The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and methods for sharing contents. A first electronic device includes a communication interface, and a processor configured to obtain a request for running a content sharing service with a second electronic device, generate connection identification information using first user identification information corresponding to the first electronic device and second user identification information corresponding to the second electronic device, in response to the request, and transmit the connection identification information to a first external electronic device for providing the content sharing service between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, using the communication interface.

A technique for load balancing between first and second DVRs includes receiving a customer-generated signal to enable load balancing between at least first and second digital video recorders (DVRs), and responsive to the signal and based at least in part on a storage size of at least one content, execute a load balancing algorithm to move at least some content from the first DVR to the second DVR.

A technique for using an MSO-based network of DVRs to share content includes receiving a request for content from a first digital video recorder (DVR) in an establishment of a first customer in a multiple system's operator (MSO) video network including at least a second DVR in an establishment of a second customer. The establishment of the first customer is remote from the establishment of the second customer. Responsive to the request for contest, the MSO video network is queried for content satisfying the request. Responsive to identifying the content satisfying the request on the second DVR, the content satisfying the request is copied from the second DVR to the first DVR.

Method and apparatus for processing multimedia data received via different networks by synchronizing time stamps of video frames of multimedia data received via the different networks using time codes in the multimedia data.

A method implemented by a first client device, the method comprising receiving a media presentation description (MPD) for a media content from a streaming server, receiving a plurality of segments for the media content from one or more streaming servers, and packaging the MPD and at least part of the received segments such that the packaged segments are accessible by a second client device through the packaged MPD.

Processing methods and systems for multi-display. The implementations may include establishing, by a computing device, a connection between a controlling terminal and an accessory display device. The computing device may receive activity ID information of a current presentation from the controlling terminal using the established connection, establish a mapping between the current presentation and the accessory display device based on the activity ID information, and transmit a presentation content associated with the current presentation to the accessory display device for display based on the mapping.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an interactive method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The method involves receiving a first trigger operation to open a target video room when a first video is played in a first video playback page; in response to the first trigger operation, opening the target video room for a end user, displaying a first display interface of the target video room, playing the first video in the first display interface, and display the first interactive control; switching the first video played in the first display interface to a second video when a video switching operation is received. By adopting above technical solutions, the embodiments of the present disclosure improve the convenience as users watch videos together with other users.

A broadcast reception device receives a digital broadcast service capable of executing an application cooperating with a broadcast program, and is provided with: a broadcast reception unit which receives broadcast waves of the digital broadcast service; a separation unit which separates video information relating to the broadcast program and application-related information from the received broadcast waves; a broadcast video decoding unit which decodes the video information relating to the broadcast program; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application and acquires additional data from a server device; a video conversion unit which converts broadcast program video decoded by the broadcast decoding unit into high-quality video having a higher quality than the video using the acquired additional data; and a display unit which is able to display the high-quality video.

A method is provided for transmitting high-definition video. A device used electrically connects to graphics processing units (GPU) and a network switch. Each GPU comprises a circuit board, video transmission interfaces, Internet protocol interfaces, and a mobile peripheral-component-interface-express module (M×M) video chip module. The M×M video chip module is designed as industrial standard M×M. Only a circuit board is required for video transmission. Based on specifications of software defined video over ethernet (SDVoE), video signals of the second version of high definition multimedia interface are transformed onto an IP network with no time delay and no compression while fabricating a video card of SDVoE output. GPUs can be replaced through generations no matter how M×M is changed. By replacing the M×M video chip module without redesigning the whole video card, resources waste is effectively decreased with energy saving and carbon reduction.

Systems and methods are described for providing a media stream transmitted from an encoding system to a remotely-located media player that requests segments of the media stream. In accordance with one embodiment, a method of encoding a media stream provided from an encoding system to a remotely-located client includes establishing a data connection with the client and acquiring, from the client, client information including a client identifier, a public internet protocol (IP) address, and a geographical location associated with the client. The method further includes determining, based on the client information, whether historical bit rate data is available in a historical bit rate data store provided by the encoding system. If such historical bit rate data is available, an initial bit rate parameter is set for the media stream and the media stream is encoded at the encoding system according to the initial bit rate parameter and transmitted to the client.