Today's and tomorrow's retrieval practice in the audiovisual archive

Content-based video retrieval is maturing to the point where it can be used in real-world retrieval practices. One such practice is the audiovisual archive, whose users increasingly require fine-grained access to broadcast television content. We investigate to what extent content-based video retrieval methods can improve search in the audiovisual archive. In particular, we propose an evaluation methodology tailored to the specific needs and circumstances of the audiovisual archive, which are typically missed by existing evaluation initiatives. We utilize logged searches and content purchases from an existing audiovisual archive to create realistic query sets and relevance judgments. To reflect the retrieval practice of both the archive and the video retrieval community as closely as possible, our experiments with three video search engines incorporate archive-created catalog entries as well as state-of-the-art multimedia content analysis results. We find that incorporating content...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CIVR
• Authors: Bouke Huurnink, Cees G. M. Snoek, Maarten de Rijke, Arnold W. M. Smeulders
• Keywords: Audiovisual Archives, CIVR 2010, Content-based Video Retrieval, Image Analysis, Video Retrieval