Patent ID: 8989281
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, an indication of a user preference of one of increased video quality having decreased audio quality or increased audio quality having decreased video quality; and adjusting, by the system, video quality and audio quality of a plurality of media content channels supplied to the system based on the indication of the user preference to create a new presentation configuration of the plurality of media content channels, while maintaining a consistent total digital stream bandwidth to the system, wherein the adjusting of the video quality and the audio quality of the plurality of media content channels comprises increasing a first number of layers of encoded video in a digital stream, while decreasing a second number of layers of encoded audio in the digital stream to increase the video quality and decrease the audio quality of the plurality of media content channels, or increasing the second number of layers of encoded audio in the digital stream while decreasing the first number of layers of encoded video in the digital stream to increase the audio quality and decrease the video quality of the plurality of media content channels.