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mediacaptain
– an interface for browsing streaming media The
increase of bandwidth and streaming technology has made video on the
Web the current “killer-app” of the dot-com world. However,
users still face many problems. Users have to find the right video and
the right segment within the video. Locally stored files provide easy
(but still not very sophisticated) access to individual points in the
video by utilizing a seek slider. If the video is streamed over the
Internet, this slider loses much of its attraction. Every accessed point
in the video requires the video player to buffer, which causes a time
lag. The mediacaptain is a system that addresses this issue by using
supplementary material like text and graphics to provide indices. This
time-aligned material is used to help the user make an informed decision
on whether they want to watch a video and if so, what portions. This
web-enabled prototype called mediacaptain emerged from user surveys
and is demonstrated on several content types and represents an advanced
experience with video on the Web.
More info on the mediacaptain project. |
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mediacaptain – an interface for browsing streaming media