Video processing method apparatus

• US 9,076,493 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2013
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VID SCALE Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lou, Shuai, Chen, Qian
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/109,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20140105576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 386/241, 386/353, 386/239, 386/354, 386/355, 386/356, 386/343
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/19 by using information detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6371 directed to network

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a video processing method, including: parsing, by a buffer server, a video file, and creating a video index file, where the index file includes a position of a key frame in the video file; receiving information about a target position of video dragging and sent by a client; determining a key frame closest to the target position according to the index file and the target position; and sending video file data that begins with a position of the closest key frame to the client so that the client starts playing from the target position. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present invention further provide a buffer server, which solves the problem that a video without a file header and a video dragged beyond a storage range of a server cannot be played after being dragged, and improves user experience.

Claims

1. A video processing method, comprising:

parsing, by a buffer server, a video file, and creating a video index file, wherein the index file comprises a position of a key frame in the video file;

updating the index file according to information about a target position of video dragging and received from a client;

determining a key frame closest to the target position according to the updated index file; and

sending video file data that begins with a position of the closest key frame to the client so that the client starts playing from the target position.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the creating, by the buffer server, a video index file, comprises;

traversing the video file to obtain the position of the key frame; and

creating the video index file and writing the position of the key frame into the video index file.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the updating the index file comprises:

detecting, by the buffer server, that the target position goes beyond a range of the video file, and sending a video file continuing request to a source server; and

traversing, by the buffer server, a continued video file sent by the source server to obtain a position of a key frame in the continued video file, and writing the position of the key frame in the continued video file into the video index file.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

before sending the video file continuing request to the source server, the method further comprises;

calculating a difference between the position of the key frame before the target position and the target position, and determining a key frame with a least absolute value of the difference; and

encapsulating a position of the key frame with the least absolute value of the difference into the request.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position of the key frame comprises:

a byte offset of the key frame, or a time offset of the key frame.

6. A buffer server for processing a video, comprising:

a creating unit, configured to parse a video file, and create a video index file, wherein the index file comprises a position of a key frame in the video file;

an updating unit, configured to;

according to information about a target position of video dragging and sent by a client, update the index file created by the creating unit;

a determining unit, configured to determine a key frame closest to the target position according to the index file updated by the updating unit; and

a sending unit, configured to send video file data that begins with a position of the closest key frame to the client so that the client starts playing from the target position.

7. The buffer server according to claim 6, wherein:

the creating, by the creating unit, a video index file, comprises;

traversing the video file to obtain the position of the key frame; and

creating the video index file and writing the position of the key frame into the video index file.

8. The buffer server according to claim 6, wherein:

the updating, by the updating unit, the index file created by the creating unit, comprises;

detecting, by the updating unit, that the target position goes beyond a range of the video file, and sending, by the sending unit, a video file continuing request to a source server; and

traversing, by the updating unit, a continued video file sent by the source server to obtain a position of a key frame in the continued video file, and writing the position of the key frame in the continued video file into the video index file.

9. The buffer server according to claim 6, wherein the position of the key frame comprises:

a byte offset of the key frame, or a time offset of the key frame.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a buffer server for processing a video configured to parse a video file, and create a video index file, wherein the index file comprises a position of a key frame in the video file, configured to;

according to information about a target position of video dragging and sent by a client, update the created index file, configured to determine a key frame closest to the target position according to the updated index file, and configured to send video file data that begins with a position of the closest key frame to the client so that the client starts playing from the target position.