Techniques for providing a content stream based on a delivered stream of content

A system for providing a content stream based on capturing an earlier transmission of the content stream, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory accessible by the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions, which upon execution of the one or more instructions, causes the processors to perform operations to:
• obtain manifest data related to an initial delivery of a stream of content, the manifest data being obtained one or more times in a sequence during the initial delivery of the stream of content to generate one or more manifest files;
• associate a respective time-stamp with each of the one or more manifest files, each of the respective time-stamps being indicative of a time of obtaining a respective one of the one or more manifest files;
• process each of the one or more manifest files to identify one or more addresses referenced in the one or more manifest files, wherein the one or more addresses reference one or more segments, each of the one or more segments comprising a portion of the stream of content in the initial delivery;
• access one or more of the one or more segments referenced by the one or more addresses identified in the one or more manifest files;
• and
• modify a last manifest file of the one or more manifest files to include at least a portion of an earlier manifest file of the one or more manifest files;
• wherein the system is adapted to provide a client with access to the one or more manifest files including the modified last manifest file and the accessed one or more segments, thereby enabling the client to receive at least a portion of the stream of content.