A distributed transcoding method includes splitting image content into segments of a fixed interval; allocating the split segments to a plurality of workers and performing parallel transcoding; and concatenating the transcoded segments and merging same into one encoded file.

Technologies for coordinating access to packets include a network device. The network device is to establish a ring in a memory of the network device. The ring includes a plurality of slots. The network device is also to allocate cores to each of an input stage, an output stage, and a worker stage. The worker stage is to process data in a data packet with an associated worker function. The network device is also to add, with the input stage, an entry to a slot in the ring representative of a data packet received with a network interface controller of the network device, access, with the worker stage, the entry in the ring to process at least a portion of the data packet, and provide, with the output stage, the processed data packet to the network interface controller for transmission.

Technologies for coordinating access to packets include a network device. The network device is to establish a ring in a memory of the network device. The ring includes a plurality of slots. The network device is also to allocate cores to each of an input stage, an output stage, and a worker stage. The worker stage is to process data in a data packet with an associated worker function. The network device is also to add, with the input stage, an entry to a slot in the ring representative of a data packet received with a network interface controller of the network device, access, with the worker stage, the entry in the ring to process at least a portion of the data packet, and provide, with the output stage, the processed data packet to the network interface controller for transmission.

A program play control method and a digital television device are disclosed. The method includes: reading section data from received transport stream TS data packets, and directly saving the section data in a nonvolatile memory without parsing, where the section data carries program specific information PSI and system information SI; if audio/video data carried in a TS data packet corresponding to the PSI needs to be played, parsing the section data to obtain the PSI and the SI, and saving the PSI and the SI; and reading the PSI from the memory, playing, according to the PSI, the audio/video data carried in the TS data packet corresponding to the PSI, reading the SI from the memory, and displaying the SI. Implementation of embodiments of the present invention can save storage space of a memory and a nonvolatile memory in a case in which no loss of PSI/SI is ensured.

A data obtaining method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining address information of data to be obtained; judging whether a disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is a damaged disk or not; if the disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is not a damaged disk, obtaining the data to be obtained according to the address information of the data to be obtained to obtain current data; if the disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is a damaged disk, determining the address information of next data to be obtained, and returning to the step of judging whether a disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is a damaged disk or not.

A system of one or more processors receives information from a computing device associated with a user profile, the information identifying a first list of content items including first episode in a series. The system determines that the first episode has been played using a content state of the first episode. The system determines a second list of content items, including a second episode in the series as an unsolicited content item and removing the first episode from the second list. The system sends the second list to the computing device and the computing device deletes the first episode and downloads the second episode in the series without first receiving a download request from a user or application of the computing device.

A data obtaining method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining address information of data to be obtained (S101); judging whether a disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is a damaged disk or not (S102); if the disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is not a damaged disk, obtaining the data to be obtained according to the address information of the data to be obtained to obtain current data (S103); if the disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is a damaged disk, determining the address information of next data to be obtained, and returning to the step of judging whether a disk corresponding to the address information of the data to be obtained is a damaged disk or not (S104). According to the method, undamaged data in a disk array can be obtained when a ultra-redundant bad disk occurs.

An elementary module of a workflow of a system for distributing audiovisual contents is disclosed. Content is received as a succession of segments which are distributed following a transmission of a request and are obtained by an application of a workflow to a portion of a content. The elementary module executes a processing operation of a predefined type of the workflow and comprises: a variable plurality of processing units available for executing the processing operation of the predefined type, the elementary module regularly obtaining information representing each processing unit added to or removed from the plurality, an allocation module able to manage allocations or disallocations of processing units of the plurality according to requests for first data received; and a load management module able to choose, for each request received, at least one processing unit among the processing units allocated for processing second data in order to obtain first data requested.

A distributed transcoding method includes splitting image content into segments of a fixed interval; allocating the split segments to a plurality of workers and performing parallel transcoding; and concatenating the transcoded segments and merging same into one encoded file.

An elementary module of a workflow of a system for distributing audiovisual contents is disclosed. Content is received as a succession of segments which are distributed following a transmission of a request and are obtained by an application of a workflow to a portion of a content. The elementary module executes a processing operation of a predefined type of the workflow and comprises: a variable plurality of processing units available for executing the processing operation of the predefined type, the elementary module regularly obtaining information representing each processing unit added to or removed from the plurality, an allocation module able to manage allocations or disallocations of processing units of the plurality according to requests for first data received; and a load management module able to choose, for each request received, at least one processing unit among the processing units allocated for processing second data in order to obtain first data requested.