Dispersed storage of error encoded data objects having multiple resolutions

A computing device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the computing device comprises:

• an interface;
• memory;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the memory and the interface, wherein the processing module is operable to:
• determine a desired retrieval resolution of a data segment of a data object, wherein the data object is divided into a plurality of data segments, wherein the data segment is dispersed error encoded into a set of encoded data slices, wherein a first sub-set of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices corresponds to a first resolution of the data segment, a second sub-set of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices corresponds to a second resolution of the data segment, and a third sub-set of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices corresponds to redundancy encoded data slices;
• when the desired retrieval resolution is the first resolution:
• send one or more first requests to one or more storage units of the DSN regarding the first sub-set of encoded data slices;
• and
• dispersed storage error decode the first sub-set of encoded data slices to recover the data segment at the first resolution;
• and
• when the desired retrieval resolution is the second resolution:
• send one or more second requests to storage units of the DSN regarding the second sub-set of encoded data slices;
• and
• dispersed storage error decode the second sub-set of encoded data slices to recover the data segment at the second resolution.