Audio selection from a multi-video environment

摘要

A method and system for audio selection is disclosed. Multiple active videos are rendered in a single video stream and the multiple active videos are simultaneously displayed on a client machine. A user selects a video from among the multiple active videos for which associated audio is presented. As the user selects different videos the previous audio is stopped and the new audio is played. The new audio is synchronized to the selected video.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for audio selection comprising:
receiving, on a client machine, a plurality of simultaneously active videos wherein the plurality of simultaneously active videos is received in a single elementary video stream where a video streamer has aggregated a plurality of active videos into one elementary video stream to provide the single elementary video stream and where the client machine and the video streamer are different machines; displaying the plurality of simultaneously active videos on the client machine; playing a first audio wherein the first audio is associated with a first of the plurality of simultaneously active videos; requesting a second audio which is different from the first audio based on a selection; discontinuing playing of the first audio based on the selection; and playing of the second audio where the second audio is associated with a second of the plurality of simultaneously active videos and buffering the second audio before the playing the second audio begins.