Automated video logging methods and systems

摘要

Exemplary embodiments of systems and methods are provided for automatically creating time-based video metadata for a video source and a video playback mechanism. An automated logging process can be provided for receiving a digital video stream, analyzing one or more frames of the digital video stream, extracting a time from each of the one or more frames analyzed, and creating a clock index file associating a time with each of the one or more analyzed frames. The process can further provide for parsing one or more received data files, extracting time-based metadata from the one or more parsed data files, and determining a frame of the digital video stream that correlates to the extracted time based metadata.

主权项

1. An automated video logging system, configured to log internal metadata and external metadata associated with a video clip; the automated video logging system comprising:
a video server, configured to transmit a digital video stream to a network; a data server, communicatively connected to at least one data source of external metadata and configured to transmit data files to the network; a logging client, communicatively coupled to the network; wherein the logging client is programmed to perform the following steps while the digital video stream is transmitted to the network:
receive a video frame from the network;analyze the video frame; by
searching the video frame for the internal metadata;searching the data server for the external metadata;extract a time from the video frame analyzed; andcreate a clock index by associating the time with an assigned identifier value for the video frame; wherein the identifier value is one of a frame number, a time code value, or both the frame number and the time code value; the logging client is further programmed to perform the following steps while unprocessed data files are on the network:
receive the external metadata from the network;search the external metadata against internal metadata to determine the video frame having a closest fit to the external metadata; andassociate the external metadata with the internal metadata and the video frame having the closest fit.