Monday, July 07, 2014
Researchers create software that automatically cuts boring bits out of video
News | Geek.com: A pair of computer scientists Carnegie Mellon University have created a video algorithm that knows your time is valuable. The system developed by Eric Xing and Bin Zhao can take a piece of video and automatically trim out all the boring parts, leaving you with the most important sections. It’s like CliffsNotes for video.
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I’m not sure how much sense LiveLight makes for home video. I’m not sure if the LiveLight version of the home video really captured the interesting or important parts, it just captured parts with more change. Sure it was shorter, but I’m not sure if it was shortened in a way that makes the most sense. For example, I don’t see how the clip of the hand in front of the wine bottle was important. However, this does seem like really valuable technology for police investigations. It could filter through the footage and find the clips with more activity. This would be especially helpful if the crime occurred in an area with little foot traffic, so the software would be sure to select the sections where someone was in the frame. Overall this program seems very impressive, and future iterations could possibly be used for semi-professional (or even professional) video editing.
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