Comments on: Scan My DVDs

Question: Scan My DVDs

tweebiscuit — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:50:56 -0800

I am in the process of creating a DVD of my sketch comedy group's work. This means I have to go through about fifty DV tapes in order to find the ones which have completed sketches rather than footage on them. In addition, many of the tapes are unlabelled. Is there some method or program which can scan a tape quickly and give me an overall impression of what's on it? (I'm thinking via thumbnails, but I presume there are other ways of doing it.)

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:53:02 -0800

You can get logging software -- basically, you run the video through it, and it grabs thumbnails (frame grabs) whenever there's a shot change. Is that the kind of thing you're looking for?

Virage VideoLogger is great (I use it at work) but is most likely expensive.

Good luck.

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:28:00 -0800

Yup, this is pretty much what I'm looking for. Unfortunately, looks like this only runs in Windows, and I'm using OS X. And yes, it's outside my price range. (Although if you have any other suggestions, please give them, regardless of how much the software costs.)

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:32:42 -0800

you might want this.

By: ssmith

ssmith — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:34:53 -0800

Holy cow! Kwantsar, that software looks incredibly sweet.

By: taumeson

taumeson — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:11:52 -0800

hey tweebiscuit...where do you do your sketches? a friend of mine is at the UCB theater.

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:14:26 -0800

I wasn't going to plug it here, but our website is OldeEnglish.org.

Your friend is at the UCB? Lucky bastard!

By: tweebiscuit

tweebiscuit — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:16:01 -0800

And thank you, Kwantsar, that is indeed exactly what I was looking for!