Patent ID: 8898575

Claim:
A computer implemented method for indicating unavailability of an already uploaded video file comprising: providing a graphical user interface for uploading a video file to a database for an online system, the graphical user interface including a first interface element capable of indicating that a video file is unavailable for processing except for bitrate encoding processing; receiving an uploaded video file to the online system; updating the first interface element to indicate that the uploaded video file is unavailable for processing except for bitrate encoding processing; performing bitrate encoding processing on the uploaded video file to generate two or more encoded video files of the uploaded video file, each of the two or more encoded video file having a different bitrate; updating, upon completion of the bitrate encoding processing, the first interface element to indicate that the uploaded video file is available for processing; and providing, on the graphical user interface, a set of menu interface elements associated with each encoded video file from the two or more encoded video files, each set of menu interface elements allowing a user to access a set of menu options associated with one of the two or more encoded video files.