Techniques for the generation of dubbed audio for an audio/video are described. An exemplary approach is to receive a request to generate dubbed speech for an audio/visual file; and in response to the request to: extract speech segments from an audio track of the audio/visual file associated with identified speakers; translate the extracted speech segments into a target language; determine a machine learning model per identified speaker, the trained machine learning models to be used to generate a spoken version of the translated, extracted speech segments based on the identified speaker; generate, per translated, extracted speech segment, a spoken version of the translated, extracted speech segments using a trained machine learning model that corresponds to the identified speaker of the translated, extracted speech segment and prosody information for the extracted speech segments; and replace the extracted speech segments from the audio track of the audio/visual file with the spoken versions spoken version of the translated, extracted speech segments to generate a modified audio track.

Example techniques may involve managing playback of media content by a playback device. In an example implementation, a playback device receives, via the network interface from a control device of the media playback system, an instruction to queue a container of audio tracks into a queue for playback by the playback device, wherein the container of audio tracks and consists of: (a) an album, (b) a playlist, or (c) an internet radio station. While the playback device is playing back the queue and before each audio track of the playlist is played back, the playback device determines whether the respective audio track is associated with a negative preference. If the respective audio track is associated with the negative preference, the playback device advances playback over the respective audio track to the next audio track within the queue.

Example techniques may involve managing playback of media content by a playback device. In an example implementation, a playback device receives, via the network interface from a control device of the media playback system, an instruction to queue a container of audio tracks into a queue for playback by the playback device, wherein the container of audio tracks and consists of: (a) an album, (b) a playlist, or (c) an internet radio station. While the playback device is playing back the queue and before each audio track of the playlist is played back, the playback device determines whether the respective audio track is associated with a negative preference. If the respective audio track is associated with the negative preference, the playback device advances playback over the respective audio track to the next audio track within the queue.

A decoding system decodes a video stream, which is encoded video information. The decoding system includes a decoder that acquires the video steam and generates decoded video information, and a maximum luminance information acquirer that acquires, in a case where a dynamic range of luminance of the video stream is a second dynamic range that is wider than a first dynamic range, maximum luminance information indicating the maximum luminance of the video stream from the video stream. The decoding system also includes an outputter that outputs the decoded video information and the maximum luminance information. Where the dynamic range of luminance of the video stream is expressed by the maximum luminance of all pictures in the video stream as the maximum luminance information, the outputter outputs the decoded video information, along with the maximum luminance information indicating the maximum luminance of all pictures in the video stream.

A decoding system decodes a video stream, which is encoded video information. The decoding system includes a decoder that acquires the video steam and generates decoded video information, and a maximum luminance information acquirer that acquires, in a case where a dynamic range of luminance of the video stream is a second dynamic range that is wider than a first dynamic range, maximum luminance information indicating the maximum luminance of the video stream from the video stream. The decoding system also includes an outputter that outputs the decoded video information and the maximum luminance information. Where the dynamic range of luminance of the video stream is expressed by the maximum luminance of all pictures in the video stream as the maximum luminance information, the outputter outputs the decoded video information, along with the maximum luminance information indicating the maximum luminance of all pictures in the video stream.

Various implementations described herein are directed to technologies for providing error detection for a disk drive of a digital video recorder (DVR). Access data is measured according to a degree of usage of a disk drive of a DVR. The access data is stored. The stored access data is analyzed to detect performance degradation of the disk drive.

According to an embodiment, a magnetic disk has a plurality of second servo sectors and a plurality of third servo sectors each arranged between two second servo sectors of the plurality of second servo sectors, in which the second and third servo sectors are arranged in a circumferential direction. A controller performs a first demodulation for detecting a servo mark and demodulating a burst pattern on the servo data in each second servo sector. The controller performs a second demodulation for demodulating the burst pattern without detecting the servo mark, on the servo data in each third servo sector. The controller performs the second demodulation on the servo data in a fourth servo sector which is one of the plurality of second servo sectors in a case where the detection of the servo mark fails when the first demodulation is performed on the servo data in the fourth servo sector.

An information processing device performs, in a case where, out of a plurality of magnetic tapes on which data is multiplexed and recorded, the number of the magnetic tapes which is equal to or more than a predetermined number of multiplexes are stored in a storage unit, first control to handle each magnetic tape stored in the storage unit, to be readable and writable, and performs, in a case where the number of the magnetic tapes which is less than the number of multiplexes are stored in the storage unit, second control to handle the magnetic tape stored in the storage unit, to be read-only.

To generate an optimum compressor irrespective of the number of dimensions and a format of a multidimensional dataset. A storage system refers to dimension setting information, which is information representing an attribute for each of data dimensions of the multidimensional dataset, and generates a compressor based on the dimension setting information.

The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of one aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device decodes the coded data and converts the extended video obtained by decoding the coded data to the standard video on the basis of the brightness conversion definition information.