Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Matthew Scharr

Yongjun Wu

Khawaja Salman Shams

Ryan Paul Hegar

Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston

Matthew Brinkley

Michael Vidyadhar Kale

Alex Xiaoye Zhang

Kyle Bradley Koceski

Brian Enigma

Viriya Ratanasangpunth

Rakesh Tangirala

Avinash Priya Khurana

Bhushan Mehendale

Methods and apparatus are described for encoding and delivering secondary content (e.g., advertisements) for insertion in primary content (e.g., live events, movies, and television shows). Secondary content is encoded such that the duration of any audio component of the secondary content is equal to or longer than the video component duration. When the secondary content is inserted, the overall duration of the inserted content is specified to be equal to the video component duration.

Encoding media content for playback compatibility

Various embodiments of methods, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for buffer recovery in segmented media delivery applications are described. Segments of a live media presentation are stored in a buffer. A number of segments in the buffer is determined to have fallen below a threshold. Based on that determination, various buffer recovery techniques may be performed. In one such technique, a buffered segment is decoded into a first set of video frames, the first set of video frames having a first playback duration. The first set of video frames is encoded into a second set of video frames having a second playback duration that is longer than the first playback duration.

Buffer recovery in segmented media delivery applications

Techniques are described for providing metadata corresponding to primary content of live media streams that include secondary content inserted into the streams.

Providing metadata for live media streams

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Matthew Scharr