Trick play in digital video streaming

A video display device comprising:

• a memory for storing video data;
• a controller configured to receive a request to display the video data at a fast forward play mode, and to select a snippet of the video data by:
• identifying a first plurality of frames in the video data to be displayed, the frames in the first plurality having a uniform temporal spacing from each other as determined by a rate of the fast forward play mode, and
• for each respective frame in the first plurality, identifying a second plurality of frames in the video data in an interval between the respective frame and a next frame in the first plurality, wherein the second plurality of frames are consecutive with its respective first frame in regular playback mode;
• and
• a display to display each first frame and its associated second plurality of frames of the selected snippet at a normal playback rate.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to, when a fast forward play mode is engaged:

• identify a first plurality of frames from the video stream to be displayed during fast forward play, the frames in the first plurality having a uniform temporal spacing from each other as determined by a rate of the fast forward play mode;
• for each respective frame in the first plurality, identify a second plurality of frames from the video stream in an interval between the respective frame and a next frame in the first plurality, wherein the second plurality of frames are consecutive in regular playback mode;
• and
• display each first frame and its associated second plurality of frames at a normal playback rate.