Seamless video play method and player

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a seamless video play method and a player. The seamless video play method includes the steps that the play progress of the current video file is monitored, and a head index file of the next video file is loaded when it is determined that the play progress of the current video file exceeds a preset play progress threshold value; video file data corresponding to the head index file are loaded; the loaded video file data are played when the current video file is completely played. Compared with the prior art, when a user watches a multi-episode video file through a terminal device and one episode of the video file is completely played, the user does not need to restart the player to play the next episode of the video file, and therefore the temporary blank screen phenomenon caused by restart of the player is avoided, waiting time is shortened for the user and user experience is improved.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of digital multimedia, in particular to a video seamless playing method and a player. Background technique [0002] With the development of Internet technology and multimedia technology, users can use a variety of terminals to access multimedia resources on the Internet. For example, users can choose to establish a network connection with the server through a mobile video client at any time to view the video resources they are interested in. . [0003] Taking a user watching a TV series online as an example for illustration, in the prior art, after the client is started, the user can directly click on the series of interest in the playlist of the TV series to watch the series online. For example, if a user wishes to watch the Korean drama "My Love from the Star" online, after opening the client, directly click on any episode in the "My Love from the Star" playlist, and the client will call the player to pla...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] However, in the implementation of the prior art, the player will not load the head index file of the next episode before the current episode is played, which causes the player to assume that its playback task has been completed by default after playing the current episode. The player is automatically closed; after that, the client's command to play the next episode triggers the player to restart, and the restarted player loads the content of the next episode

Restarting the player will cause a short black screen, and it will take a certain amount of time to load the next episode, which increases the user's waiting time and poor user experience

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