Server-side playlist stitching

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory storing a program that, when executed, causes the one or more processors to:
• receive a request from a client device to receive streamed video;
• retrieve first metadata representing the streamed video, wherein the first metadata includes offset information for one or more breaks in the streamed video, wherein each break contains one or more break segments;
• request, from a first server, second metadata for the one or more break segments;
• receive, from the first server, the second metadata for the one or more break segments;
• create a playlist for the streamed video by stitching the second metadata into the first metadata at one or more locations indicated by the first metadata;
• and
• provide the playlist to the client device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions operable to cause an apparatus to:

• receive a request from a client device to receive streamed video;
• retrieve first metadata representing the streamed video, wherein the first metadata includes offset information for one or more breaks in the streamed video, wherein each break contains one or more break segments;
• request, from a first server, second metadata for the one or more break segments;
• receive, from the first server, the second metadata for the one or more break segments;
• create a playlist for the streamed video by stitching the second metadata into the first metadata at one or more locations indicated by the first metadata;
• and
• provide the playlist to the client device.