# How do the papers measure quality degradation over rollout time (curves, drift deltas, judges), what do the numbers show, and where are the metrics unreliable?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T12:32:33.548Z
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Four measurement styles appear: (1) an imaging-quality-versus-time curve over 30 s (CausVid Fig. 8); (2) a first-5-s versus last-5-s imaging-quality delta, "ΔDriftQuality", on 30 s videos (Rolling Forcing); (3) whole-video VBench-Long dimensions at 50/75/100 s plus a Gemini-2.5-Pro "visual stability" score (Self-Forcing++); (4) VBench dimensions at 50/250 s with an explicit warning that copied clips fool consistency metrics (SVI). The authors of Self-Forcing++ and SVI both say standard image/consistency metrics can reward degraded or static video, so motion (dynamic degree) must be read with them.

Four measurement styles appear: (1) an imaging-quality-versus-time curve over 30 s (CausVid Fig. 8); (2) a first-5-s versus last-5-s imaging-quality delta, "ΔDriftQuality", on 30 s videos (Rolling Forcing); (3) whole-video VBench-Long dimensions at 50/75/100 s plus a Gemini-2.5-Pro "visual stability" score (Self-Forcing++); (4) VBench dimensions at 50/250 s with an explicit warning that copied clips fool consistency metrics (SVI). The authors of Self-Forcing++ and SVI both say standard image/consistency metrics can reward degraded or static video, so motion (dynamic degree) must be read with them.

Curator qualifications: All excerpts located; CausVid 30 s quality vs over-exposure at 50-100 s (different lengths/metrics) kept.

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      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07772v4",
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      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25161v1",
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      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02283v1",
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Four measurement styles appear: (1) an imaging-quality-versus-time curve over 30 s (CausVid Fig. 8); (2) a first-5-s versus last-5-s imaging-quality delta, "ΔDriftQuality", on 30 s videos (Rolling Forcing); (3) whole-video VBench-Long dimensions at 50/75/100 s plus a Gemini-2.5-Pro "visual stability" score (Self-Forcing++); (4) VBench dimensions at 50/250 s with an explicit warning that copied clips fool consistency metrics (SVI). The authors of Self-Forcing++ and SVI both say standard image/consistency metrics can reward degraded or static video, so motion (dynamic degree) must be read with them. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07772v4

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