shotdetect(1)

📦 version 1.0.86, in ubuntu jammy

💖 shotdetect(1) — scene change detector 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the shotdetect page from the General Commands Manual, and let me tell you, this little tool is lowkey doing the most and I'm obsessed. 🎬✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

shotdetect — scene change detector 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

shotdetect [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you just hand it options and let it cook. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like, shotdetect detects shots and scenes in a movie. main character energy, fr fr. 🍓

the result it produces is a simple XML file containing scenes boundary and features. yes bestie, XML, we love a structured queen. 💜

it's also possible to automatically get scenes boundary shots. so you don't even have to do it yourself. iconic. 👑

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -h — display help. she's helpful, she's polite, she's giving customer service. 🫶
  • -i file — video input file path. this is the movie you're feeding her. the material. the moment. 🎥
  • -o path — output directory path. where all her gorgeous little files go to live. 🏠✨
  • -s threshold — the threshold is the level for shot detection. and listen, this one matters, so pay attention bestie:
    • high will not detect a lot
    • low will detect a lot of false shots 😭
    • a good choice is about 60
so like, 60 is the sweet spot. not too much, not too little. goldilocks but make it video processing. 🧚
  • -w — generates an xml with basic audio features. she's listening. she hears everything. 🎧
  • -v — generates an xml with basic video features. the visuals, the cinematography, the look. 📹
  • -f — generates the first image of shots. the opening frame. the entrance. 🌟
  • -l — generates the last image of shots. the exit. the final bow. the mic drop. 🎤
  • -m — generates the thumbnails images. tiny little baby versions, so cute. 🥺
  • -r — generates the real size images. no shrinking, no shrinking era, full size only. 💯

💌 one last thing 💌

this page is from January, 2012, and it's the shotdetect(1) page from the General Commands Manual. yes she's an older icon but she ate and she's still serving. periodt. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶

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