Streaming media buffer play method and apparatus

Abstract

The invention discloses a streaming media buffer play method and apparatus. The method comprises the steps of determining a network speed of a streaming media play terminal; setting a buffering capacity of a streaming media buffer area according to the determined network speed; downloading streaming media to the streaming media buffer area; and playing streaming media data in the streaming media buffer area when the streaming media buffer area reaches the buffering capacity. The apparatus comprises a network speed determination module used for determining a network speed of a streaming media play terminal; a buffering capacity setting module used for setting a buffering capacity of the streaming media buffer area according to the determined network speed; a buffer module provided with the streaming media buffer area used for downloading streaming media data to the streaming media buffer area; and a play module used for playing streaming media data in the streaming media buffer area when the streaming media buffer area reaches the buffering capacity. The streaming media buffer play method and apparatus can raise play efficiency of play terminals with different network speeds and thereby raise a whole play efficiency of streaming media for play terminals with different network speeds as a whole.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to network data communication processing technology, in particular to a method and device for buffering and playing Internet streaming media. Background technique [0002] Transmission of multimedia information such as audio / video on the network mainly contains two kinds of schemes of downloading and streaming transmission at present. The download method needs all the multimedia files to be downloaded before they can be played. Because the multimedia files are usually large, and due to the limitation of the network bandwidth, it often takes several minutes or even hours to download a multimedia file by using the download method, so the delay of this processing method is also large. very big. [0003] The stream transmission method refers to the continuous and real-time transmission method of audio / video and other multimedia information from the multimedia information server to the client. Continuous time-based media using stream...

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[0006] The disadvantage of this prior art solution is: regardless of the user's network speed, usage environment, and how to play, the same buffering amount is set from beginning to end, which will result in the inability to obtain a matching buffering amount for playback terminals with different network speeds , so that relatively high playback efficiency cannot be obtained, which ultimately leads to low overall playback efficiency of streaming media for playback terminals with different network speeds

For example, if the buffering amount is set to be small, although the waiting time for the first buffering can be reduced, for playback terminals with low or unstable network speeds, the probability of re-buffering will increase, seriously affecting playback efficiency ; If the buffering amount is set higher, although the probability of re-buffering can be reduced, the waiting time for the first buffering and the waiting time for each re-buffering will be prolonged, which will also affect playback efficiency

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