Counting edits from DVD source?

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"Simon Howson" <simonhowson@NOSPAMyahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm in another strange video related situation. I am doing some research
on
> some standard films available on DVD. What I need to do is count home many
> edits are present in the whole film. Obviously this is a rather arduous
> task. I am wondering if there is a piece of software (possibly a DV
> capturing programme?) that can scan an AVI file and determine each time
> there is an edit, i.e where two shots substantially change?
>
> Does this sound possible, or is it just back to the stop watch for me?

Many video editing programs have 'scene detection' (usually at the
capture stage) which will more-or-less do what you want.
"Scenalyzer" has a good rep. It isn't free, but the trial version should
be ok for your requirements:
http://www.scenalyzer.com/main.html
HTH
--
Rob