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Packed I-frames

  • US 10,715,776 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2017
  • Issued: 07/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of streaming a media asset at a media player, comprising:

  • storing, at a media source, first segments of a first media stream for the media asset, the first segments containing video data of frames of the media asset coded according to temporal prediction techniques;

    storing, at the media source, second segments of a second media stream for the media asset that contain frames of the media asset coded solely as intra-coded (I) frames, wherein the second segments contains frames of the media asset that are redundant to corresponding frames of the first segments and wherein at least one I frame in the second segments corresponds a frame in the first segments that is not an I frame;

    storing, at the media source, manifest data that contains for the first media stream;

    an identifier of a network location from which each of the first segments may be downloaded,configuration information for the first media stream including a bitrate of the stream,an identifier of a network location from which each of the second segments may be downloaded, andan indication that both the first segments and the second segments are associated with the first media stream, that the first segments are normal playback segments, and the that second segments are enhanced playback segments; and

    providing, by the media source, data from the first segments and the second segments in response to request(s) from a client device.

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