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I need a reasonable quality video stream captured from recent US network television, with the commercials still in it. Oh, and no subtitles. And, actually, maybe more than one, if that's possible. The usual pirates, you see, conveniently strip the commercials.
I need some US television as a data sample to train an algorithm. Specifically, I'm interested in segments of video that include transition to commercial (with a good chunk on either side). The higher the encoded quality of standard definition video, the better; I can't use high-def captures.
Flash video streams with web commercials are no good for my purposes--and, really, Flash videos are generally too badly encoded to work even if they're raw TV. The ideal video would be a raw MythTV DVR capture of live sports or a primetime 1-hour drama. The motherload would be about half a dozen of these. Cherry-like toppings might include having been edited to remove all but about 1 minute on either side of each commercial break, being encoded in h.264/MPEG-4part10(or whatever) and being contained in an .mp4, and instant delivery so I can soon achieve Maximal Productivity Status--my skin turns blue and my eyes laser-emitting at this power level.
Or, if you're familiar with MythTV: what's the format of the file? Is there a chance I could convince google to bring me hits from people's unlocked webserver/DVR uberputers?
I appreciate any suggestions.
I need some US television as a data sample to train an algorithm. Specifically, I'm interested in segments of video that include transition to commercial (with a good chunk on either side). The higher the encoded quality of standard definition video, the better; I can't use high-def captures.
Flash video streams with web commercials are no good for my purposes--and, really, Flash videos are generally too badly encoded to work even if they're raw TV. The ideal video would be a raw MythTV DVR capture of live sports or a primetime 1-hour drama. The motherload would be about half a dozen of these. Cherry-like toppings might include having been edited to remove all but about 1 minute on either side of each commercial break, being encoded in h.264/MPEG-4part10(or whatever) and being contained in an .mp4, and instant delivery so I can soon achieve Maximal Productivity Status--my skin turns blue and my eyes laser-emitting at this power level.
Or, if you're familiar with MythTV: what's the format of the file? Is there a chance I could convince google to bring me hits from people's unlocked webserver/DVR uberputers?
I appreciate any suggestions.
Here's a low-tech way I do it: Record some US cable TV with a DVD Player/recorder/burner, then put that DVD in your PC and rip to mp4 with something like Aimersoft DVD ripper.
posted by buzzv at 12:50 AM on March 15, 2009
posted by buzzv at 12:50 AM on March 15, 2009
MythTV saves recorded files in NuppelVideo container.
Are you in the US? If so, getting hold of US TV shouldn't be too hard - using something like buzzv's suggestion.
This search returns some mythweb instances, but it's not really the done thing to start downloading lots of GBs of videos from someone's home server without asking them.
I think I'll go and check my firewall settings now.
P.S. If you fancy coming up with a decent algorithm to detect adverts on UK TV I'll send you as much video as you like.
posted by roomaroo at 2:54 PM on March 15, 2009
Are you in the US? If so, getting hold of US TV shouldn't be too hard - using something like buzzv's suggestion.
This search returns some mythweb instances, but it's not really the done thing to start downloading lots of GBs of videos from someone's home server without asking them.
I think I'll go and check my firewall settings now.
P.S. If you fancy coming up with a decent algorithm to detect adverts on UK TV I'll send you as much video as you like.
posted by roomaroo at 2:54 PM on March 15, 2009
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posted by null terminated at 7:59 PM on March 14, 2009