An apparatus includes receive path circuitry configured to receive a Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Media Transport (MMT) container and a processing device configured to identify locations of one or more media fragment units (MFUs) in the MMT container using a hint track within the MMT container. Another apparatus includes transmit path circuitry configured to transmit an MMT container and a processing device configured to identify locations of one or more MFUs in the MMT container using a hint track within the MMT container.

This application discloses a virtual live streaming method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a live text content which is a text content broadcast by voice by a virtual character in a virtual live stream; segmenting the live text content to obtain text segments that are sequentially arranged; acquiring a live broadcast data packet of each of the text segments following a sequence of the text segments, the live broadcast data packet comprising mouth shape data corresponding to the each of the text segments and being used for determining a mouth shape of the virtual character corresponding to the text segment; and performing screen rendering based on the live broadcast data packet to obtain a live screen for the virtual live streaming, the live screen comprising the virtual character who expresses the each of the text segments with a corresponding mouth shape.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to signaling multiple media data types in a container file format, for example, ISOBMFF, in an efficient manner. In the context of a signaling method, media type definitions overloaded in an instance a plurality of media type definitions is present in compatible media type list, wherein a media type definition is associated with a media type. The method then indicates, using the compatible media type list, presence of a plurality of media types in a metadata or multimedia box. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to signaling multiple media data types in a container file format, for example, ISOBMFF, in an efficient manner. In the context of a signaling method, media type definitions overloaded in an instance a plurality of media type definitions is present in compatible media type list, wherein a media type definition is associated with a media type. The method then indicates, using the compatible media type list, presence of a plurality of media types in a metadata or multimedia box. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.

A plurality of pieces of image data and audio data are determined from a data area. Information on a slideshow group associated with a plurality of pieces of identification information identifying the respective pieces of image data and identification information identifying the audio data, and location information indicating locations, in the data area, of the plurality of pieces of image data and the audio data are stored in a metadata area. The metadata, the plurality of pieces of image data, and the audio data are stored in a single media file.

Methods and system for providing content are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a request for data at a first time, wherein the data comprises a first time duration, determining a buffer size based upon the first time duration, and determining a playback window based upon the determined buffer size and the first time. The method can also comprise synchronizing presentation of content on a plurality of devices.

A method of presenting video information to a user includes obtaining a comparison video including a plurality of frames from a social media platform, determining a presence of at least one event in the comparison video, obtaining social media metrics for the comparison video from the social media platform, and assigning a social media value to the at least one event based at least partially on the social media metrics and at least one property of the event.

A method of presenting video information to a user includes obtaining a comparison video including a plurality of frames from a social media platform, determining a presence of at least one event in the comparison video, obtaining social media metrics for the comparison video from the social media platform, and assigning a social media value to the at least one event based at least partially on the social media metrics and at least one property of the event.

An animated emoticon generation method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer device are provided. The method includes: displaying an emoticon input panel on a chat page; detecting whether a video shooting event is triggered in the emoticon input panel; acquiring video data in response to detecting the video shooting event; obtaining an edit operation for the video data; processing video frames in the video data according to the edit operation to synthesize an animated emoticon; and adding an emoticon thumbnail corresponding to the animated emoticon to the emoticon input panel, the emoticon thumbnail displaying the animated emoticon to be used as a message on the chat page based on a user selecting the emoticon thumbnail in the emoticon input panel.

A device for retrieving media includes a memory configured to store media data of a media presentation; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: retrieve a manifest file for a media presentation indicating that container parsing of media data of a bitstream can be started at a resync point of a segment of a representation of the media presentation, the resync point being at a position other than a start of the segment and representing a point at which the container parsing of the media data of the bitstream can be started; use the manifest file to form a request to retrieve the media data of the representation starting at the resync point; send the request to initiate retrieval of the media data of the media presentation starting at the resync point; and present the retrieved media data.