README in sensible-cinema-0.21.5 vs README in sensible-cinema-0.21.9

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@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@ Sensible-cinema (also known to us as "paranoid cinema" [our own inside joke ha ha]) allows you to apply -pre-programmed delete lists (e.g. Edit Decision Lists [2]) to DVD's you already own. +pre-programmed delete lists (e.g. Edit Decision Lists [2]) to DVD's you already own. It is currently in beta, +though will always be free software, even after release. I.e. you can play or edit a DVD to "mute out" or skip certain scenes. This allows you to sit back and relax as you watch a more "sensiblized" showing of your DVD. +Note: please install from the zip files at http://rogerdpack.t28.net/sensible-cinema and not from gitub. + To use it, basically install, then insert an original DVD that you want to edited, then run sensible cinema. It will pop up some windows where you choose what to do with that DVD. -You can either watch it edited in realtime, or created an edited video version of the DVD, on your hard drive. -You could burn that edited file to a new DVD, if you desire and have a DVD burner on your computer, -or just watch it there. +You can either watch it edited in realtime from the DVD, or created an edited +video version of the DVD (an sensibilized video file), on your hard drive. How? Sensible cinema basically takes the original DVD, slices out the bad parts, then gives you the result. It is essentially a linear editor [1] that applies Edit Decision Lists [2] to videos. It wraps a few freely available open source programs [3] to accomplish the editing for you. It also has a few "realtime viewing" options available, again based on open source software [3]. @@ -34,43 +36,37 @@ [3] mostly GPL programs, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ VLC Media Player, Mplayer/mencoder, ffmpeg, et al. [4] http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,161-1-11-1,00.html search for the word "wholesome" == Installation == -Instructions available here: http://rogerdpack.t28.net/sensible-cinema/ +Instructions available here: http://rogerdpack.t28.net/sensible-cinema +NB that you want to download from there, not from github, and the file you want is called "latest-sensible-cinema.zip" == Creating Your Own Delete Lists, or modifying the previously existing ones == See the accompanied how_to_create_your_own_delete_lists.txt file. == Creating your own edited DVD == -If you so desire, you could create an edited DVD from the edited file that sensible cinema gives you. -See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBE4WlUM5Qs for how to create a DVD from a video file in windows -See -http://rogerdpack.t28.net/sensible-cinema/how to create a dvd from a file in windows using dvd flick.avi -for a full size version of that video. It just shows how to use the free http://www.dvdflick.net to burn a video file to a disk. -See also LICENSE.TXT for some caveats there. +I don't know how I've never burned a DVD. +Windows DVD Maker might help, http://www.dvdflick.net might help. +See also LICENSE.TXT for some caveats you should understand first. -Windows DVD Maker might help, too. - == FAQ == Q. How do I watch these on my TV, not just on my computer? -A. One option is you could burn a new DVD with the edited video file. See "Creating your own edited DVD" - You also might be able to move your laptop over to near your TV and hook it in from your laptop. - Or buy a very long cord and plug it in as an extra monitor from your desktop/laptop. - You could buy a projector, attach it to your laptop, and then use that to display the video. +A. You also might be able to move a laptop over to near your TV and hook it in from your laptop. + Or buy a very long monitor cord and plug it in from your desktop/laptop. + You could also buy a projector, attach it to your laptop, and then use that to display the video. If you're interested in also being able to "beam" it from your computer to your game console (ex: PS3) ping me--I might have something in mind that could help, though hasn't been created yet. (Playon.tv does something like this, too, but - I might come up with a competitor to it if desired). - If you're really good you could try VGA over an Ethernet cable, too: + I might come up with a competitor to it if desired, as it costs). + If you're really ambitious and bleeding edge you could even try VGA over an Ethernet cable, too: http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5731#p34279 Q. I want to give an edited DVD to a friend, how do I do that well? -A. Give them the original DVD and a link to sensible-cinema's website so they can download it. - You may want to loan them a DVD burner if they don't have one and want one, too. +A. Give them the original DVD and a link to sensible-cinema's website so they can download and use it. == Caveats == NB that "someone" has to first create a delete list, per DVD. If one doesn't yet exist for the DVD you want edited, @@ -88,16 +84,17 @@ And really any profanity is jarring, if you're not used to it in real life, and can put you a bit on edge when you watch a movie. Also sometimes producers put in certain scenes (read: sex scenes) just to get a rating. I don't want just those scenes, but still want to be able to watch the movies :) -I tried Clearplay (a realtime filtering DVD player) +I once tried Clearplay (a "filter"ed DVD player) but (for me) it didn't seem to cut it. It costs money monthly (I'm too cheap to pay--and many -many other people don't use it because of that...). Their +many other people don't use it because of this fact...). Their filters sometimes don't cut out all unwanted content (ex: Saints and Soldiers left profanity in...which wasn't what I had -expected). Others have noted that sometimes their edit timings (or perhaps DVD players) +expected, so they differed in standards somewhat). +Others have noted that sometimes their edit timings (or perhaps DVD players) are slightly mismatched so that it will mute sections just previous to profanity, while not muting the profanity itself. Clearplay apparently also runs a rather confusing subscription policy, I'm told [1], as well as selling DVD players that are a bit lackluster at times [2]. Clearplay also has little community collaboration/review (though you can email them feedback). @@ -107,12 +104,18 @@ obscure.) Also, some people watch movies only on computer, and they no longer have a computer player, only hardware DVD players. They also don't edit streamed online movies either (last time I checked, anyway). So overall I wanted to build my own that overcame some of these hurdles. I also emailed them once (2003?) to inform them I'd be making an open source -equivalent, and haven't heard back from them, which I assume to mean implicitly +equivalent, and haven't heard back, which I assume to mean implicitly they're all for it :) +Also no blu ray player support. +Also clearplay isn't quite flexible enough, editing out only offensive content. Some users may want to, +for example, skip the intro to specific movies (read: older movies with long songs and no content) because...it's deemed boring. Clearplay +does not do that. Also things skip-worthy include The prefix/endfix of Netflix +series' that they run together( ex: Dr. Who has 4 episodes in a row, with 4 jarring +main-title themes between them all.) I also wanted to get a prototype out there of some of these ideas so that others can't later patent them and pretend that they were first inventors :) [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YPRW7S/ref=cm_rdp_product @@ -122,39 +125,48 @@ [2] http://deseretbook.com/ClearPlay-HDMI-DVD-Player-30-Day-Trial-Membership/i/5038491 "We bought a clearplay player about 2 years ago. It worked great, until it just stopped working. I called their support line, and they told us the model we got was defective, and that the new one was much better and we could get it at a discount, but the next one just died also." -== History == +== Overly Verbose History == -Originally the project started off as a prototype that could "watch hulu (online) and netflix instant movies -edited" (it uses/used screen snap-shotting and tracks, using OCR, the on-screen +It was preceded/inspired by EDL's in the 90's, cleanflicks (both analog and digital ways), +zoomplayer's scene-cut editor, http://code.google.com/p/movie-content-editor, the many +other editors that support EDL for content creation and/or playback, mplayer's EDL's, +mythtv/XBMC's EDL support, and VLC playlists. I knew the right elements were ready. + +See also the "related" section. + +Originally the project started as a prototype to "watch hulu (online) and netflix instant movies +edited" (it uses/used screen snap-shotting and tracks, using OCR of the on-screen timestamp of the player, monitors it for specific times, and reacts appropriately). However, this functionality, though working and available, is disabled currently for potential patent -concerns. +issues. Some older released versions had it enabled, but not the latest releases. Then I realized I could basically create the same effect using the -(deemed more patent friendly) pre-processing (slice out bad scenes) and/or deletion lists. It basically was -Edit Decision Lists enforced using playlists and +(possibly more patent friendly) pre-processing style, like cutting out bad scenes, like cleanflix did. +It basically was implementing Edit Decision Lists (EDL's) using playlists and VLC. I.e. play from second x to y, now play then from z to second mu, muted, now from q to r, etc. I just passed VLC a playlist, it did all the work for me, without any necessary real-time tracking. -There are a few released versions that did this. +There are a few released versions with this feature enabled. They avoid real-time tracking by specifying "play from here to here" +not "skip from here to here" as some other editing players do. Then it occurred to me that you could grab the several clean segments off a DVD, and piece them together to create an edited version. This also avoids -realtime tracking, so I included it. -I also added some mplayer EDL playback functionality later. -The playlist option is disabled in later releases, as it was deemed too user-non-friendly. +realtime tracking, so I included that ability. +The playlist option is disabled in later releases, as it was deemed too user-non-friendly, because VLC timing +is "different" than standard DVD players, so I decided to just use standardized timing, though it worked fine +for VLC playbacks. -You can see a full list of features that have already been published and demonstrated -in the file ChangeLog.txt. Each feature works in some released version of sensible-cinema -though some features or absent in later versions. The changelog lists all of the features. +You can see a full list of other features that have been published and demonstrated +in the accompanying change_log_with_feature_list.txt. Each feature works in some released version of sensible-cinema +though some features are absent in later versions. == License == -See the included LICENSE.TXT file for licensing and usage terms (basically it's under gplv3 for all the source). -Some other programs are (distributed separately and) called out to, if present. These are -typically released under their own gpl v2 license. +See the included LICENSE.TXT file for licensing and usage terms (basically it's released under gplv3). +Some other programs are (distributed separately and) leveraged, if present. These are +typically released under their own copy of the gplv2 license. All files (c) 2010 Roger Pack See the accompanied LICENSE.TXT file for more legal information, before using the product. @@ -175,11 +187,11 @@ It does offer a few features that sensible cinema disables, for patent reasons, like automatic (user flexible) content decisions. Ours are manual. Theirs is also a DVD "instant" player, which this is not, except on computer, though you must use theirs, etc (see motivation section, above). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiffTrax has an interesting idea of "overlaying" audio over the original video, and synchronizing between the two (their re-player does, anyway). http://forum.bsplayer.com/feature-requests-feedback-suggestions/7157-chapter-playlist-scene-cut-3.html http://www.inmatrix.com "scene cut editor" of the zoom player -http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=EDL_(commercial_skipping)_and_SceneMarker_support (XBMC's scene cut support--also contains links to some other editors) +http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=EDL_(commercial_skipping)_and_SceneMarker_support (XBMC's scene cut supporter--also contains links to some other editors' support for EDL's) http://dvdshrink.info "Re-author" mode: to make "movie-only" backups, compilations, combine "flippers",.... DvdShrink has the ability to "crop or cut parts of a title" etc. The VCR with its record button, coupled with the stop+rewind button. http://code.google.com/p/movie-content-editor (written in Python, controls VLC based on captions and edit decision lists, in realtime) http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?10606-Automated-Cutting-and-Transcoding-Guide-Using-Mencoder/page45 http://www.imdb.com/swiki/special?ParentalGuideHelp (search for "scene description") @@ -187,17 +199,19 @@ Using the remote control with the pause, mute, stop, fast forward, and play buttons, along with previous knowledge of scene locations The scissors and old VHS tapes (Clean Flicks' origin, if I remember correctly). http://www.familysafemedia.com/home_movie_editor.html Windows Movie Maker. Allows for users to cut and copy scenes of movies to their heart's content. http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=56998 VLC Media Player using EDL's via playlists Corel WinDVD has "Quick Clip" settings for capturing from DVD. +Microsoft's magnified basically copies DVD's screen output if mouse is placed over playing DVD. http://superuser.com/questions/85278/how-can-i-cut-scenes-out-of-a-dvd http://blog.josephhall.com/2008/09/command-line-dvd-authoring-part-1.html +ZoomPlayer MAX's scene cut editor +anydvd HD's "magic file replacement" for DVD's/blu-ray's == Troubleshooting == -Note that you'll need java previously installed for this to work. Most people already do though. -If you run into a snag, it might have failed in "grabbing" the DVD, and only got part of it. +If you run into some snag, it possibly could have failed in "grabbing" the DVD, and only got part of it. Try cleaning your DVD and starting over (delete all files, start again). Baking soda toothpaste might help with cleaning it. If it still errs, report it, along with a screen snapshot and steps of how to reproduce the problem, preferably. See feedback section. @@ -234,6 +248,6 @@ Feedback, including feature requests, comments, etc. welcome: Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/sensible-cinema If you're a developer and want to help out with programmming or look and feel, etc., please do! -See development.txt / github.com/rdp \ No newline at end of file +See development.txt / github.com/rdp