Train Video Matching

You must train Media Server by providing the video clips that you want to recognize. Each clip you provide is added to a database.

Create a Database to Contain Video Clips

To create a database to contain known video clips, use the following procedure.

To create a database to contain video clips

Add a Clip to the Database

After creating a database, train Media Server to recognize each video clip by running the action TrainVideoMatchClip.

To add a video clip to the database

List the Clips in a Database

To list the video clips that you have added to a database, use the following procedure.

To list the clips in a database

  1. (Optional) First list the databases that have been created for video matching.

    http://localhost:14000/action=ListVideoMatchDatabases

    Media Server returns a list of databases.

  2. List the clips that exist in one of the databases.

    http://localhost:14000/action=ListVideoMatchClips&database=movies

    Media Server returns a list of clips in the specified database.

Manage Video Clips and Databases

To remove a video clip from a database, use the action RemoveVideoMatchClip.

To update or remove databases, use the following actions:

For more information about the actions that you can use to train Media Server, refer to the Media Server Reference.