Patent ID: 11695815

Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method for distributed adaptive streaming packaging can include a plurality of distributed adaptive streaming packagers having one or more processors configured to perform the functions of identifying one or more media segments in one or more input signals, identifying one or more latest media segment presentation times in the one or more media segments, Identifying one or more latest media segment presentation durations in the in the one or more media segments, adding each of the one or more latest media segment presentation times to each of the one or more latest media segment presentation durations in the input signal to compute one or more calculated publish times. The system or method can further include choosing one of the one or more publish times as the media presentation publish time and generating a media presentation based on the media presentation publish time. In some embodiments, the method can set MPD@publishTime to the media presentation publish time or set #EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME tag to the media presentation publish time.