Google Inc.

William Cyr

Pawel Jurczyk

Tristan Schmelcher

Nils Krahnstoever

Thomas DeWeese

Thomas Dinger

Matthew Carson

Jeffrey Calow

Methods, systems, and media for delivering manifestless streaming media content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a user device, a request for a URL corresponding to a format of a live stream that is provided in a plurality of formats, wherein the live stream comprises a plurality of segments for each of the plurality of formats; resolving the request to a specific segment of the live stream based on the URL, wherein the resolving comprises: identifying the format of the live stream associated with the request from the plurality of formats based on the URL; and identifying a segment of the plurality of segments corresponding to the identified format to the user device in a response to the request.

Methods, systems, and media for delivering manifestless streaming media content

Methods, systems, and media for delivering manifestless streaming media content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a user device, a request for a URL corresponding to a format of a live stream that is provided in a plurality of formats, wherein the live stream comprises a plurality of segments for each of the plurality of formats and wherein each segment of the plurality of segments comprises a respective sequence number; resolving the request to a specific segment of the live stream based on the URL, wherein the resolving comprises: identifying the format of the live stream associated with the request from the plurality of formats based on the URL; identifying a sequence number associated with the request based on the URL; and identifying a segment of the plurality of segments corresponding to the identified format and having a sequence number matching the identified sequence number; loading a segment file corresponding to the specific segment; and returning the segment file to the user device in a response to the request.

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