Annotating long videos at DVinfo.net

Jack Kelly · December 12th, 2007, 03:25 PM

Hi there,

Is anyone aware of any software tools (for the PC) which allow users to easily annotate videos? What I'm looking for is an app which allows users to navigate through a video and tag sections of the video. (e.g. "23:11 - 23:58 is a good quote about TV repeats; 26:01-28:00 is a good discussion about video on demand" etc etc). I understand that the MPEG-7 standard is all about video annotation.

Why do I ask? I do quite a lot of video production for a media consultancy. A lot of the work I do for them consists of filming lots of focus groups and then editing all that video down to a few little videos.

Our current workflow is frustratingly inefficient:

The client watches through all the rushes and makes notes about which parts of the videos they like (these notes are made in Excel). The client sends these notes to me and I set about finding the corresponding clips (which takes ages because the timecodes in the notes are usually way off).

So - ideally I'd like to give the client an easy-to-use app which allows them to scrub back and forth through each video and make notes for the various sections of the video. This should make life easier for both the client and for me.

I could try using Adobe Clip Notes but I've found it to be quite clunky.

Any ideas?

Mike McCarthy · December 12th, 2007, 10:00 PM

Clipnotes is the only thing I was going to suggest, that is what it was designed for.

Jack Kelly · December 13th, 2007, 03:04 AM

Thanks for the reply. I should play a little more with clipnotes.

Nice website, by the way. I was reading one of your forum posts yesterday and I clicked on the link in your sig.

December 12th, 2007, 03:25 PM	#1
Jack Kelly Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 243	Annotating long videos Hi there, Is anyone aware of any software tools (for the PC) which allow users to easily annotate videos? What I'm looking for is an app which allows users to navigate through a video and tag sections of the video. (e.g. "23:11 - 23:58 is a good quote about TV repeats; 26:01-28:00 is a good discussion about video on demand" etc etc). I understand that the MPEG-7 standard is all about video annotation. Why do I ask? I do quite a lot of video production for a media consultancy. A lot of the work I do for them consists of filming lots of focus groups and then editing all that video down to a few little videos. Our current workflow is frustratingly inefficient: The client watches through all the rushes and makes notes about which parts of the videos they like (these notes are made in Excel). The client sends these notes to me and I set about finding the corresponding clips (which takes ages because the timecodes in the notes are usually way off). So - ideally I'd like to give the client an easy-to-use app which allows them to scrub back and forth through each video and make notes for the various sections of the video. This should make life easier for both the client and for me. I could try using Adobe Clip Notes but I've found it to be quite clunky. Any ideas? __________________ Jack Kelly's filmmaking website AfterCarbon.org

December 12th, 2007, 10:00 PM	#2
Mike McCarthy Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 517	Clipnotes is the only thing I was going to suggest, that is what it was designed for. __________________ For more information on these topics, check out my tech website at www.hd4pc.com

December 13th, 2007, 03:04 AM	#3
Jack Kelly Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 243	Thanks for the reply. I should play a little more with clipnotes. Nice website, by the way. I was reading one of your forum posts yesterday and I clicked on the link in your sig. __________________ Jack Kelly's filmmaking website AfterCarbon.org