Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Samuel James Van Pelt

Lei Li

Amarsingh Buckthasingh Winston

Mushegh Malkhasyan

Yongjun Wu

Mairo Pedrini

Kyle Bradley Koceski

Christopher Steven Mark Pringle

Methods and apparatus are described for partitioning a manifest file to generate smaller manifest files for media content playback. A server partitions a manifest file prior to receipt of a request from a client or in response to a request from a client for a manifest for media content for a particular temporal range or subset of playback options.

Manifest partitioning

Methods and apparatus are described for generating manifest files for media content playback. A server can generate manifest files that include initialization metadata obtained from initialization fragments of media content files. Client devices can initiate playback of media content for playback using the manifest files without downloading or parsing the initialization fragments of the media content files.

Customized dash manifest

Methods and apparatus are described for segmenting a manifest file to generate smaller manifest files for media content playback. A server can segment a manifest file prior to receipt of a request from a client or in response to a request from a client for a manifest for media content for a particular fragment range.

Manifest segmentation

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Samuel James Van Pelt