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Chapter 6 Input
Automatic Scene Detection
Automatic Scene Detection saves you the trouble of manually dividing up your material into individual
clips.
This function is available only when digitizing
via the DV input using i.Link (IEEE 1394) (not when log-
ging and not via analog inputs, if any are available).
Automatic scene detection based on metadata does not currently work with HDV/MPEG2 source mate-
rial. This restriction does not apply to detection based on video content (in the Clip Viewer).
To activate this function, select [Edit > Control Panel > User >] Logging Tool > Properties > General and
then Use scene detection if available.
Here’s how it works:
1 Activate Scene Detection (the options are described below). Select the usual Logging Tool settings
(Rack, AV sources, clip numbering, etc.).
2 Confirm your selection and exit Properties. Start tape playback and click Digitize. Although you
cannot see it initially, the system marks each new scene.
3 Let the tape run until it reaches the desired exit point, click Digitize once again and stop the tape.
Or you can edit an area between a mark-in and mark-out.
4 The scenes detected are stored as clips in the selected Rack and also, if Direct Insert ( page 141)
was activated, on the Timeline.
In the case of tapes with a large number of timecode jumps or breaks, you should play the tape live (see
also Live Input on page 119). Scene detection continues to operate, although later on you will not be able
to re-digitize the clips created using Batch Digitize because there is no tape TC information. A copy of the
tape can help but not all device manufacturers support the transfer or recording of the timestamp data
( page 152) necessary for scene detection.
Options and Background Information
 Use scene detection if available -
Automatic Scene Detection evaluates the DV data. This data can be provided with a “timestamp”:
Every time you press the record button on your camcorder, the camera’s system time and the date
are recorded along with the timecode, thereby identifying the beginning of the scene. However,
not all cameras record the timestamp so check the operating instructions. If your camera does
not offer this function, you still have the option of using scene detection based on video content
( page 117).
The timestamp data is transferred via the i.Link (IEEE) interface, which is why you cannot use
Scene Detection with analog inputs.