Techniques for recreating outputting of content

A method comprising:

• processing, by a system, source video data representing a current state of a network game;
• encoding the source video data in order to generate encoded video data representing the current state of the network game;
• storing the encoded video data in one or more databases;
• sending, to an electronic device, a copy of the encoded video data for rendering the current state of the network game by the electronic device;
• receiving, from the electronic device, event data representing an event that occurred with the electronic device:
• receiving an encoded frame of the copy of the encoded video data,
• decoding the encoded frame of the copy of the encoded video data, or
• outputting the encoded frame of the copy of the encoded video data, the event data comprising at least:
• a first time that the encoded frame was decoded in order to generate a first decoded frame;
• and
• an indication that outputting of the first decoded frame was skipped;
• storing, in the one or more databases, the event data in association with the encoded video data;
• decoding, by the system and based at least in part on the event data, the encoded video data in order to:
• decode the encoded frame in order to generate a second decoded frame in a same order and in a similar time as the electronic device decoded the encoded frame,
• generate decoded video data representing the rendering of the current state of the network game, by the electronic device, using the event data and the second decoded frame;
• and
• cause rendering of first content represented by the decoded video data, wherein decoding the encoded video data by the system comprises at least:
• decoding, at a second time that is based at least in part on the first time, the encoded frame of the encoded video data in order to generate a second decoded frame;
• and
• based at least in part on the indication that the outputting of the first decoded frame skipped, refraining from rendering second content represented by the second decoded frame such that the system recreates the rendering of the current state of the network game similarly as the electronic device rendered the current state of the network game.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• processing first video data representing a current state of a network game;
• encoding the source video data in order to generate encoded video data representing the current state of the network game;
• storing the encoded video data in one or more databases;
• sending, to an electronic device, a copy of the encoded video data for rendering the current state of the network game by the electronic device;
• receiving, from the electronic device, event data representing at least an event that occurred with the electronic device:
• receiving an encoded frame of the copy of the encoded video data,
• decoding the encoded frame of the copy of the encoded video data, or
• outputting the encoded frame of the copy of the encoded video data, the event data comprising at least:
• a first time that the encoded frame was decoded in order to generate a first decoded frame;
• and
• an indication that outputting of the first decoded frame was not output;
• storing the event data in the one or more databases;
• generating diagnostics data that associates the event data with the encoded video data;
• generating decoded video data representing the rendering of the current state of the network game, by the electronic device, using the event data and the second decoded frame;
• and
• cause rendering of first content represented by the decoded video data, wherein decoding the encoded video data by the system comprises at least:
• decoding, at a second time that is based at least in part on the first time, the encoded frame of the encoded video data in order to generate a second decoded frame;
• and
• based at least in part on the indication that the outputting of the first decoded frame skipped, refraining from rendering second content represented by the second decoded frame such that the system recreates the rendering of the current state of the network game similarly as the electronic device rendered the current state of the network game.