Announcements, tips and examples for using the HighlightCam video summarization API.Tumblr (3.0; @hlcamapi)http://apiblog.highlightcam.com/<h3><a name="Requirements:" id="Requirements:">Requirements:</a></h3> <p><a name="Requirements:" id="Requirements:"> </a></p> <ol> <li>A registered account at HighlightCam (<a href="http://highlightcam.com/accounts/register/?next=/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://highlightcam.com/accounts/register/?next=/">http://highlightcam.com/accounts/register/?next=/</a></a>) </li> <li>Download the API example client: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/highlightcam-api/downloads/list" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/highlightcam-api/downloads/list">http://code.google.com/p/highlightcam-api/downloads/list</a></a> </li> <li>You must have Python 2.x installed to use this client. (<a href="http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads/">http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads/</a></a>) (Tested with Python 2.5.) </li> </ol> <p>Then in the directory where you saved and decompressed the API client, type</p> <blockquote> <p>python highlightcam_api_client.py -i <a href="http://videos.highlightcam.com.s3.amazonaws.com/video_e074e9c88302437080a9b6c57200601e.flv">http://videos.highlightcam.com.s3.amazonaws.com/video_e074e9c88302437080a9b6c57200601e.flv</a> -u <your username> -p <your password> -k 2</p> </blockquote> <p>This submits a video (in fact, the BunnyCam<a href="http://code.google.com/p/highlightcam-api/w/edit/BunnyCam">?</a> video from our <a href="http://highlightcam.com/" rel="nofollow">front page</a>) for highlighting, with a target length of 2% of the original. Status messages will flash across your screen for 1-2 minutes, concluding with</p> <pre class="prettyprint">Processing finished with status code 0<br/>Video successfully highlighted! </pre> <p>if everything went well (or an error message otherwise). URLs for the highlight .flv and .gif are also printed to your screen.</p> <p>A successfully highlighted video can be watched immediately at <a href="http://highlightcam.com/home/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://highlightcam.com/home/">http://highlightcam.com/home/</a></a> in your “API” channel (which is created the first time you use the API).</p> <p>For more documentation and examples, check out the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/highlightcam-api/">HighlightCam API at Google Code</a>.</p>http://apiblog.highlightcam.com/post/179401368http://apiblog.highlightcam.com/post/179401368Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:18:29 -0700