auto censor

[OlivierAubert]

> This goes for blacking or pixelating a portion of the picture.
> I agree that would be desirable feature but also beyond the scope of a first attempt.
For this, you could have a look at the svg filter module (which may not work in current development version, I have to check it against the latest changes in vout/filters). Putting a mask on a picture is then a matter of sending something like

<svg version='1' preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet" viewBox='0 0 320 200'>
<rect x='5' y='550' width='783' height='43' fill='black' stroke='black' />
</svg>

Pixelation is another story. If you want to experiment with your ideas, you can use the Advene software ( http://www.advene.org/ ) which is based on VLC, and allows to easily define dynamic rules such as "If you meet a forbidden word, zero the volume" or "If you meet a scene to cut, go directly at its end", based on annotations.

[FoundLinux]

I'm interested in this feature and I like the way you're doing it. One thing to think about is that the censorship file might need to include language for muting words. The position in the movie where there is a offensive Spanish word might be different than where there is a offensive English word. Different languages have different language structures which will pretty much guarantee that the offensive words will physically come in a different spot. Remember those kung fu movies where the speaking is done but the lips are still moving?
Obviously, the offensive scenes will be the same irregardless of language.

[benjy1969]

this censorship is very handy tool
it must be a tool to specify the areas of muting/blanking/skiping or even mask a portion of the screen
the parent watches the movie and easily mark the scenes
and then allow the kid to see the movie with this mask.(password protected)

to the brave ones: can this tool exported to burned dvd of avi ??!!
the need is to allow multi sencorship menu for any kid/parent/student.

very interesting, some one can earn a lot of mony from developing this tool!!

[BASiQ]

I will personally donate $25 to any person who is capable of coding a working version of this that one can actually use.
Be it the VLC staff, or some random member here who makes something they/you incorporate.
If you decide to take me up on my offer, PM me and I will work something out.

But it must be able to at MINIMUM, mute out the audio track at certain times, specifiable by say, a txt file.
And it must be able to skip portions, Say, when watching a movie, at 2:31:32 it jumps to 2:27:00. Also user specifiable via some plain text file.

It should be able to be just like LDiracDelta said. Simple enough I would think, as it works almost like a subtitle file, which is already implemented.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=39035#p137311

Just know, I am serious about getting this implemented. I am so sick of demuxing, manually scanning srt files, muting select portions, re-muxing, then cutting. to finally have something that I should of been able to do in 10 min and ONE step with an addon like this.

[floormat]

I fully support this idea as well. Whether it be from LDiracDelta or somone else. I would definately pay or donate to having a feature like this available.

Having muting as well as skiping would be great. My only varying distinction on this would be allowing the user to type in a set of words they feel are offensive. In addition or instead of a suggested content filter (G, PG, PG-13, R...) for when an edited sub file is not available. kind of a v chip of sorts that would try to make all content run through it automatically drop it down to a min rating when specifics aren't available. Not the perfection your suggesting but helpful none the less.

Here is a link to a post I made simular to this viewtopic.php?f=7&t=66840 for my detail of my take on it. I fully realize that this would take some time but it would be an invaluable tool to so many...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Then do it or find someone! Or make a "Family protection" association to pay for the feature...

[floormat]

I am sorry if I offended you. There appeared to be several interested users as well as someone who was working on it in this thread. I was just offering my support moral and financial. Perhaps a Family protection" association would be a good idea. It looks like this is the early stages of people coming together to get this funded and accomplished.

Thank you for your patience, wisdom and insight.

[VLC_help]

Perhaps a Family protection" association would be a good idea. It looks like this is the early stages of people coming together to get this funded and accomplished.

It would be great idea. Then you could specify international standard for censor stuff so all media players could support it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Yep

[BASiQ]

BUT, then again, if this was a VLC only thingy, then it would be free advertisement because of it's "VLC Only" features...
Try to be a little less sensitive j-b. No one is picking on you or asking you personally for anything. It is an idea in the "Feature Requests" section.
Completely ON topic and relevant. If you are unable to say anything constructive, then why spam the forum with personal attacks?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

BUT, then again, if this was a VLC only thingy, then it would be free advertisement because of it's "VLC Only" features...
Try to be a little less sensitive j-b. No one is picking on you or asking you personally for anything. It is an idea in the "Feature Requests" section.
Completely ON topic and relevant. If you are unable to say anything constructive, then why spam the forum with personal attacks?

Because I am the most likely guy who is going to code the feature?

[tawan]

wow this good idea

[LDiracDelta]

FYI, I do have something and I got it working earlier this year. Then I did a pull from the trunk and everything broke. And since I hate catching up to the trunk (as I'm sure most people do), I procrastinated...

Anyways, I'm working on it again -- having trouble with getting Antlr to generate the Lexer/Parser and linking it into the censor plugin. Once I have something compiling in my Ubuntu environment, I'm going to push to this repo:
http://github.com/LDiracDelta/vlc_censor_plugin

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

FYI, I do have something and I got it working earlier this year. Then I did a pull from the trunk and everything broke. And since I hate catching up to the trunk (as I'm sure most people do), I procrastinated...

Anyways, I'm working on it again -- having trouble with getting Antlr to generate the Lexer/Parser and linking it into the censor plugin. Once I have something compiling in my Ubuntu environment, I'm going to push to this repo:
http://github.com/LDiracDelta/vlc_censor_plugin

I can help set up your environment if you need to.

[LDiracDelta]

Thanks j-b! I mostly have it working again -- not completely out in the weeds. Sometimes you can shoot yourself in the foot with git, though. I'm glad I have backups.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Yes, git is dangerous.

Code: Select all

git format-patch - o patches origin/master

can help

[BASiQ]

So... Any updates? Anyone willing to look into this?

[floormat]

Still in great support of this. I wonder if LDiracDelta is still around and who know how much vlc has changed in 3 years since this was last posted... Or if Moff from thread viewtopic.php?f=7&t=48761&p=156884&hili ... le#p156884 has gotten anywhere. I tried rogerdpack from viewtopic.php?f=32&t=89466&p=359669&hil ... an#p359669 and its going but hasn't quite got there yet. If there are any updates on this or any of these that would be great. Thanks.


Also thank you Jean-Baptiste Kempf for your understanding and effort in this endeavor.

[rogerdpack]

Some additional work has been done/mentioned here https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=89466 FWIW [trying to consolidate all these threads into 1--must be a popular feature].