Producing video data
A method of incorporating additional video objects into source video data to produce output video data. The method includes retrieving source video data and data defining a segment size used by a distributor, into which video data is divided when transmitted. The method includes analyzing the source video data to identify selected frames of video material which include insertion zones which correspond to regions which are suitable for receiving an additional video object. The method includes identifying a boundary point of the source video data. The method includes embedding additional video objects into the selected frames, creating output video data which has a boundary which corresponds with the identified boundary point. The method includes generating metadata including information on said boundary point of the source video data to be replaced by the created output video data; and transmitting the output video data and the metadata to the distributor.
1. A method of incorporating a video object into a source video, the method comprising:
receiving source video data that includes a plurality of frames of video material;
receiving data defining a uniform segment size of a plurality of segments into which at least a portion of the video material is to be divided when transmitted by a distributor, the segment size having a uniform duration associated therewith such that each segment of the plurality of segments has a same duration;
identifying, by analyzing the source video data, an insertion zone within image content of the video material that is suitable for receiving a video object;
identifying selected frames of the plurality of frames of the video material that include the insertion zone in response to the selected frames including the insertion zone, the selected frames being sequential with respect to each other and having a starting frame and an ending frame, the starting frame being included in a first particular segment of the plurality of segments and the ending frame being included in a second particular segment of the plurality of segments, the second particular segment being the same segment as or a different segment from the first particular segment;
determining a first point in time of the video material that the starting frame of the selected frames occurs;
identifying, based on a first relationship between the duration of the segment size- and the determined first point in time, a first boundary point of the source video data that occurs at a multiple of the duration of the segment size, the first boundary point occurring before the first point in time and corresponding to an earliest frame of the first particular segment;
determining a second point in time of the video material that the ending frame of the selected frames occurs;
identifying, based on a second relationship between the duration of the segment size and the determined second point in time, a second boundary point of the source video data that occurs after the second point in time and that corresponds to a latest frame of the second particular segment, the plurality of frames including a sub-set of frames that is a sequence of frames that starts at the earliest frame of the first particular segment and ends at the latest frame of the second particular segment such that the first boundary point and the second boundary point define the sub-set of frames in a manner that the sub-set of frames includes the selected frames and each segment included in the sub-set of frames is included as a whole segment having the segment size;
embedding, based on the identified insertion zone, a video object within the insertion zone of the image content of each respective selected frame such that the video object appears as part of the image content of each of the selected video frames; and
creating output video data based on the sub-set of frames in response to the sub-set of frames including the plurality of selected frames and in response to each segment included the sub-set of frames being included as a whole segment, the output video data including metadata and only a modified sub-set of frames of the plurality of frames, the modified sub-set of frames being the sequence of frames that starts at the earliest frame of the first particular segment and ends at the latest frame of the second particular segment such that the modified sub-set of frames includes the plurality of selected frames with the video object embedded therein and such that each segment included in the modified sub-set of frames is included as a whole segment.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data defining the segment size defines the segment size by one or more of: a time duration and the particular number of frames.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes one or more of the following:
timing information related to one or more of occurrence of the first boundary point and occurrence of the second boundary point;
timing information related to a duration of presentation of the modified sub-set of frames; and
a number of frames of the modified sub-set of frames.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the output video data includes a tracking pixel configured to transmit a message as a result of the modified sub-set of frames being presented.
5. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer executable instructions stored thereon, which in response to being executed by a computing system cause the computing system to perform the method according to claim 1 .
6. A method of incorporating a video object into a source video, the method comprising:
receiving source video data that includes a plurality of frames of video material;
receiving data defining a uniform segment size of a plurality of segments into which at least a portion of the video material is to be divided when transmitted by a distributor, the segment size having a uniform duration associated therewith such that each segment of the plurality of segments has a same duration;
identifying, by analyzing the source video data, an insertion zone within image content of the video material that is suitable for receiving a video object;
identifying selected frames of the plurality of frames of the video material that include the insertion zone in response to the selected frames including the insertion zone, the selected frames being sequential with respect to each other and having a starting frame included in a first particular segment of the plurality of segments;
identifying, based on a relationship between the duration of the segment size and occurrence of the starting frame, a first boundary point of the source video data that occurs at a multiple of the duration of the segment size, the first boundary point occurring before the starting frame and corresponding to an earliest frame of the first particular segment; the plurality of frames including a sub-set of frames that is a sequence of frames that starts at the earliest frame such that the first boundary point defines the sub-set of frames in a manner that the sub-set of frames includes the selected frames and the sub-set of frames includes the first particular segment as a whole segment having the segment size;
embedding, based on the identified insertion zone, a video object within the insertion zone of the image content of each respective selected frame such that the video object appears as part of the image content of each of the selected video frames; and
creating output video data based on the sub-set of frames in response to the sub-set of frames including the plurality of selected frames and in response to the sub-set of frames including the first particular segment as a whole segment, the output video data including fewer frames than all of the plurality of frames in which the fewer frames include a modified sub-set of frames of the plurality of frames, the modified sub-set of frames being the sequence of frames that starts at the earliest frame of the first particular segment and including the plurality of selected frames with the video object embedded therein.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining a first point in time of the video material that the starting frame of the selected frames occurs, wherein identifying the first boundary point based on the segment size and the starting frame includes identifying the first boundary point based on the first point in time and the segment size.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the selected frames include an ending frame included in a second particular segment of the plurality of segments and wherein the method further comprises:
identifying, based on the duration of the segment size and based on occurrence of the ending frame, a second boundary point of the source video data that corresponds to a latest frame of the second particular segment, wherein the sub-set of frames ends at the latest frame of the second particular segment such that the first boundary point and the second boundary point define the sub-set of frames in a manner that the sub-set of frames includes the selected frames and each segment included in the sub-set of frames is included as a whole segment and wherein the modified sub-set of frames ends at the latest frame of the second particular segment such that each segment included in the modified sub-set of frames is included as a whole segment.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a first point in time of the video material that the starting frame of the selected frames occurs, wherein identifying the first boundary point based on the segment size and the starting frame includes identifying the first boundary point based on the first point in time and the segment size; and
determining a second point in time of the video material that the ending frame of the selected frames occurs, wherein identifying the second boundary point based on the duration of the segment size and the ending frame includes identifying the second boundary point based on the second point in time and the segment size, wherein the second particular segment is the same segment as or a different segment from the first particular segment.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the output video data includes metadata that includes one or more of the following:
timing information related to occurrence of the first boundary point;
timing information related to a duration of presentation of the modified sub-set of frames; and
a number of frames of the modified sub-set of frames.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the output video data includes a tracking pixel configured to transmit a message as a result of the modified sub-set of frames being presented.
12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the data defining the segment size defines the segment size by one or more of: a time duration and a particular number of frames.
13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer executable instructions stored thereon, which in response to being executed by a computing system cause the computing system to perform the method according to claim 6 .
14. A system comprising:
one or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon; and
one or more hardware processors configured to, in response to execution of the instructions, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving source video data that includes a plurality of frames of video material;
receiving data defining a uniform segment size of a plurality of segments into which at least a portion of the video material is to be divided when transmitted by a distributor, the segment size having a uniform duration associated therewith such that each segment of the plurality of segments has a same duration;
identifying, by analyzing the source video data, an insertion zone within image content of the video material that is suitable for receiving a video object;
identifying selected frames of the plurality of frames of the video material that include the insertion zone in response to the selected frames including the insertion zone, the selected frames being sequential with respect to each other and having a starting frame included in a first particular segment of the plurality of segments;
identifying, based on a relationship between the duration of the segment size and occurrence of the starting frame, a first boundary point of the source video data that occurs at a multiple of the duration of the segment size, the first boundary point occurring before the starting frame and corresponding to an earliest frame of the first particular segment; the plurality of frames including a sub-set of frames that is a sequence of frames that starts at the earliest frame such that the first boundary point defines the sub-set of frames in a manner that the sub-set of frames includes the selected frames and the sub-set of frames includes the first particular segment as a whole segment having the segment size;
embedding, based on the identified insertion zone, a video object within the insertion zone of the image content of each respective selected frame such that the video object appears as part of the image content of each of the selected video frames; and
creating output video data based on the sub-set of frames in response to the sub-set of frames including the plurality of selected frames and in response to the sub-set of frames including the first particular segment as a whole segment, the output video data including only a modified sub-set of frames of the plurality of frames, the modified sub-set of frames being the sequence of frames that starts at the earliest frame of the first particular segment and including the plurality of selected frames with the video object embedded therein.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a first point in time of the video material that the starting frame of the selected frames occurs, wherein identifying the first boundary point based on the segment size and the starting frame includes identifying the first boundary point based on the first point in time and the segment size.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the selected frames include an ending frame included in a second particular segment of the plurality of segments and wherein the operations further comprise:
identifying, based on the duration of the segment size and based on occurrence of the ending frame, a second boundary point of the source video data that corresponds to a latest frame of the second particular segment, wherein the sub-set of frames ends at the latest frame of the second particular segment such that the first boundary point and the second boundary point define the sub-set of frames in a manner that the sub-set of frames includes the selected frames and each segment included in the sub-set of frames is included as a whole segment and wherein the modified sub-set of frames ends at the latest frame of the second particular segment such that each segment included in the modified sub-set of frames is included as a whole segment.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a first point in time of the video material that the starting frame of the selected frames occurs, wherein identifying the first boundary point based on the segment size and the starting frame includes identifying the first boundary point based on the first point in time and the segment size; and
determining a second point in time of the video material that the ending frame of the selected frames occurs, wherein identifying the second boundary point based on the segment size and the ending frame includes identifying the second boundary point based on the second point in time and the segment size, wherein the second particular segment is the same segment as or a different segment from the first particular segment.
18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the output video data includes metadata that includes one or more of the following:
timing information related to occurrence of the first boundary point;
timing information related to a duration of presentation of the modified sub-set of frames; and
a number of frames of the modified sub-set of frames.
19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the output video data includes a tracking pixel configured to transmit a message as a result of the modified sub-set of frames being presented.
20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the data defining the segment size defines the segment size by one or more of a time duration and a particular number of frames.