Differential QoE in Picture-in-Picture Gaming Videos: A Subjective Study

Lyko, T., Elkhatib, Y. , Ramdhany, R. and Race, N. (2023) Differential QoE in Picture-in-Picture Gaming Videos: A Subjective Study. In: 15th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2023), Ghent, Belgium, 20-22 June 2023, ISBN 9798350311730 (doi: 10.1109/QoMEX58391.2023.10178572)

Abstract

Video streaming continues to be the largest service delivered on the internet. This includes gaming videos, delivered both on-demand and live, where gaming footage is usually accompanied by a video of the player overlaid on top of the gameplay - resulting in Picture-In-Picture (PiP) content. Currently, PiP content is usually combined into a single video before being delivered to the client via technologies such as HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS). In this study, we investigated the QoE importance of gameplay and player elements in PiP gaming videos by varying the video quality of these elements individually. We conducted a subjective study, testing nine quality permutations based on three quality levels across three pieces of content from different gaming genres, with 30 participants recruited using an ethical crowdsourcing platform. We found that gameplay was significantly more important in terms of overall QoE, while the player element made a difference in only a few cases.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: This research was supported by UKRI EPSRC and BBC Prosperity Partnership AI4ME: Future Personalised Object-Based Media Experiences Delivered at Scale Anywhere EP/V038087.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Elkhatib, Dr Yehia
• Authors: Lyko, T., Elkhatib, Y., Ramdhany, R., and Race, N.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• ISSN: 2472-7814
• ISBN: 9798350311730
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023, IEEE
• First Published: First published in 2023 15th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX)
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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