SpectraQC

Method

Black frames

Black-frame intervals (full-file scan)


What we measure and how

Black-frame intervals are passages where the entire frame is uniformly black for long enough that the viewer registers a programme dropout rather than an intentional cut. Each frame is scored by the fraction of pixels below a luminance threshold (10 % of full scale), and intervals of two seconds or longer where every frame exceeds that threshold are reported as (start, end, duration). Caller threshold is the maximum allowed black-frame duration anywhere in the programme.


Spec fields consulted

These Universal Media Delivery Profile paths resolve this check's thresholds against your spec snapshot at the moment the job was submitted.

The full UMDP schema: /umdp.


Related methods


Method identifier: black_frames