Frame-accurate video seeking via web browsers

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to encode a first set of file-based images associated with a first media file for frame accurate navigation, by performing the steps of:

• encoding the first set of file-based images via a first set of encoding parameters to generate a first encoded media file, wherein the first set of encoding parameters comprises a first encoding parameter that causes the first encoded media file to include one or more intra-coded frames (I-frames) that enable frame-accurate navigation using a first set of web browsing applications;
• analyzing the first encoded media file to determine one or more playback statistics that are associated with the first encoded media file;
• and
• encoding the first encoded media file using the one or more playback statistics and a second set of encoding parameters to generate a second encoded media file, wherein the second set of encoding parameters comprises a second encoding parameter that causes the second encoded media file to include one or more I-frames that enable frame-accurate navigation using a second set of web browsing applications, and the second encoding parameter is a different type of encoding parameter than the first encoding parameter,
• wherein the first encoded media file and the second encoded media file are stored on a media content server that:
• receives a request for the first media file from a web browsing application, and
• transmits one of the first encoded media file or the second encoded media file based on whether the web browsing application belongs to the first set of web browsing applications or the second set of web browsing applications.