Patent ID: 9741392
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G10L,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer, a video file containing audio content or visual content the visual content including different types of visual information in different temporal segments of the video file: determining a plurality of rates at which visual information is communicated by the different temporal segments of the video file when the video file is played back at a default playback speed; based on the determination of the plurality of rates at which visual information is communicated and the characteristics of the visual information in the different temporal segments of the video file, assigning a respective target playback speed to each the different temporal segments of the video file; and providing the video file in a format to be played back on a video player, such that the each of the different temporal segments of the video file is played back at its respective assigned target playback speed.