A player receives encoded content of a first resolution level from a content retransmitter and monitors bandwidth of the communication connection utilized to receive the content. When the bandwidth changes with respect to various threshold values corresponding to various resolution levels, the player signals the content retransmitter to increase or decrease the encoding resolution for future portions. The player also locates related substitute content. When the player signals the content retransmitter to decrease the resolution below a minimum, the player plays the substitute content instead of the received content. Subsequently when the bandwidth is again such that player signals the content retransmitter to increase the resolution to the minimum or above, the player plays the received content instead of the substitute content. In various implementations, the player may obtain substitute content prior to or at the time the player determines to play substitute content.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method, a device, programs, and storage media for solving a problem that it is impossible to losslessly compress a digital image while being encrypted, to transmit the digital image, and to expand the digital image at a receiving side to restore the digital image with no artifact. An image or video is subjected to discrete convolution with an encryption key image, to be defocused beyond recognition, thus being encrypted, is further subjected to entropy-coding lossless compression, and is transmitted over the Internet. The compressed image or video is expanded at a receiving side, and iterative operations are performed on the basis of a Bayse probabilistic formula by using the separately-delivered encryption key image, to restore the image or video before encryption.

According to examples, an apparatus may include a video switch, a video scaler, and a video splitter. The video splitter may access an input video stream, in which the input video stream is at a first resolution, split the accessed input video stream into a first video stream and a second video stream, send the first video stream to be displayed at the first resolution through the video switch, and send the second video stream to the video scaler. The video scaler may scale the second video stream to a second resolution that differs from the first resolution and output the scaled s

A computer system is provided for converting images through use of a trained neural network. A source image is divided into blocks and context data is added to each pixel block. The context blocks are split into channels and each channel from the same context block is added to the same activation matrix. The action matrix is then executed against a trained neural network to produce a changed activation matrix. The changed activation matrix is then used to generate a converted image.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example to access a broadcast of media content in response to a request to record the media content from a mobile communication device, and adjust a format of the media content based at least in part on a user profile associated with the mobile communication device where the user profile comprises device format preferences. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example to access a broadcast of media content in response to a request to record the media content from a mobile communication device, and adjust a format of the media content based at least in part on a user profile associated with the mobile communication device where the user profile comprises device format preferences. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A computer system is provided for converting images through use of a trained neural network. A source image is divided into blocks and context data is added to each pixel block. The context blocks are split into channels and each channel from the same context block is added to the same activation matrix. The action matrix is then executed against a trained neural network to produce a changed activation matrix. The changed activation matrix is then used to generate a converted image.

A video playback device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes, for plural respective videos, receiving designations of widths in a vertical direction or in a horizontal direction within display regions of the videos, and adjusting the relative display sizes between the plural videos such that the display sizes of the widths designated for the plural respective videos are equivalent.

A stream playout and distribution system is provided for disparate live media output stream playout and broadcast distribution. The system generates a new version of a disparate live media output stream manifest based on insertion of a plurality of segments of at least one of a pre-encoded media asset or a live input stream into the disparate live media output stream manifest. Each segment of the plurality of segments corresponds to a different quality level and a different content encryption mode. The plurality of segments corresponds to broadcast content segments encoded in a first encoding format of the new version of the disparate live media output stream manifest. The system converts the broadcast content segments encoded in the first encoding format to a second encoding format in accordance with a broadcasting protocol.

A stream playout and distribution system is provided for disparate live media output stream playout and broadcast distribution. The system generates a new version of a disparate live media output stream manifest based on insertion of a plurality of segments of at least one of a pre-encoded media asset or a live input stream into the disparate live media output stream manifest. Each segment of the plurality of segments corresponds to a different quality level and a different content encryption mode. The plurality of segments corresponds to broadcast content segments encoded in a first encoding format of the new version of the disparate live media output stream manifest. The system converts the broadcast content segments encoded in the first encoding format to a second encoding format in accordance with a broadcasting protocol.