Optical scene change detection

[Wayne Waag]

Timeline Tools (freeware) supports optical scene detection.

https://www.nfatoys.com/moasoftwarellc/TLT_Guide.htm

For DV, the old program Scenalyzer supports optical scene detection.

There were also an avisynth script written by John Meyer, “detect scene change”.

I’ve tried all of these in the past and eventually gave up. The problem is setting the detection threshold. It seems you either get too many or too few scenes. I found it a lot easier, quicker and a lot more accurate to simply do it manually using the fast shuttle in Vegas. Once a scene change was detected, I would stop, go back 15 frames (via a script), and I would usually be just a few frames off at the most. Good luck.

wwaag

Here is a link to a thread in the Sony Vegas Pro forum.

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=895782

[Ellen Maurer]

I can’t find Scenalyzer anymore :'(
Do you know someone that can help me get this application?

Thank you very much for the reply!

Ellen

[Mike Kujbida]

Go to https://www.scenalyzer.com/

The software, the manual and the license key are available here:

English: https://www.scenalyzer.com/sclive20060412.zip

Deutsch: https://www.scenalyzer.com/sclive20060412g.zip

[Ellen Maurer]

So sad Scenalyzer works only with .dv files. I have only regular .avi files.

Fortunately, TimelineTools did a great job. ^_^

Thanks for all your help,
Ellen