EmotionPlayer

Don't be fooled by the name of the following player. It's got nothing to do with emotions. In fact, it could very well protect you from having to experience negative ones while watching something inappropriate for your age.

Emotion Player is a simple application that can rate your loaded content in order to know if it is age-appropriate. It is based on the EmotionLib dynamic library for video sentient recognition and will most likely be of use to parents, teachers, or any other individual working with children.

The application attempts to provide a simple way to categorize video content. You'll immediately know what the rating is by accessing the MPAA Content Rating option. In order to be able to categorize your videos, you'll have to import them first. Thus, head to the application's File menu, and simply add your video content by clicking on the "+" in the sub-menu.

The videos will load, and a progress bar will let you know when the upload process is done. Clicking on the MPAA Content Rating option will display a size-adjustable rating box sporting the rating itself, based on the USA video-content categorization system, and a fraction containing two numbers that seem to directly be connected to the rating applied by the application.

Subsequently, the EmotionLib library will also help individuals understand which scenes could be potentially dangerous to watch with aid from the smiley faces shown above the video. A happy yellow emote means you've got nothing to worry about, whereas a sad red face will point to the opposite. As far as the system itself is concerned, it is pretty accurate.

This application should mainly be the focus of parents or individuals working with children. Not only can you test a clip before showing it to your kids, but you can also use it while watching the clips to skip parts that might scare your small ones. The fact that you can batch-load your videos is another great thing. You won't have to wait more than once to have your selection ready for assessment.

EmotionPlayer is a cool concept that might be handy to parents or any other user who wants to make sure that the selected video content is indeed appropriate age-wise. It can also be a great tool to check movie trailers, for example, and know beforehand if you'll go watch a movie at the pictures with your family or not.