A video authoring system has an authoring computing device that generates a visual synchronization layout, via a graphical user interface without user-based inputting of computer executable code, for a video with a time duration and for content to be added to the video at one or more time-based positions within the video. The video authoring system also has a processor, in operable communication with the authoring computing device, that sends data associated with the visual synchronization layout to a remote server that automatically generates a manifest based on the data associated with the visual synchronization layout. The manifest is computer executable code that is executed by a media player at a computing device so that the media player plays the video in synchronization with the content.

There is disclosed herein a system of managing posts for interacting with web based digital video. The system comprises a user interface application operating on one or more user devices which are operative to view web based digital video, the user interface application creating posts that refer to digital media items, digital media items comprising images, video, 3d images, 3d video, 360-degree images, 360-degree video, geocoded images, geocoded video or spherical digital images and spherical digital video. A database system stores user created posts. The created posts are clustered or grouped to reach convergence. A programmed processing system is in operative communication with user devices and the database system for creating and managing embedded data in user created posts and one or more select locations in select web based digital video, wherein users interacting with the user interface application can access user created posts.

One or more computing devices may be configured to identify information corresponding to a program change request associated with a multi-program data transmission. The information may comprise at least a link to a desired program within the multi-program data transmission. The one or more computing devices may communicate the link to the desired program to a client device over a specified time period. After the time period, the one or more computing devices may communicate the desired program to the client device using a single program data transmission. The single program data transmission may be derived from the multi-program data transmission.

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically displaying hyperlinks in a video based on various factors associated with a device at which the video is played and/or a user of the device. In one or more aspects, a system includes a request component configured to receive a request to play a video hosted by a media provider. The system further includes a selection component configured to select a subset of links included in a set of links associated with the video to provide with the video when it is played in response to the request based in part on a number of links included in the set of links, wherein graphical elements respectively representative of the links included in the subset of links are configured to be displayed over the video when the video is played in response to the request.

A video authoring system has an authoring computing device that generates a visual synchronization layout, via a graphical user interface without user-based inputting of computer executable code, for a video with a time duration and for content to be added to the video at one or more time-based positions within the video. The video authoring system also has a processor, in operable communication with the authoring computing device, that sends data associated with the visual synchronization layout to a remote server that automatically generates a manifest based on the data associated with the visual synchronization layout. The manifest is computer executable code that is executed by a media player at a computing device so that the media player plays the video in synchronization with the content.

A device that includes a playback engine configured to receive a video request that includes source scene information for a set of video scenes and animation instructions. The playback engine is configured to assign source scene identifiers for each video scene and to assign animation identifiers to elements in the video scenes. The playback engine is configured to generate a scene timing map that links a source scene identifier with an animation identifier and a time duration for the animation identifier. The playback engine is configured to generate a video timing map that includes a set of timestamp entries that each reference a source scene identifier and an animation identifier in the scene timing map. The playback engine is configured to link a progress bar with the video timing map and to display the progress bar with a video scene that is generated based on the source scene information.

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically displaying hyperlinks in a video based on various factors associated with a device at which the video is played and/or a user of the device. In one or more aspects, a system includes a request component configured to receive a request to play a video hosted by a media provider. The system further includes a selection component configured to select a subset of links included in a set of links associated with the video to provide with the video when it is played in response to the request based in part on a number of links included in the set of links, wherein graphical elements respectively representative of the links included in the subset of links are configured to be displayed over the video when the video is played in response to the request.

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining a product video representing a product and review feeds authored by a user. Product features are extracted from the product video and user specific features are extracted from the review feeds. User specific add-on content is generated based on the user specific features and user data. The user specific add-on contents are overlaid onto the product video when the product feature corresponding to a user specific feature of the user specific add-on content.

A video element of a browser can be moved, resized, etc. independently of the remainder of a browser page. In one embodiment, as the video element is moved, the remainder of the browser page is reformatted so as to change the page's layout. The renderer of the content can have a different video provider sourcing the video element than the remainder of the browser page. As a result, two different content streams can be provided to the renderer in parallel. In another embodiment, the video element can be docked, such as through a flick operation or a drag-and-drop operation. Once docked, the browser page can be scrolled while the docked video element remains at a fixed location relative to an edge of the browser page.

Systems, methods, apparatuses are described for monitoring events in a plurality of different services. A system may monitor manifest files for one or more content items. Manifest files may contain manifest file tags indicating events and insertion opportunities. Events and/or insertion opportunities may be detected, and a switch from one content item to another content item, based on customized user priority preferences, may be caused.