Scene Detection and Cutter for MPEG File

[klode]

Hi,
I have a camcorder that produce a serialize of MPEG scene file. So, I have merged all this file into a single file.

Now I understand that these files so separated was very helpful for authoring a DVD movie. Now, I want to get the single MPEG file, with an automatic scene detection and cutter.

Is there a software or solution to get all the scenes and separate all of them into each MPEG file???

I wish you can understand my English... (so poor!!!)

Thanks.

[manono]

Well, I understood the words, but none of it made any sense to me.

I don't understand why you'd want to re-separate a complete MPEG for authoring. That will result in each clip becoming a new title. And that will mean much more and unnecessary work.

If you want to set chapter points where you'd otherwise split the MPEG, then that''s what an authoring program can do and you should open the entire MPEG (if the program accepts MPEG input, most don't), and set the chapter points in the program. The result will be a single title with multiple chapters. Then, in the 'Scenes' or 'Chapter' menu you can jump to the various parts of the video.

[klode]

Ok. I say... With Adobe Premiere I can set transition effects and more... for each clip (or scene). So I need to re-separate all the scenes. Can you help me???

[manono]

Can't help, don't use Premiere. Perhaps someone else will be willing.

But creating transitions between scenes has nothing to do with authoring. And a number of programs can create transition effects without you having to separate the videos, Womble's MPEG Video Wizard DVD, for example.

[klode]

You're right, but I need anyway of a tool that can separate scene from MPEG2 movie. Is there some tool???

[usually_quiet]

If you have correctly joined many .mpg files into one .mpg file, there is only one way I know of to split them again. You have to use an MPEG2 editor and do it manually.

There is no tool that I know of that is smart enough to do a perfect job detecting scene changes automatically. For example, there are some tools that remove advertisements from recorded TV shows by detecting fade-in and fade-out of black transitions, but I have not found one that does not make mistakes. Writing software with enough intelligence to be capable of detecting a new scene using other visual clues would be an impossible job. Computers cannot come close to a human brain for that kind of work.

[netmask56]

Womble is a mpeg editor and it has a scene detection facility that is quite versatile - you can set a number of video parameters and audio change. It probably won't find the original "join" points but it does split the file into a number of clips that you can then edit in the time line. As an editor it only has one video timeline and 2 audio time lines as well as a title track where you can type in Credits or descriptions. It has many built in 2D and 3D filters and effects.