Interactive Video Clip Linking via Control Points
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video sharing applications limit user interaction to simple actions like liking or commenting, without allowing users to control the sequence of multiple video clips with interactive relationships.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for recording and playing interactive videos, where a video recording terminal acquires and displays interactive editing controls to establish relationships between video clips, generating interactive control information to trigger the playback of linked clips, and a video playing terminal displays interactive control points to allow users to navigate between related video clips.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If interactive editing controls are added to allow users to control video clip sequences, then user interaction capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The video content is segmented into multiple independent video clips, each of which can be individually controlled and played. The interactive editing control divides the video editing function into discrete operations: recording individual clips, establishing links between clips, and configuring control points. This segmentation allows complex interactive video functionality to be built from simpler, manageable components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating interactive control information and control points during the video recording and editing phase. The links between video clips are pre-established, and control points are pre-configured with their corresponding target clips. This preliminary configuration eliminates the need for complex real-time processing during playback, reducing runtime device complexity while maintaining rich interaction capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple video clips with interactive relationships are integrated, then video content richness is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Interactive control information serves as an intermediary data structure that bridges multiple video clips. This control information contains link relationships, control point positions, and target clip identifiers, allowing the system to manage complex multi-clip relationships through a standardized intermediate representation. The intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of coordinating multiple clips, making processing more manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses control point information as a copy or reference that points to target video clips without requiring the actual video data to be permanently loaded or complexly intertwined. Each control point is a lightweight data structure that references external clip resources, allowing rich multi-clip content to be managed through simple reference copying rather than complex data integration.
3Ease of operation
If interactive control points are displayed on video clips, then user engagement is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Interactive control points are displayed at specific local positions on video clips rather than uniformly across the entire interface. Each control point is positioned at a meaningful location within the video content (such as hotspots or key moments), providing targeted interaction opportunities. This local placement strategy enhances user engagement by making interactions context-relevant while keeping the interface clean and uncluttered.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically generates and positions control points based on the recorded video content and established clip links, without requiring manual interface configuration. The control points self-organize based on the video's temporal and spatial structure, reducing the complexity of interface design and maintenance while providing intuitive user engagement points that naturally arise from the video content itself.
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AI summary
A video recording method, performed by a video recording terminal for recording an interactive video, includes acquiring a recorded first video clip and displaying an interactive editing control corresponding to the first video clip. The method also includes determining a second video clip in a case that a first operation performed on the interactive editing control is received, and generating interactive control information. The interactive control information instructs to display an interactive control point on the first video clip, the interactive control point triggering playing of the second video clip in a case that a second operation is received. Finally, the method includes obtaining the interactive video including the first video clip, the second video clip, and the interactive control information. The first video clip and the second video clip have an interactive relationship in the interactive video.