System and method for pre-caching a first portion of a video file on a media device

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor connectable to a display device, the processor configured to communicate via a data interface to a remote video content source;
• and
• a computer-readable medium accessible by the processor, the computer-readable medium including instructions executable by the processor to perform operations including:
• measuring an available bandwidth of the data interface;
• receiving a first portion of each of a plurality of video files;
• storing the first portion of each of the plurality of video files in a memory, wherein a size of each first portion stored in the memory is determined based on a pre-cache file size associated with a video file of the plurality of video files, and wherein the pre-cache file size is based on the available bandwidth;
• and
• in response to detecting an increase in the available bandwidth:
• determining a second available bandwidth at the data interface;
• decreasing the pre-cache file size based on the second available bandwidth;
• and
• increasing a number of video files that have a corresponding first portion stored in the memory based on decreasing the pre-cache file size.

A computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by a processor to perform operations including:

• measuring an available bandwidth of a data interface;
• receiving a first portion of each of a plurality of video files;
• storing the first portion of each of the plurality of video files in a memory, wherein a size of each first portion stored in the memory is determined based on a pre-cache file size associated with a video file of the plurality of video files, wherein the pre-cache file size is based on the available bandwidth;
• and
• in response to detecting an increase in the available bandwidth;
• determining a second available bandwidth at the data interface;
• decreasing the pre-cache file size based on the second bandwidth;
• and
• increasing a number of video files that have a corresponding first portion stored in the memory based on decreasing the pre-cache file size.