Patent ID: 8457311

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining compressed video content within a video content processing module, a portion of a document structure of the compressed video content conforming to a predefined codec, the portion of the document structure including a plurality of video frames; decrypting the compressed video content in accordance with a digital rights management data encryption; adding information in an extension frame associated with the portion of the document structure, the adding comprising adding information to identify a decoding technique usable to reverse an encoding technique; applying the encoding technique to content of one or more key frames of the plurality of video frames after the decrypting; and providing the compressed video content, including the encoded content, to a media player including a codec conforming to the predefined codec to allow the media player to (i) identify the decoding technique based on the identifying information added to the extension frame, and (ii) reverse the encoding technique applied to the content of the one or more key frames while decompressing the compressed video content.