Short-form video content has become increasingly popular and influential in recent years. Its concise yet engaging format aligns well with todays' fast-paced and on-the-go lifestyles, making it a dominating trend in the digital world. As one of the front runners in the short video platform space, ByteDance has been highly successful in delivering a one-of-a-kind short video experience and attracting billions of users worldwide. One key contributing factor is its advanced end-to-end personalized short video playback technology, where we pioneered and developed the new technical field over the past five years to optimize user experience. This paper introduces the major concepts and methodologies of this personalized video playback technology that distinguish it from traditional multimedia technologies. More details, including goal setting, iterative process, modeling, experimental methods and required supporting systems, are also provided to encourage deeper research in this area.
@article{arxiv.2410.17073,
title = {Personalized Playback Technology: How Short Video Services Create Excellent User Experience},
author = {Weihui Deng and Zhiwei Fan and Deliang Fu and Yun Gong and Shenglan Huang and Xiaocheng Li and Zheng Li and Yiting Liao and He Liu and Chunyu Qiao and Bin Wang and Zhen Wang and Zhengyu Xiong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.17073},
year = {2024}
}