Patent ID: 9143835
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A preview and playback method of video streams, adapted to a video playback device having network function, comprising: defining a virtual channel and a preview channel corresponding to the virtual channel; establishing a video stream list of the virtual channel to link a plurality of video streams provided by one or more video stream services, wherein the plurality of video streams are independent from each other; establishing a preview list of the preview channel, wherein the preview list records description information of each of a plurality of preview data corresponding to the plurality of video streams, and the step of establishing a preview list of the preview channel comprises: when the video playback device receives a preview channel selection instruction corresponding to the preview channel, automatically obtaining the plurality of preview data according to the preview data stored location recorded in the preview list and continuously playing the plurality of preview data according to the preview data type and the preview data playback manner recorded in the preview list; when the video playback device receives a preview data selection instruction corresponding to one of the plurality of preview data, recognizing the video stream corresponding to the preview data being selected as a selected video stream; and switching from the preview channel to the virtual channel, obtaining and playing the selected video stream from one of the one or more video stream services according to the video stream list.