Patent ID: 8892763

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving streaming video content for distribution to a client device that is configured to playback a first video content stream for display, the first video content stream associated with a content manifest file that identifies video segments of the first video content stream, wherein the streaming video content is received as live television content; receiving a user input from the client device to switch from the first video content stream to a second video content stream; tuning to discontinue transcoding the first video content stream and begin transcoding the second video content stream for distribution to the client device; buffering video segments of the second video content stream; generating a new content manifest file that correlates to the buffered video segments of the second video content stream; and publishing, by a processor, the new content manifest file to the client device to indicate that at least a minimum of the buffered video segments have been buffered for distribution to the client device before the minimum of the buffered video segments have actually been buffered.