Computer readable medium and computerized method of determining whether portions of a video are part of a continuous video segment

1. A computerized method of determining whether portions of a video are part of a same continuous video segment, the method which comprises:

identifying a time code break in a plurality of time codes of a video by having a computing device examine the plurality of time codes of the video; and

after identifying the time code break, determining whether a first portion of the video located before the time code break and a second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment by:

having the computing device determine whether a first frame of the second portion of the video is within a predetermined number of frames away from a last frame of the first portion of the video, and

having the computing device determine whether an actual time code of a first frame of the second portion of the video is within a predetermined number away from an expected time code of the first frame of the second portion of the video.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises: having the computing device rewrite the plurality of time codes to be continuous from a beginning of the first portion of the video to an end of the second portion of the video.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises: having the computing device rewrite the plurality of time codes to be continuous from a beginning of the first portion of the video to an end of the second portion of the video only when the computing device determines that the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment.

4. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises having the computing device determine that the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are not part of the same continuous video segment when the first frame of the second portion of the video is not within the predetermined number of frames away from the last frame of the first portion of the video.

5. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises having the computing device determine that the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are not part of the same continuous video segment when the actual time code of the first frame of the second portion of the video is not within the predetermined number away from the expected time code of the first frame of the second portion of the video.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of identifying the time code break includes having the computing device determine whether a time code associated with a video frame of the video differs from a time code of a preceding video frame of the video by more than a predetermined number.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined number is one.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining whether the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment includes:

having the computing device classify the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video as part of the same continuous video segment only if a time code drift from a beginning of the first portion of the video to an end of the second portion of the video is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining whether the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment includes:

having the computing device classify the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video as part of the same continuous video segment only if the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video each include at least a minimum number of video frames with a stable continuous time code.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining whether the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment includes:

having the computing device classify the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video as part of the same continuous video segment only if the computing device determines that the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video each include at least a minimum number of consecutive video frames.

11. A non-transient computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method according to claim 1 .

12. A computerized method of determining whether portions of a video are part of a same continuous video segment, the method which comprises:

identifying a time code break in a plurality of time codes of a video by having a computing device examine the plurality of time codes of the video; and

after identifying the time code break, determining whether a first portion of the video located before the time code break and a second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment by:

having the computing device determine whether the second portion of the video is within a predetermined number of frames away from the first portion of the video, and

having the computing device determine whether an actual time code of a frame of the second portion of the video is within a predetermined number away from an expected time code of the frame of the second portion of the video.

13. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises: having the computing device rewrite the plurality of time codes to be continuous from a beginning of the first portion of the video to an end of the second portion of the video.

14. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises: having the computing device rewrite the plurality of time codes to be continuous from a beginning of the first portion of the video to an end of the second portion of the video only when the computing device determines that the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment.

15. The method according to claim 12 , which comprises having the computing device determine that the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are not part of the same continuous video segment when the first frame of the second portion of the video is not within the predetermined number of frames away from the last frame of the first portion of the video.

16. The method according to claim 12 , which comprises having the computing device determine that the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are not part of the same continuous video segment when the actual time code of the frame of the second portion of the video is not within the predetermined number away from the expected time code of the frame of the second portion of the video.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the step of identifying the time code break includes having the computing device determine whether a time code associated with a video frame of the video differs from a time code of a preceding video frame of the video by more than a predetermined number.

18. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the step of determining whether the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment includes:

having the computing device classify the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video as part of the same continuous video segment only if a time code drift from a beginning of the first portion of the video to an end of the second portion of the video is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

19. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the step of determining whether the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment includes:

having the computing device classify the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video as part of the same continuous video segment only if the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video each include at least a minimum number of video frames with a stable continuous time code.

20. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the step of determining whether the first portion of the video located before the time code break and the second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of the same continuous video segment includes:

having the computing device classify the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video as part of the same continuous video segment only if the computing device determines that the first portion of the video and the second portion of the video each include at least a minimum number of consecutive video frames.