneDetect adapter is a python based tool that takes a video as input and outputs JSON containing the start and end timestamps of each shot.

• Source Code
  • galaxy/tools/video/pyscenedetect-shot-detection.xml
    Tool configuration detailing tool execution, input file, output file, and labeling.
  • galaxy/tools/video/pyscenedetect-shot-detection.py
    Python script to call PySceneDetect tool and conform json to schema\
• Dependencies
  • PySceneDetect
  • open-cv
• Installation:
          $ pip install PySceneDetect

                  $ pip install opencv-python

• Running the tool
  • The tool can be invoked from Galaxy UI as other tools. User needs to supply input video.  Optionally, the user can supply a sensitivity threshold.  The default is 30. \
• Parameters
  • $input: the video input file

• Output
  • $amp_shots: The output JSON in AMP standardized form
  • $frame_stats: Raw CSV of statistics from PySceneDetect

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