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The detection of shot boundaries in video sequences is an important task for generating indexed video databases. This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative comparison of the metrics that have been applied to shot boundary detection. In addition, several standardized statistical tests that have not been applied to this problem, as well as three new metrics, are considered. A mathematical framework for quantitatively comparing metrics is supplied. Experimental results based on a video database containing 39,000 frames are included.
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Ford, R., Robson, C., Temple, D. et al. Metrics for shot boundary detection in digital video sequences. Multimedia Systems 8, 37–46 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005300050003
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005300050003