Netflix patents tool to find errors in video file structure
The filing describes a method for checking video files to ensure they are built correctly. It works by looking at the data that describes each frame to spot if a frame is missing the information needed to display it properly. When a problem is found, the system creates data to help engineers fix the error.
In the filing’s own words
In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method for mitigating reference frame mismatches in encoded video streams includes generating first metadata that indicates a first frame location associated with a first encoded video stream, determining that the first encoded video stream includes a non-reference frame at the first frame location, and creating system metrics for debugging and error notifications.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for mitigating reference frame mismatches in encoded video streams, the method comprising: generating first metadata that indicates a first frame location associated with a first encoded video stream; determining that the first encoded video stream includes a non-reference frame at the first frame location, wherein a non-reference frame is a frame that is decodable based at least on a reference frame; and generating one or more metrics that describe a defect associated with at least a portion of the first encoded video stream.
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (NETFLIX, INC.)
- Official title
- TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING REFERENCE FRAME MISMATCHES IN ENCODED VIDEO STREAMS
- Publication number
- US20260313165A1
- Application number
- 19172568
- Filed
- Apr 7, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 19/65 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/14 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/2187 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/23418 Electricity & electronicsMore from Netflix in AI & software
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