{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights/blob/89f772eb3bd400a1d824008a2ea3860a74ffb4a3/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Overwatch highlight reverse engineering maps metadata embedded near the end of the game's MP4 highlight videos. Its documentation describes the Base64 and UTF-16LE encoded structure and fields for map, hero, skin and highlight type, alongside Java code for working with the findings.",
  "description_zh": "Overwatch highlight reverse engineering 解析游戏精彩片段 MP4 文件尾部的元数据。文档说明 Base64 与 UTF-16LE 编码结构，以及地图、英雄、皮肤和片段类型字段，并附有使用这些发现的 Java 代码。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights/blob/89f772eb3bd400a1d824008a2ea3860a74ffb4a3/docs/index.rst",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "overwatch-highlights-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/overwatch-highlights-case/index.md",
  "name": "Overwatch: mapping highlight-file metadata",
  "name_zh": "Overwatch：解析精彩片段文件的元数据",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Overwatch-generated MP4 highlight files are the input described by the documentation.",
    "Map and skin identifier values remain incomplete.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "文档分析的输入是 Overwatch 生成的 MP4 精彩片段文件。",
    "地图和皮肤标识符尚未全部整理完成。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/JnCrMx/overwatch-highlights",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-07"
}