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Precise analysis of both (S)TEM images and video are time and labor intensive processes. As an example, determining when crystal growth and shrinkage occurs during the dynamic process of Li dendrite deposition and stripping involves manually scanning through each frame in the video to extract a specific set of frames/images. For large numbers of images, this process can be very time consuming, so a fast and accurate automated method is desirable. Given this need, we developed software that uses analysis of video compression statistics for detecting and characterizing events in large data sets. This software works by converting the data into a series of images which it compresses into an MPEG-2 video using the open source “avconv” utility [1]. The software does not use the video itself, but rather analyzes the video statistics from the first pass of the video encoding that avconv records in the log file. This file contains statistics for each frame of the video including the frame quality, intra-texture and predicted texture bits, forward and backward motion vector resolution, among others. In all, avconv records 15 statistics for each frame. By combining different statistics, we have been able to detect events in various types of data.more » We have developed an interactive tool for exploring the data and the statistics that aids the analyst in selecting useful statistics for each analysis. Going forward, an algorithm for detecting and possibly describing events automatically can be written based on statistic(s) for each data type.« less

1. Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA 2. Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA 3. Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA 4. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, USA

1. Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA. 2. Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA 3. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA 4. Energy and Environmental Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA. 5. Center for Condensed Matter Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China.