Introduction
The trend of generating and distributing information has lead to a boom in User-generated content. Of these, managing video files has proved to be a headache, often requiring each file to be scrutinised personally expensive, timeconsuming and tedious work. The popularity of UGC websites has increased dramatically. (Source: ComScore) Site visitors remain online for up to an hour each visit. However advertisers are often deterred from such fertile ground due to risk of inappropriate content found on such sites.
VideoScanner is an effective management tool to reduce the need for human monitoring of video content. Designed to accurately scan video files to detect and categorise sensitive content, the software is a practical solution for the essential maintenance and supervision of content. This unique frame-byframe analysis effortlessly detects illicit data, adult material, or copyright infringement.
The technology provides developers with video management capabilities. VideoScanner is compatible with Fortium’s ICA plug-in which expands VideoScanner’s capabilities to filter content and categorise the media into suitable and unsuitable content. ICA is the most widely used image analysis technology, and differs from standard flesh-tone filters by predicting the appropriateness of a media based on a number of specific attributes.
Similis can also be used successfully within VideoScanner to detect a number of frames within another video file, finding duplicated movies or pirated pre-release screeners. Similis uses an image fingerprinting system to find a matching frame, or a frame with very similar content and characteristics. This combination can be used in strengthening current data-tracking systems which help monitoring users’ contributions to shared content websites, and assist in the removal of problem content.
Features
VideoScanner’s intelligent engine offers a realistic method for managing problem video files.
The features are numerous:
- High speed scanning of key frames or multiple frames
- Scans many commonly used file formats – avi, divx, mov, mp4, mpg, vob, fla
- Video files fed or queued to API
- API configured to required customised settings
VideoScanner Development
The technology is supplied to developers and integration partners with full technical documentation and sample coding. Easy to integrate with partners’ products or with other Fortium products, VideoScanner can provide means of controlling and managing Video content applications in the information security market sector. Also in development is a video-file retrieval and categorisation solution, powered by VideoScanner and Harvester. Suited to managing video files on user-generated websites, this important development is a step towards responsible management of user submitted content.