| 摘要 |
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller that increasing a first quality of first media content to achieve an adjusted quality, by adjusting a number of first encoded video portions, first encoded audio portions or both allocated to a presentation of first video and first audio of the first media content. A digital stream having a total bandwidth includes the first media content and second media content. A second quality of the second media content is decreased, by decreasing a number of encoded video portions, encoded audio portions or both allocated to a presentation of second video and second audio of the second media content, while maintaining consistency in the total bandwidth of the digital stream. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a system comprising a processor, an indication of a preference for increasing a video quality, an audio quality or a combination thereof for select media content of a digital stream, wherein the digital stream comprises the select media content with other media content, and wherein the digital stream has a total bandwidth; increasing, by the system, the video quality, the audio quality or a combination thereof of the select media content, based on the indication of the preference, by increasing a number of a first plurality of encoded video portions, a first plurality of encoded audio portions or both allocated to a presentation of first video and first audio of the select media content, wherein each additional encoded video portion, encoded audio portion or both, increases a video quality, an audio quality or both, of the presentation of the first video and the first audio of the select media content; and decreasing, by the system, a video quality, an audio quality or a combination thereof of the other media content by decreasing a number of a second plurality of encoded video portions, a second plurality of encoded audio portions or both allocated to a presentation of second video and second audio of the other media content, while maintaining consistency in the total bandwidth of the digital stream, wherein each removal of an encoded video portion, an encoded audio portion or both, decreases a video quality, an audio quality or both, of the presentation of the second video and the second audio of the other media content. |
