Systems and methods for differential media distribution

A system for receiving media content comprising:

• a receiver communicatively coupled to a differential versioning decoder, the differential versioning decoder comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer readable instructions embedded thereon, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a first media file comprising a first set of data with a first set of attributes, the first set of attributes selected from one or more attribute classes;
• receive a first differential data file comprising a set of differential data, the set of differential data having been generated by comparing the first media file and a second media file with a second set of attributes;
• generate a second media file by applying the first differential data file to the first media file;
• and
• receive a metadata file comprising an encoding data set configured to enable the differential versioning decoder to generate the second media file.