Systems and methods for client-side media chunking

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for downloading one or more chunks of a selected media file to a computing device, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the computing device causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• determining a suitable time interval of a chunk for media playback on the computing device;
• receiving input selecting a media segment;
• identifying a location of a selected media file containing the media segment and a location of a metadata file associated with the selected media file, the metadata file including metadata describing a format of the selected media file;
• downloading the metadata file;
• determining, based on the metadata file and the media segment, a portion of the selected media file to download, wherein the portion of the selected media file has a time offset, and wherein a time duration of the portion of the selected media file is greater than or equal to that of one or more chunks;
• downloading the portion of the selected media file;
• preparing one or more local media files from the portion of the selected media file, wherein each local media file includes one chunk;
• and
• determining, based on the metadata file, a suitable header for each local media file, and prepending the each header to each local media file.

A computer implemented method of uploading, from a server, one or more chunks of a selected media file to a computing device, comprising the steps of:

• receiving, from the computing device, a request to upload a metadata file associated with a media file, the metadata file including metadata describing a format of the selected media file;
• uploading the metadata file to the computing device;
• receiving a request to upload a portion of the media file to the computing device, the portion of the media file corresponding to one or more chunks suitable for playback on the computing device, the chunk size being specified by the computing device;
• and
• uploading the portion of the media file to the computing device.