Source assignment based on network partitioning

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a content distribution coordinator, a manifest request from a client requesting content, wherein the client is configured to access the content distribution coordinator via a virtual resource locator provided to the client by a content management system, wherein the content management system provided the virtual resource locator to the client in response to the client having made a request to the content management system for content, and wherein the virtual resource locator provided to the client by the content management system encodes information including a plurality of content delivery networks at which the requested content is stored;
• in response to the content distribution coordinator being accessed via the virtual resource locator provided to the client by the content management system, dynamically generating, using one or more processors, a manifest file based at least in part on:
• playback quality experienced by one or more clients determined to be correlated with the client, and the plurality of content delivery networks encoded in the virtual resource locator;
• and
• sending, to the client, the manifest file dynamically generated based at least in part on:
• the playback quality experienced by the one or more clients determined to be correlated with the client, and the plurality of content delivery networks encoded in the virtual resource locator, wherein the client is configured to obtain the requested content according to the dynamically generated manifest file.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving, at a content distribution coordinator, a manifest request from a client requesting content, wherein the client is configured to access the content distribution coordinator via a virtual resource locator provided to the client by a content management system, wherein the content management system provided the virtual resource locator to the client in response to the client having made a request to the content management system for content, and wherein the virtual resource locator provided to the client by the content management system encodes information including a plurality of content delivery networks at which the requested content is stored;
• in response to the content distribution coordinator being accessed via the virtual resource locator provided to the client by the content management system, dynamically generating a manifest file based at least in part on:
• playback quality experienced by one or more clients determined to be correlated with the client, and the plurality of content delivery networks encoded in the virtual resource locator;
• and
• sending, to the client, the manifest file dynamically generated based at least in part on:
• the playback quality experienced by the one or more clients determined to be correlated with the client, and the plurality of content delivery networks encoded in the virtual resource locator, wherein the client is configured to obtain the requested content according to the dynamically generated manifest file.