This invention provides a single-channel video carousel method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The single-channel video carousel method includes: determining that the channel bandwidth is k times the video playback bitrate, where k ≥ 1, based on the available video carousel bandwidth and the playback bitrate of the target video; using a video segmentation
algorithm to simultaneously determine the number of video segments N, where N ≥ k, and the position of each segment in the channel, based on k; and dividing the video into N equal-length video segments, S... i Let S be the i-th video segment, 1≤i≤N, and let S be the total number of video segments. i A complete video is formed by concatenating the segments in ascending order of their sequence numbers. Based on a video segmentation scheme, corresponding segments are deployed at the corresponding positions on the channel for cyclical transmission, achieving video data rotation. The video data reception method includes: assuming the
client user requests video playback at time t... a Based on the
client receiving
algorithm according to t a Determine the reception time and video playback time for each segment.