SERVER-SIDE TRANSCODING OF MEDIA FILES

摘要

The disclosed embodiments relate to a file-communication system that enables a user to stream high-quality media (for example, from their Dropbox™) During operation, the system streams the media at an initial quality level to a client via a channel. For example, the quality level may be one of a set of quality levels associated with different transcoding operations. Then, the system determines or obtains an indicator of performance for the channel. Based on the indicator, the system spawns an additional transcoding operation at a different quality level than is available in the set of quality levels. The resulting media at the different quality level is then streamed from the system to the client via the channel.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for streaming media, the method comprising:
using a computer, streaming the media at a quality level from a server to a client via a channel, wherein the quality level is part of a set of quality levels associated with different transcoding operations; obtaining an indicator of performance for the channel; spawning an additional transcoding operation at a different quality level than is available in the set of quality levels based on the indicator; and streaming the media at the different quality level from the server to the client via the channel.