Methods and systems for playing media

摘要

Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that enables a user to patch corrupted media. In particular, the media guidance application place-shifts a frame of a second version of the media corresponding to a corrupted portion of the media from a remote location and displays the place-shifted data at the local device.

主权项

1. A method for playing media, the method comprising:
retrieving a frame of a plurality of frames corresponding to a local version of a media asset from a memory of a local device; computing a checksum for the frame; comparing the checksum to frame data to determine whether the frame is corrupt; and in response to determining that the frame is corrupt: identifying a playback position of the media asset corresponding to the frame; searching a database listing a plurality of remote devices accessing remote versions of the media asset to identify a remote device accessing a remote version of the media asset at the playback position; in response to identifying the remote device, place-shifting a frame of the remote version corresponding to the playback position from the remote device to the local device; and generating for display at the local device the place-shifted frame.