Managing device power resource during presentation of content

A system for managing device power resource during a presentation of a content item, the system comprising:

• input/output circuitry;
• control circuitry configured to:
• determine a device profile comprising, for a codec supported by the device, a plurality of format tuples, each format tuple having an associated power usage;
• receive, via the input/output circuitry, a selection of the content item for the presentation on the device;
• receive, via the input/output circuitry, a manifest file comprising, for the codec supported by the device, a set of representations for generating the content item for presentation on the device, wherein each representation in the set comprises a format tuple different from the other representations in the set;
• and
• select, based on the device profile, a first subset of representations from the set of representations resulting in a quality level and a power usage associated with the presentation of the content item over the duration of the presentation of the content item on the device.