--- a/python/utils.py	Sun Jul 28 16:30:11 2013 -0400
+++ b/python/utils.py	Sun Jul 28 18:04:20 2013 -0400
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #from numpy import *
 #from pylab import *
-from datetime import time
+from datetime import time, datetime
 
 __metaclass__ = type
 
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@
     '''returns a datetime.time for the time in hour, minutes and seconds
     initialTime is a datetime.time'''
     from math import floor
-    from datetime import time
     seconds = int(floor(float(nFrames)/float(frameRate))+initialTime.hour*3600+initialTime.minute*60+initialTime.second)
     h = int(floor(seconds/3600.))
     seconds = seconds - h*3600
@@ -501,6 +500,11 @@
 
     return optionValues
 
+
+#########################
+# Utils to read .ini type text files for configuration, meta data...
+#########################
+
 class TrackingParameters:
     def loadConfigFile(self, filename):
         from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
@@ -531,6 +535,31 @@
         self.maxSteering = config.getfloat(self.sectionHeader, 'max-steering')/self.videoFrameRate
         self.useFeaturesForPrediction = config.getboolean(self.sectionHeader, 'use-features-prediction')
 
+class SceneParameters:
+    def __init__(self, config, sectionName):
+        from ConfigParser import NoOptionError
+        from ast import literal_eval
+        try:
+            self.sitename = config.get(sectionName, 'sitename')
+            self.databaseFilename = config.get(sectionName, 'data_filename')
+            self.homographyFilename = config.get(sectionName, 'homography_filename')
+            self.videoFilename = config.get(sectionName, 'video_filename')
+            self.date = datetime.strptime(config.get(sectionName, 'date'), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") # 2011-06-22 11:00:39
+            self.translation = literal_eval(config.get(sectionName, 'translation')) #         = [0.0, 0.0]
+            self.rotation = config.getfloat(sectionName, 'rotation')
+            self.duration = config.getint(sectionName, 'duration')
+        except NoOptionError as e:
+            print(e)
+            print('Not a section for scene meta-data')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def loadConfigFile(filename):
+        from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+        config = ConfigParser()
+        config.readfp(openCheck(filename))
+        return [SceneParameters(config, sectionName) for sectionName in config.sections()]
+
+
 #########################
 # sqlite
 #########################