Video export: event grouping, In/Out marks

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xyz
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Video export: event grouping, In/Out marks

Post by xyz »

Semipro DV editing has certainly influenced my mind... and I see these features missing:

1. The possibility to define IN and OUT points while making video export. The problem is that sometimes, due to prolonged side action (cars maneuvring nearby) or crucial weather conditions, you'll get a too lengthy video and then you have to make some linear edit somewhere - leaving in only these 5 valuable seconds...

2. Sometimes event grouping is useful. You mark events like for deletion but then choose "Video" exactly like with "Delete" or "Export".

These are easy modifications.
Last edited by xyz on Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:18 am, edited 2 times in total.
xyz
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Post by xyz »

Well, I see some more possible extensions regarding the video export.

3. A dropdown menu describing quality profiles (and these defined elsewhere). I am missing the output option suitable for DVD authoring (4:3 PAL 720x576 I-frame 15-th mpeg). Why this? Because to produce some legally non-binding hand-out evidence, it's most convenient to burn it onto a DVD disk. There are other limitations - the image must be kept within the "TV safe zone" so that timestamps be visible on each and every TV set. Currently I am using jpg export and then NLE with PIP option for the purpose, which is an absolute overkill.

I realize someone else could need video export options like "YouTube ready" or "MMS suitable".

Should be a relatively easy modification.

4. Milliseconds are not the part of timestamps. Well, I understand, the *ux system clock has no subsecond resolution. However, it would be useful for image analysis.
coke
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Post by coke »

Actually,

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man date
shows
--rfc-3339=TIMESPEC
output date and time in RFC 3339 format. TIMESPEC=‘date’, ‘seconds’, or ‘ns’ for date and time to the indicated precision. Date and time components are separated by a single
space: 2006-08-07 12:34:56-06:00
on my ubuntu system.[/quote]
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