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Jerry Hogsett edited this page Jun 29, 2023 · 2 revisions

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Deduplicate Frames - Detect and remove duplicate PNG frame files

How It Works

  1. Set Input PNG Files Path to a path on this server for the PNG files being deduplicated
  2. Set Output PNG Files Path to a path on this server to store the deduplicated PNG files
    • Output PNG File Path can be left blank to use the default folder
    • Tip: The default folder is set by the config.directories.output_deduplication setting
  3. Set Detect Threshold to specify the sensitivity to frame differences
    • A lower value finds fewer duplicates; a higher value finds more
    • This value requires experimentation. See More Details below.
  4. Set Maximum Duplicates Per Group to limit consecutive found duplicate frames
    • This can help to find a suitable upper limit for Detect Threshold
    • Values:
      • Set to 0 to not limit the number of consecutive duplicates
      • Set to 1 to prevent duplicates altogether
      • Set to any other value to limit the consecutive duplicates
    • Tip: in most cases, actual duplicates will be limited to several frames only
  5. Click Deduplicate Frames
  6. The Details box shows the result of the operation, or any errors encountered

Important

  • Note! If the frames in the output path are to be fed to FFmpeg or video editing software, use Resequence Files to remove gaps in the numbering sequence
  • ffmpeg.exe must be available on the system path
  • The Video Preview tab on the Video Blender page can be used to watch a preview video of a set of PNG files
  • The values for the Threshold slider can be changed in the config.yaml file section deduplicate_settings

More Details

  • The FFmpeg mpdecimate video filter is used to detect and remove duplicates
    • The hi and lo mpdecimate parameters are set to the specified theshold
    • the frac mpdecimate parameter is set to 1
  • Example: a 30 FPS video with 24 FPS real frames (20% duplicated frames)
    • With Threshold set to the minimum 0, 1 frame was removed
    • When set to maximum 25000, all frames except 1 were removed
    • When set to the default 2500, 20% of the frames were removed
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