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cfvideo scenes

I think the idea of a cfvideo tag would be a solid feature for the future. In particular I’ve wanted to be able to pull off something with streaming video like is done on ted.com. The overlay at the bottom of each video that shows scene markings is very useful. It would be nice if as a developer or content producer if all I needed for navigation within a video were timecodes and optional chapter/scene titles.

cfvideo subtitles

I have a use right now for being able to programatically add subtitle overlays to video files. The anatomyofchristianity.org wordpress blog I developed has flash videos that I would like to integrate Bible references into at specific times. I already need to make a list of the timecodes and references. If I could just take that list and feed it into a script, that would save me tons of time of using Final Cut for busy work.

cfvideo tag for lazy amateur editors

Storage is cheap, bandwidth is cheap, cameras are cheap. By the time CF9 is released, the cost of storage, bandwidth and cameras will open up working with video to a huge market. Video files will only get bigger and more irrelevant. Something like the iMovie 08 takes a step at making simple editing for lazy amateur editors but that’s still too much for some people. Being able to have a cfvideo tag that could make cuts, even if they were non destructive for performance enhancement could go a long way in making some cool webapps.

cfvideo transcoding with user specified tools

I don’t think adobe would be able to provide a solid transcoding product without getting into a nightmare of licensing issues. Maybe I’m wrong. It would be nice to just specific some arguments and point cfvideo to ffmpeg for example.