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CMU System Lets You Get To the Good Parts of Video, Fast

Posted by Unknown on from the my-videos-are-coming-up-blank dept.

coondoggie (973519) writes "While Video has become ubiquitous thanks mostly to smartphones it doesn't mean you want to actually watch all of it. Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists say they have invented a video highlighting technique called LiveLight that can automatically pick out action in videos shot by smartphones, GoPro cameras, or Google Glass users."

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  1. I do this using host files ... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This system is stupid when you can accomplish the same thing by modifying your host file ... apk

  2. Boobies? by fatquack · · Score: 2

    Does it get me to the part with the boobies?

    1. Re:Boobies? by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes. Here you go

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  3. Re:Does it work on movies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Attention spans what?

  4. Re:Does it work on movies? by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 2

    It seems attention spans get shorter all of the time.

    No, they d

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  5. Re:Does it work on movies? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 2

    Squirrel!

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  6. Re:Does it work on movies? by Dahamma · · Score: 2

    No, action is synonym for porn.