extracting date/time stamp

[benw]

I have a 640x480 .avi film clip that has a date/time stamp. Is there anyway to extract that from the .avi file and relate it to the frame number?

I have attached a sample image.

Thanks!

Ben

[IanB]

Seeing the date/time stamp is in the form of pixels on the image you are going to need some form of OCR.

Take a look at how DVD subtitles get ripped. The job here looks trivial, black background, white text, numeric only, fixed position, ...

[benw]

Thanks!

If I ocr it can the date/time stamp be related to the frame number?

[IanB]

Well you need to decode the frames in order to be able to OCR the pixels representing the timecode texts, so I think it's pretty much a given. i.e. decode frame 1234, OCR the bottom centre region, that timecode goes with frame 1234, rinse, repeat.

[mariner]

Try AviSubDetector 0.6.0.7 beta

http://www.free-codecs.com/AviSubDetector_download.htm

[benw]

AviSubDetector 0.6.0.7 beta looks great. Is there a manual that explains how to use all the tools available?

Thanks!

Ben

[mariner]

Try this:

http://www.wxfs.org/guides/HowtoRiptheTimingandEnglishSubsFromanAVIfileUsingAviSubDetector.pdf