UNINTERRUPTED PLAYBACK OF VIDEO STREAMS USING LOWER QUALITY CACHED FILES

摘要

Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating uninterrupted playback of video streams using lower quality cached files. A video file corresponding to an entirety of a video content feature encoded at a first quality is obtained. A video stream corresponding to the video content feature encoded at a second quality higher than the first quality is then obtained. The video stream is rendered for playback on a display. In response to detecting an unavailability of the video stream at a particular time in the video content feature, the video file is rendered for playback on the display in place of the video stream and commences at the particular time in the video content feature.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
at least one computing device; and a video player application executable in the at least one computing device, wherein when executed the video player application causes the at least one computing device to at least:
obtain a video file corresponding to an entirety of a video content feature encoded at a first quality;obtain a video stream corresponding to the video content feature encoded at a second quality higher than the first quality;render the video stream for playback on a display;detect an unavailability of the video stream at a particular time in the video content feature;render the video file for playback on the display in place of the video stream and commencing at the particular time in the video content feature; andresume rendering of the video stream in place of the video file at a later time in the video content feature when the video stream becomes available.