Patent ID: 8472791

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a score for each segment of a plurality of segments of a digital video, where the score of at least one of the segments differs from the score of at least another of the segments; for each segment of the digital video, playing back the segment at a playback speed in accordance with the score of the segment; permitting a user to adjust the playback speed by permitting the user to adjust the score of the segment; and, where the user adjusts the score of the segment, adjusting the playback speed at which the segment is being played back in accordance with the score of the segment as has been adjusted by the user, wherein permitting the user to adjust the score of the segment comprises permitting the user to directly set an average playback speed at which the segments are played back, such that regardless of the playback speed at which any segment of the plurality of segments is played back, a total playback time at which the digital video is played back remains constant.