Revolutionizing Dota 2 Viewing: Automated Battle Highlights in Esports Videos

This research outlines a structured process for automatically generating video highlights from Dota 2, a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game. Dota 2's dynamic battles make determining their duration challenging, often requiring manual intervention. However, the game's API provides developers access to critical in-game information, particularly player deaths, which serve as key indicators of battles. The process unfolds in six steps: capturing competition videos, extracting match details, refining the data to account for in-game time variations and game start times, automatic video trimming with attention to overlap resolution, consolidation of video segments, and, finally, the publication of the highlight video. This approach ensures engaging and concise highlight videos, enhancing the viewer experience.