Systems and methods are operable to control presentation of an erotica-related media content event. An exemplary embodiment is a media device that receives information from a user sensor that is configured to sense a physical characteristic of a user viewing the erotica-related media content event, and automatically changes presentation of the erotica-related media content event based on the received information corresponding to the sensed physical characteristic of the viewing user.

A method for traversing a streaming video file includes receiving a representative streaming video file that includes less information than a higher-resolution streaming video file and spans the entire streaming video file. Based on navigation information associated with the representative streaming video file, a playback engine navigates to a different portion of the streaming video file. The navigation information may be based on input information received from a viewer of the streaming video file. One advantage of the disclosed method is that it enables fast and accurate navigation of a streaming video.

The present invention relates to a video processing apparatus, method, and system. In particular, in accordance with one embodiment, high-speed video is divided into at least two sub-videos having a frame rate lower than that of the input video, during which metadata for synchronization of the two sub-videos which corresponds to frames of each sub-video is generated, and inserted into the respective sub-videos for video processing in parallel. During the parallel processing of the sub-videos, the system monitors and controls the synchronization of the process and, upon completion of the sub-video processing, use the metadata to re-assemble the sub-videos into one high-speed video stream for output, the output video having the same frame rate as the received input video stream.

A system and method for optimizing video for transmission on a device includes, in one example, the method includes capturing an original video frame and scaling the original video frame down to a lower resolution video frame. The lower resolution video frame is downscaled using a first encoder to produce a first layer output and the first layer output is decoded. The decoded first layer output is upscaled to match a resolution of the original video frame. A difference is obtained between the upscaled decoded first layer output and the original video frame. The difference is independently encoded using a second encoder to create a second layer output. The first and second layer outputs may be stored or sent to another device.

Systems and methods for dynamically skipping a presentation of a portion of frames to catch up to live based on a user selection is disclosed herein. For example, a streaming application generates a content item for live streaming where the content item comprises a plurality of frames. In response to determining that playing of the content item lags behind the live streaming of the content item, the streaming application presents a selectable option for a user input where the option comprises (a) catch up to live in a particular time period. In response to receiving the user input via a corresponding option to (a) catch up to live in the particular time period, the streaming application skips a presentation of a portion of the plurality of frames, such that the playing of the content item catches up to live in the particular time period.

There are provided methods and devices for media processing, comprising: providing at least one media asset source selected from a media asset sources library, the at least one media asset source comprising at least one source video, via a network or client device; receiving via the network or the client device a media recording comprising a client video recorded by a user of the client device; parsing the client video and the source video, respectively, to a plurality of client video frames and a plurality of source video frames; identifying at least one face in at least one frame of the plurality of source video frames and at least another face in at least one frame of the plurality of client video frames by face detection; superposing one or more markers on the identified at least one face of the plurality of source video frames; processing said client video frames to fit the size or shape of said source video frames by using said one or more markers; concatenating said processed client video frames with said source video frames, wherein said concatenation comprises matching the frame rate and resolution of the processed client video frames to the frame rate and resolution of the plurality of client video frames to yield a mixed media asset.

Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport are configured to receive (or otherwise discern) a selection of video parameter limits that correspond to a bandwidth limit and apply the video parameter limits to an input video stream to enforce the bandwidth limit while preserving video quality. Methods may include adjusting the video stream one parameter at a time until the adjusted video stream meets the bandwidth limit. Parameters to be adjusted may include image resolution, frame rate, image compression, color depth, bits per pixel, and/or color encoding. In some embodiments, the image resolution is reduced first, the frame rate is reduced next, and the image compression is increased last. The extent and/or order of the adjustments of the parameters may be selected by the user, based on the content of the video stream, and/or based on the bandwidth limit.

An interlaced video signal can include content of different types, such as interlaced content and progressive content. The progressive content may have different cadences according to the ratio between the frame rate of the progressive content and the field rate of the interlaced video signal. Cadence analysis is performed to identify the cadence of the video signal and/or to determine field pairings when progressive content is included. As described herein, motion information (e.g. motion vectors) for blocks of fields of a video signal can be used for the cadence analysis. The use of motion information provides a robust method of performing cadence analysis.

A video distribution method and apparatus and an electronic device, where the video distribution method includes: obtaining a popularity of each video program, wherein the popularity is a preference degree of a user group for a video program within a statistic time period; and determining, according the popularity of each video program, to distribute a video content of the video program through repeating broadcasting channels or by means of broadcasting on demand.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a wireless communication circuit, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured to acquire a plurality of encoded image frames on the basis of at least a part of image data stored in the memory, compare each data size of the plurality of encoded image frames with a threshold value, and change transmission setting of at least one among the plurality of encoded image frames through the wireless communication circuit on the basis of at least a part of the result of the comparison. Additional various embodiments are possible.