Systems, Methods, and Media for Controlling Delivery Of Content

    公开(公告)号:US20230067662A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17929603

    申请日:2022-09-02

    申请人: DIVX, LLC

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling delivery of content are provided. In some embodiments, a system for controlling delivery of content is provided. The system includes processing circuitry configured to: transmit, to a server, a plurality of requests for blocks of the content; while at least some of the plurality of requests are still outstanding: detect a change of a service characteristic of a connection between the system and the server; determine a preferred number of outstanding requests; and cancel at least some of the requests from the plurality that are still outstanding based on the preferred number and a count of the requests from the plurality that are still outstanding.

    Selection of resolutions for seamless resolution switching of multimedia content

    公开(公告)号:US11457054B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17063439

    申请日:2020-10-05

    申请人: DIVX, LLC

    摘要: Systems and methods for the selection of resolutions for seamless resolution switching of multimedia content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a source encoder includes a processor configured by a source encoder application to receive multimedia content, where the multimedia content comprises video data having a primary resolution and a primary sample aspect ratio and encode the video data as a set of alternative streams, where a plurality of the streams in the set of alternative streams have different maximum bitrates and resolutions, the resolution of each of the plurality of streams comprises a width and height that are both an integer number of pixels, and both the width and height of each of the plurality of streams is a common fraction of the width and height of the corresponding primary resolution.

    Synchronizing multiple over the top streaming clients

    公开(公告)号:US11272232B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16729102

    申请日:2019-12-27

    申请人: DIVX, LLC

    摘要: Systems and methods for synchronizing the playback of OTT or other time sensitive content on multiple playback devices is disclosed. The systems and methods include receiving time information based on a network time source in the playback devices. The playback clock in each playback device is set based upon the time information. Stream initiation information derived using the time information from the network time source is received by each of the playback device from the media provider. The playback devices use the stream initiation information to adjust the presentation time stamps of the frames of the media content in the stream.