PySceneDetect JSON Output Example for @kusalavan

pyscenedetect_json.py

import json

from scenedetect import VideoManager
from scenedetect import SceneManager
from scenedetect.detectors import ContentDetector
from scenedetect.scene_manager import save_images

def get_scenes_json(video_path, threshold=30.0):
    # Create our video & scene managers, then add the detector.
    video_manager = VideoManager([video_path])
    scene_manager = SceneManager()
    scene_manager.add_detector(
        ContentDetector(threshold=threshold))

    # Improve processing speed by downscaling before processing.
    video_manager.set_downscale_factor()

    # Start the video manager and perform the scene detection.
    video_manager.start()
    scene_manager.detect_scenes(frame_source=video_manager)
    # Detection complete, get list of scenes.
    scene_list = scene_manager.get_scene_list()
    
    # Save one image per scene.
    save_images(scene_list=scene_list, video_manager=video_manager, num_images=1)
    # Format and output scene list in JSON.
    print(json.dumps(
        [
            {"scene_number": i+1,
             "start_time": s[0].get_timecode(),
             "end_time": s[1].get_timecode()
        } for (i, s) in enumerate(scene_list) ]
    ))


get_scenes_json('goldeneye.mp4')