Comparison of video shot boundary detection techniques

John S. Boreczky
1996 Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI)  
Many algorithms have been proposed for detecting video shot boundaries and classifying shot and shot transition types. Few published studies compare available algorithms, and those that do have looked at limited range of test material. This paper presents a comparison of several shot boundary detection and classification techniques and their variations including histograms, discrete cosine transform, motion vector, and block matching methods. The performance and ease of selecting good
more » ... for these algorithms are evaluated based on a wide variety of video sequences with a good mix of transition types. Threshold selection requires a trade-off between recall and precision that must be guided by the target application.
doi:10.1117/12.238675 fatcat:idffmkyoajhvpipk7o7fwdviom