Google Inc.

Ryan James Lothian

Richard Zarek Cohen

Liam Thomas Barden

Implementations generally relate to selecting soundtracks. In some implementations, a method includes determining one or more sound mood attributes of one or more soundtracks, where the one or more sound mood attributes are based on one or more sound characteristics. The method further includes determining one or more visual mood attributes of one or more visual media items, where the one or more visual mood attributes are based on one or more visual characteristics. The method further includes selecting one or more of the soundtracks based on the one or more sound mood attributes and the one or more visual mood attributes. The method further includes generating an association among the one or more selected soundtracks and the one or more visual media items, wherein the association enables the one or more selected soundtracks to be played while the one or more visual media items are displayed.

Selecting soundtracks

A method and system disclosed assigns first videos to hardware decoders having a first configuration. The hardware decoders in the first configuration are to decode the first videos for concurrent presentation on a display of a user device. The method and system receives an indication that second videos are to be presented on the display of the user device. The method and system determine a second configuration of the hardware decoders based on an estimated penalty for the second configuration. The method and system assigns the second videos to the hardware decoders for decoding according to the second configuration.

Assigning videos to single-stream and multi-stream decoders

Implementations generally relate to providing beat matching. In some implementations, a method includes determining beat characteristics of at least one soundtrack. The method further includes selecting video clips based on one or more selection criteria. The method further includes adjusting a length of one or more of the video clips based on one or more beat matching policies. The method further includes combining the video clips to be played with the at least one soundtrack.

Providing beat matching

Implementations generally relate to providing video transitions. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a soundtrack. The method further includes determining one or more sound characteristics of the soundtrack. The method further includes determining at least one target portion of the soundtrack based on the one or more sound characteristics. The method further includes receiving one or more video clips. The method further includes adjusting a length of one or more of the video clips based on one or more adjusting policies. The method further includes combining the one or more video clips with the soundtrack.

Providing video transitions

A method for assigning videos to multi-stream and single-stream decoders is disclosed. The method determines a ranking of each of a plurality of videos. The method further identifies a type of each video for at least part of the plurality of videos. The method also determines a configuration of a plurality of hardware decoders to decode a subset of the plurality of videos for simultaneous presentation on a screen of a user device. The configuration may define a mode of each of the plurality of decoders. The method further assigns the subset of videos to the plurality of hardware decoders for decoding according to the configuration.

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Ryan James Lothian