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Detect Scene Changes in a Video

List the timestamps where the picture cuts to a new scene, then pick trim, split and clip boundaries from real cuts. Run the preset directly on this page or call the same agent-ready endpoint from your product.

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Prefer the shell? Detect scene changes with FFmpeg, the verified FFmpeg command for this edit.

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Useful defaults, typed options.

The tool slug stays stable while your agent supplies named media inputs and a narrow set of documented options.

  • No encode, analysis only
  • Adjustable sensitivity
  • Feeds trim, split and clip calls
What this preset does
  1. 01Decode the video stream
  2. 02Score every frame for scene change
  3. 03Keep frames above the threshold
  4. 04Return timestamps as JSON
Stable endpointPOST /api/v1/tools/detect-scenes
Live API request
{
  "inputs": [{ "id": "main", "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4" }],
  "options": { "threshold": 0.3 }
}
Successful output example
{
  "result": {
    "output": {
      "filename": "detect-scenes-output.mp4",
      "contentType": "video/mp4",
      "byteSize": 437021,
      "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.kinopipe.com/…"
    }
  }
}

Know the boundaries before you run.

Upload files up to 300 MB or use public HTTP(S) URLs.
A successful run consumes at least one credit.

About detect scenes

Each frame gets a 0-1 scene-change score; frames above the threshold are reported. 0.3 finds standard cuts, lower values also catch soft transitions.

The job returns sceneChanges as a JSON array of seconds. Pass them straight to trim-video, split-video or create-social-video-clip.

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