How to handle Video in MATLAB?

AIM: 1. Study of Video file handling.

            2. Implementing Color to Black and white video conversion.

THEORY:

1. Study of Video file handling:

Video file reading in Matlab is interesting process. So aim of this experiments is

1. How to read video file in Matlab?

2. How to play video files in Matlab?

3. How to check size of the video file in Matlab?

1. Reading video file:

Syntax:

obj = mmreader(filename)
obj = mmreader(filename, 'P1', V1, 'P2', V2,...)

Description:

obj = mmreader(filename) constructs a multimedia reader object, obj, that can read video data from a multimedia file. filename is a string specifying the name of a multimedia file. There are no restrictions on file extensions. By default, the MATLAB software looks for the file filename on the MATLAB path.

obj = mmreader(filename, 'P1', V1, 'P2', V2,...) constructs a multimedia reader object, assigning values V1, V2, etc. to the respective specified properties P1, P2, etc. If you specify an invalid property name or property value, MATLAB throws an error and does not create the object.

2. Playing Video file:

Syntax:

Implay (filename)

Description:

implay(filename) opens the implay movie player, displaying the content of the file specified by filename. The file can be an Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) file. implay reads one frame at a time, conserving memory during playback. implay does not play audio tracks.

3. Checking size of Video:

Syntax: 

[row,col,planes,frames]=size(video file name)

Video player in Matlab:

2. Implementing Color to Black and white video conversion:

Frame of the color video consist of three planes (red, green and blue). Our need is to convert color frame to gray scale frame and recombine all converted frames in order to get the final black and white video. Matlab contains one function which converts color frame to black and white.

Black_and _white_frame = rgb2gray (Color_frame)

Our aim is to apply this function to each and every color frame and after converting recombine grayscale frames to get final Black and white video.

Program for Color to Black and White Video Conversion: 

Program:

% Converting video from Color to Black white  out=mmreader('news.avi'); var=read(out); [r c p f]=size(var); implay(var) for i=1:f     img=var(:,:,:,i);     img1=rgb2gray(img);         new(:,:,:,i)=img1; end implay(new)

Output:

Color Video Input:

 

Input Frame number 728

 

Input Frame number 440

 

Black and White Video Output:

 

Output Frame number 728  

 

Output Frame number 440