Extracting Metadata from VARS video files

[Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant]

Hi,

I am interested in converting metadata from a VARS video file into
an RDF serialization. Are there any tools to automatically extract
this
information?

I haven't really played around with the VARS UI much and I don't
presently
have any example files to play around with, so I'm not sure where to
start.

Thanks,
Ambrose

[Brian Schlining]

Hi Ambrose,

On Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant wrote:

> I am interested in converting metadata from a VARS video file into
> an RDF serialization. Are there any tools to automatically extract
> this information?

I haven't written any tools to convert VARS video annotations to RDF. I can give you pointers about the VARS data structures if you're interested in writing such a tool. Depending on what you're trying to do it shouldn't be difficult to put one together.

>
> I haven't really played around with the VARS UI much and I don't
> presently have any example files to play around with, so I'm not sure where to
> start.

You can just grab any old quick time movie and try opening it up with VARS. That will at least get you familiar with how to work with it.

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Brian Schlining

[Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant]

Hi Brian,

Yes, I am required to write one. Initial prototype should just

dump any video metadata to RDF. Any pointers would be very

appreciated.

I can't quite work out how to play the video.

I open "annotation" then login.

Video -> Open By Location -> Browse (pick a video)

Then I put 1 as sequence number, and "ok".

And nothing much happens after that?

Thanks,

Ambrose

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