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Analyze → Detect Black Frames

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Summary

Detects black frames in a given video file based on specified duration and threshold parameters.

Inputs

  • ffmpegPath — Path to the FFmpeg binary (default is 'ffmpeg').
  • ffprobePath — Path to the FFprobe binary (default is 'ffprobe').
  • anInput (required) — Path to the input video file to analyze.
  • blackMinDur — Minimum duration (in seconds) for frames to be considered black (default is 0.1).
  • blackPicTh — Threshold for percentage of black pixel coverage (0-1, default is 0.98).

Output shape

a list of intervals indicating the start and end times of detected black frames

Returns intervals in the format of start and end timestamps along with their duration.

Examples

Example 1: Detect black frames in a video for content quality assessment, specifying the input video path and desired thresholds.

Set the blackMinDur to 0.5 and blackPicTh to 0.95 to filter out trivial black frames.

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