Exploring Classification Models for Video Source Device Identification: A Study of CNN-SVM and Softmax Classifier

Abstract

Video Source device identification plays a crucial role in video forensics as the proliferation of video capturing devices has given rise to crimes with videos that are challenging to trace. Reliance on metadata extraction is insufficient as it can be corrupted or manipulated to conceal the source of the crime. Another technique employed for source identification is noise pattern extraction, which generates a unique identification for the video camera. However, this method is susceptible to capture faults and can produce diverse noise patterns for each video. In addressing these challenges, there is a need to identify distinctive features that are consistent across all videos captured by the same camera. This has led to the adoption of computer vision techniques utilizing machine learning and deep learning. Classifiers play a crucial role in machine learning and data analysis, as they are responsible for categorizing or predicting results based on input data. Our experiments show that the subject is sensitive to classifiers and developing a good classifier or classifier-level fusions can improve results in practice for all datasets.