SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE ENCODING OF A SEGMENTED MEDIA STREAM USING SEGMENT TRANSMIT TIMES

摘要

Systems and methods are described for providing a media stream transmitted from an encoding system to a remotely-located media player that requests segments of the media stream. The media stream is encoded into segments according to an encoding parameter. Data is gathered about current conditions of the network and/or the media player, and encoding of the media stream is adjusted during operation to adapt to changing conditions. The encoding parameter is suitably adjusted in response to changes in available bandwidth and/or segment transmit time, as appropriate.

主权项

1. A method of encoding a segmented media stream provided from an encoding system to a remotely-located media player, the method comprising:
encoding the media stream at the encoding system according to at least one encoding parameter, wherein the media stream comprises a plurality of sequential segments that collectively make up the media stream; receiving a request for at least one of the plurality of sequential segments from the remotely-located media player; in response to the request, transmitting one of the sequential segments of the encoded media stream to the remotely-located media player; and adjusting the at least one encoding parameter during encoding of subsequent segments in real time based upon a transmit time of the transmitted one of the sequential segments.