Recap generation — long-form video into structured summaries

Recap generation is the automatic synthesis of a structured summary from a long-form video recording. Deepgrip identifies high-salience moments using an entity index combined with audio cues, then assembles a recap with optional clip output, multilingual subtitles, and configurable length from 30 seconds to 10 minutes.

What a recap actually is

A recap is a compressed retelling of a long-form video. The compression ratio matters — a 4-hour cricket match compressed to 90 seconds is a different artifact than the same match compressed to 10 minutes. A recap layer must support the full range and let the operator choose.

Inside the artifact, three things must be true: every claim must be sourced (a citation-backed answer pattern), the salience selection must reflect domain semantics (a wicket is more salient than a forward defensive stroke), and the language and tone must match the audience (Hindi commentary recap for IN, English for international).

How salience is determined

Deepgrip combines three signals to identify high-salience moments in a recording:

  1. Entity events: named entities that appear in domain-specific event roles (a wicket, a goal, a milestone run, a named guest entering, a motion being introduced in parliament).
  2. Audio cues: applause, crowd noise spikes, music beds, dramatic silences. These are surprisingly reliable salience markers.
  3. Linguistic markers: rhetorical patterns, emphatic phrasing, repetition, named-entity density.

Output shapes

A recap can be rendered as: a 90-second video with auto-cut clips and captions; a 3-minute structured summary with embedded timestamped citations; a 10-minute recap with longer clips and full surrounding context; or a JSON timeline that downstream editorial tools (NLEs, CMS plug-ins) can consume.

The same source video produces all of these from one indexing pass. Recaps in 121 languages from one source are shipped without re-editing — the translation pipeline aligns at the segment level.

When to use recap vs compile

A recap summarises a single recording. A compile assembles moments across many recordings along a chosen dimension (one player across a tournament, one topic across a season). Both are valuable, both are outputs of the same searchable archive — but they answer different editorial questions.

For one match, one episode, one session — use a recap. For "every time speaker X discussed topic Y across the year" — use a compile.

Editorial guard rails

A recap is shipped to an audience. Editorial guard rails matter: muted-term lists, brand-safe overrides, attribution requirements, approval queues. Deepgrip's recap pipeline supports all of these as first-class settings, configurable per archive and per output channel.

Frequently asked

How long does it take to generate a recap?

Typically faster than the recap's own length. A 90-second recap from a 4-hour recording assembles in a couple of minutes after the recording is indexed; a 10-minute recap takes a few minutes longer.

Can recaps be in a different language than the source?

Yes. The translation pipeline operates segment-aligned, so a Hindi-source recap can ship in Tamil, English, Spanish or any of 121 supported languages without re-editing.

Are recaps editable?

Yes. Every recap exports a JSON timeline that can be imported into a NLE for human polish. The auto-generated cut is the starting point, not the final.

Can I configure salience rules per domain?

Yes. Cricket archives use cricket-specific entity types and salience rules; faith archives use sermon-specific rules; parliamentary archives use motion- and bill-specific rules. Domain configurations ship as templates for common verticals.

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