Video Curation Service Subtitle Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current open streaming services (OSS) restrict third-party subtitle production and addition, leading to delayed global dissemination of video content, impacting business and viewer experience, as subtitles are often overlaid on original content, giving the impression that the video publisher endorses them, and existing technologies do not facilitate easy embedding of subtitle-enriched video on external pages.
Innovation Solution
A video curation service (VCS) that allows third parties to produce and add subtitles independently, synchronizing them with video content in a separate window, and provides embedding codes for easy integration on external pages, expanding the OSS ecosystem to include a curator and enabling external server management of viewing status information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If subtitles are overlaid on original video content, then subtitle visibility is improved, but the impression that the video publisher endorses third-party subtitles is created and original content quality is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The video playback interface is segmented into separate functional areas: the original video content area and a separate subtitle information area. This segmentation allows subtitles to be displayed without overlaying the original content, maintaining visual quality while preventing the harmful effect of implying publisher endorsement of third-party subtitles.
Solution Approach 2:
Subtitle content is extracted from the original video overlay position and placed in a separate dedicated area. This extraction removes the harmful factor of visual conflation between original content and third-party subtitles, while still providing accessible subtitle information to viewers.
2Reliability
If third-party subtitle production is restricted, then video publisher control is maintained, but global dissemination of video content is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
A video curation service acts as an intermediary between video publishers and third-party subtitlers. The service receives video content from publishers, allows third parties to add subtitles through API access, and then distributes the enriched content. This intermediary structure maintains publisher control over source material while enabling rapid global dissemination through community-contributed subtitles.
Solution Approach 2:
Video content is prepared and uploaded to the curation service in advance with proper metadata and licensing information. This preliminary action establishes publisher control upfront, while the system is pre-configured to accept third-party subtitle contributions, enabling rapid global dissemination without compromising original control.
3Ease of operation
If embedding code is provided for external pages, then ease of integration is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A standardized embedding code template is created that can be copied and pasted into external web pages. This template contains pre-configured iframe and JavaScript code that automatically integrates with the video curation service. The copying approach simplifies integration for external sites while the standardized nature of the template prevents system complexity from increasing.
Data Source
AI summary
A video curation service (VCS) method provides video content provided by an open streaming service (OSS) by adding video content information in conjunction with the OSS. The VCS method comprises: a step in which a subtitlist produces subtitle data with regard to predetermined video content provided from an OSS server, and uploads same onto a VCS server; and a step in which the VCS server operates a web or app page for viewing video content on a viewer terminal in accordance with a request of a viewer.