PySceneDetect v0.6.2

[Breakthrough]

Release Notes

Includes new load-scenes command, ability to specify a default detector, PyAV 10 support, and several bugfixes. Minimum supported Python version is now Python 3.7.

Command-Line Changes:

• [feature] Add load-scenes command to load cuts from list-scenes CSV output #235
• [feature] Use detect-adaptive by default if a detector is not specified #329
  • Default detector can be set by config file with the default-detector option under [global]
• [bugfix] Fix -d/--duration and -e/--end options of time command consuming one extra frame #307
• [bugfix] Fix incorrect end timecode for final scene when last frame of video is a new scene #307
• [bugfix] Expand $VIDEO_NAME before creating output directory for -f/--filename option of split-video, now allows absolute paths
• [general] Rename ThresholdDetector (detect-threshold) metric delta_rgb metric to average_rgb
• [general] -l/--logfile always produces debug logs now
• [general] Remove -a/--all flag from scenedetect version command, now prints all information by default (can still call scenedetect for version number alone)
• [general] Add -h/--help options globally and for each command
• [general] Remove all option from scenedetect help command (can now call scenedetect help for full reference)

General:

• [feature] Add ability to specify method (floor/ceiling) when creating ThresholdDetector, allows fade to white detection #143
• [general] Minimum supported Python version is now Python 3.7
• [general] Add support for PyAV 10.0 #292
• [general] Use platformdirs package instead of appdirs #309
• [bugfix] Fix end_time always consuming one extra frame #307
• [bugfix] Fix incorrect end timecode for last scene when start_in_scene is True or the final scene contains a single frame #307
• [bugfix] Fix MoviePy read next frame #320
• [bugfix] Template replacement when generating output now allows lower-case letters to be used as separators in addition to other characters
• [api] Make some public functions/methods private (prefixed with _):
  • get_aspect_ratio function in scenedetect.backends.opencv
  • mean_pixel_distance and estimated_kernel_size functions in scenedetect.detectors.content_detector
  • compute_frame_average function in scenedetect.detectors.threshold_detector
  • scenedetect.cli and scenedetect.thirdparty modules
• [api] Remove compute_downscale_factor in scenedetect.video_stream (use scenedetect.scene_manager.compute_downscale_factor instead)
• [dist] Updated dependencies in Windows distributions: ffmpeg 6.0, PyAV 10, OpenCV 4.8, removed mkvmerge

Project Updates

• Website and documentation is now hosted on Github Pages, documentation can be found at scenedetect.com/docs
• Windows and Linux builds are now done on Github Actions, add OSX builds as well
• Build matrix has been updated to support Python 3.7 through 3.11 for all operating systems for Python distributions
• Windows portable builds have been moved to Github Actions, signed builds/installer is still done on Appveyor
• Windows distributions no longer include mkvmerge (can still download for Windows here)

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