Mechanism to handle interrupted playback experience for media items in playlists

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, to perform operations comprising:
• in response to receiving a request from a user device for a playlist, identifying a plurality of media items from the playlist, wherein the plurality of media items are accessible for streaming to the user device from a remote location when determined to be available for playback on the user device;
• causing the user device to display the playlist comprising the plurality of media items;
• in response to receiving a user selection of a first media item directly from the plurality of media items of the displayed playlist, determining whether the first media item is available for the playback on the user device;
• in response to determining that the first media item is available for playback on the user device, playing the first media item on the user device;
• in response to determining that playback of the first media item is completed or is about to be completed, determining whether a second media item from the playlist is available for playback on the user device;
• in response to determining that the second media item is available for playback on the user device, determining, based on a configuration, to play the second media item on the user device;
• in response to determining that playback of the second media item is completed or is about to be completed, determining whether a third media item from the playlist is available for playback on the user device;
• and
• in response to determining that the third media item is not available for the playback on the user device, performing at least one of:
• (i) causing the user device to display a message indicating that the third media item is not available, or
• (ii) identifying a fourth media item from the playlist that is available for playback instead of the third media item, and causing the user device to display information indicating that the fourth media item is available for playback instead of the third media item, and to stream, from the remote location, the fourth media item from the playlist.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• in response to receiving a request from a user device for a playlist, identifying a plurality of media items from the playlist, wherein the plurality of media items are accessible for streaming to the user device from a remote location when determined to be available for playback on the user device;
• causing the user device to display the playlist comprising the plurality of media items;
• in response to receiving a user selection of a first media item directly from the plurality of media items of the displayed playlist, determining whether the first media item is available for the playback on the user device;
• in response to determining that the first media item is available for playback on the user device, playing the first media item on the user device;
• in response to determining that playback of the first media item is completed or is about to be completed, determining whether a second media item from the playlist is available for playback on the user device;
• in response to determining that the second media item is available for playback on the user device, determining, based on a configuration, to play the second media item on the user device;
• in response to determining that playback of the second media item is completed or is about to be completed, determining whether a third media item from the playlist is available for playback on the user device;
• and
• in response to determining that the third media item is not available for the playback on the user device, performing at least one of:
• (i) causing the user device to display a message indicating that the third media item is not available, or
• (ii) identifying a fourth media item from the playlist that is available for playback instead of the third media item, and causing the user device to display information indicating that the fourth media item is available for playback instead of the third media item, and to stream, from the remote location, the fourth media item from the playlist.