Dynamic playlist customization by adaptive streaming client

A device comprising:

• a processing system including a processor of a media service provider;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
• sending a first list of formats associated with a media content item to a client device, wherein the media service provider communicates with the client device over a network;
• receiving from the client device a selection of a format for presentation of the media content item, the selected format comprising an entry in a second list of formats generated by the client device in accordance with a first filtering of the first list of formats by the client device using filtering criteria, the filtering criteria based at least in part on performance metrics of the network, a user profile, capabilities of the client device, a physical environment of the client device, or a combination thereof;
• receiving a notice from the client device identifying a default format different from the selected format;
• transmitting the media content item in the selected format to the client device;
• responsive to a failure of transmission of the media content item during the presentation of the media content, transmitting the media content item in the default format;
• and
• during the presentation of the media content item, dynamically altering transmission of the media content item to the client device in response to an indication from the client device that the presentation be continued in a new format different from the selected format,
• wherein the media content item comprises a plurality of chunks, wherein the new format is selected from a third list of formats generated by the client device responsive to a change in environment of the client device during transmission of a chunk of the plurality of chunks, and wherein the media content item is transmitted in the new format beginning with a next succeeding chunk of the plurality of chunks.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• sending a first list of formats associated with a media content item to a client device via a network;
• receiving from the client device a selection of a format for presentation of the media content item, the selected format comprising an entry in a second list of formats generated by the client device in accordance with a first filtering of the first list of formats by the client device using filtering criteria, the filtering criteria based at least in part on performance metrics of the network, a user profile, capabilities of the client device, a physical environment of the client device, or a combination thereof;
• transmitting the media content item in the selected format to the client device;
• receiving from the client device a notice identifying a default format different from the selected format;
• responsive to a failure of transmission of the media content item during the presentation of the media content, transmitting the media content item in the default format;
• and
• during the presentation of the media content item, dynamically altering transmission of the media content item to the client device in response to an indication from the client device that the presentation be continued in a new format different from the selected format,
• wherein the media content item comprises a plurality of chunks, wherein the new format is selected from a third list of formats generated by the client device responsive to a change in environment of the client device during transmission of a chunk of the plurality of chunks, and wherein the media content item is transmitted in the new format beginning with a next succeeding chunk of the plurality of chunks.