DVDate is a nice freeware which deals with avi videoclips. DVDate for dealing with avi files, and specially DV avi files. DVDate may open and play the avi files, display in real time the datecode (date of capture) and the timecode, rename files using datecode or timecode, convert the video formats (from type 1 to type 2, or from Pal to Ntsc for example), find the scene changes, and export the scenes date, create a subtitle file with datecode being displayed on scene changes, fix the codec, the frame per second rate of the video, extract 'audio, inlay the datecode into the video, etc.
When you open files in DVdate, it gives you many informations about the videoclip: duration, size of frames, codec, frames-per-second etc..
If the file is a DV-file, it displays two informations hidden in each frame:
the datecode, which is the date and time when the video was captured in your camcorder.
the timecode, which is the timestamp of the considered video-frame on the original DV-Tape.
These informations are printed on each frame by most camcorders, and remain on the digital frame in the avi-file as long as the frame is not recompressed. If a recompression has occured, they are no more available, and DVdate displays N/A.
DVDate is able to give the type I or type II of DV clips, and to tell you if it is a NTSC or a Pal DV clip.
DVdate is also able to convert easyly DV files of type I to type II, and reciprocally.
A multimedia player is included in order to preview the clips. It has some nice features: play in Fullscreen (toggle the F11 key), display the live datecode and timecode during the playing. With arrow key you may control seeking in the video, and moreover browse the videofile for scenes (F8 for the previous scene, F9 for the next scene) if a *.scn file is available for your videofile.
SCN-files is the format of files produced by Studio DV 8 (or better), and others like Scenalyser Live. DVdate is able to read them in order to browse between the scenes of DV-files. Better, it is able to produce a scn-file for your video-file, and performs it about twice faster than Studio 8.
DV-date includes since Version 4.0 a new function which shows the RIFF-structure of the header of an avi-file, like RiffWalk.exe from Microsoft used to do.
DVdate is also useful for renaming files with datecode or timecode.
Many functions may be launched at once simultaneously for all the files opened in DVDate.
DVdate includes now many keyboard shortcuts, for all his functions. Type F1 to display them.
DVdate is a strong utility for processing AVI files in general, and specially AVI DV files. It features many useful functions, easy and fast to apply even to a outstanding number of avi files at once. For example:
convert a DV file from type 1 to type 2 (and reciprocally): It is useful when importing files into some video editing program that accept only videos of type 2, like Pinnacle's Studio. DVdate may recognize even some strange DV types, like those produced by Movie Edit Pro and convert them to regular DV types.
convert a non DV file into a DV file (Pal or NTSC): it is useful when editing a project with DV files, to import easily a video clip, that has been compressed with anything else than DV, like DivX or Mjpeg.
convert a DV file from Pal to NTSC or reciprocally: it is useful to make a DVD in NTSC format with a camcorder in DV Pal.
embed ("Inlay" or should I say "burn" ) datecode or timecode into the frames of a DV file: it is useful to display the date and time of capture on the screen, like the analog camcorders used to do. This function is highly personalizable, with nice features (change font, position, schedule to display ay each scene change, display the datecode on two lines, adjust the alignment, add a border...
create a subtitle file with the datecodes at the right times: very useful to display the datecode when playing a video, without burning it permanently into the video frames.
export a file containing the list of scenes from a DV video to some popular formats: it can be a simple text file, or a Excel Worksheet, but also a Word doc, and even a document for OpenOffice.org (Calc or Writer) it's useful to catalog DV tapes, or to make a database of all scenes. It's then personalizable with Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org
fix the framerate of an avi file : it may fix some out of sync issues, specially when an analog capture board did not set the correct framerate
rename avi files by adding their datecode or timecode: it's useful when sorting video clips and archiving them.
many other features are available: extract audio to WAV, fix a time difference, change the FourCC of the codec, split a DV file into individual scene files...
DVdate features a multimedia player which can read the video (including in full screen) and browse easily through the video with CTRL+ array keys, and even browse from scene to scene with the function keys F8 and F9. It displays in real time the datecode and timecode of the frame being played. DVdate displays also complete information about the AVI file. Like the utility Gspot, it indicates the codec, the image size, the number of frames per second, the duration of the video etc.... When dealing with DV files, it adds the type 1 or 2 and the TV standard Pal or NTSC or even the aspect ratio 4x3 or 16x9. It features also a function to display the RIFF header of an avi file, like riffwalk.exe from Microsoft used to do.
DVdate can load a outstanding number of avi files into its "playlist", and process them individually or altogether. It displays automatically the video of each selected file. It may open the selected files in a third-party software with a single key stroke. With one keyboard hit (CTRL+F7) it may even load all avi files present on all your hard drives. Try it, you may be surprised by the result.

DVdate comes with a script language, which can automate many functions, and is useful in batch processing, and command-line mode.

DVdate features a Scenes Editor, and can create (even for non DV files, for instance DivX) a scn file containing data about the scenes (start, end, caption, thumbnail...). This enables the amazing function of browsing from scene to scene in some of my software, and is compatible with Studio from Pinnacle.

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this digital video recorder software.