Method and system for streaming a media file during a concurrent transcoding thereof
US10616616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 1, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4325
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes receiving from a user a request to play a media file on a media player operating on a client terminal, where the media file is coded with a first coding format incompatible with the media player. The media file is transcoded from the first coding format to a transcoded media file in a second coding format compatible with the media player, and streaming the transcoded media file over a communication network to the media player concurrently during transcoding by transcoding a data chunk from a plurality of data chunks related to the media file respectively to a transcoded data fragment. The transcoded data fragment is sent for stream viewing on the media player while transcoding a next data chunk from said plurality of data chunks. The transcoded data fragments are written to the transcoded media file and stored in a memory.
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