Artificial intelligence model for predicting playback of media data

A method to predict requested playbacks of media files by users from a media storage system, the method comprising:

• accessing an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained to predict the requested playbacks of the media files prior to the requested playbacks;
• accessing a first media file of the media files, wherein the first media file comprises first metadata associated with generating the first media file with the media storage system;
• generating a first predictive score for a first playback of the first media file by one of the users based on the AI model and the first metadata for the first media file;
• comparing the first predictive score to a threshold required to transcode the first media file into a playback format prior to the first playback;
• predicting the first playback of the first media file by the one of the users based on the comparing;
• determining a predicted playback time of the first media file by the one of the users based on the first metadata for the first media file;
• and
• transcoding the first media file into the playback format prior to the predicted playback time.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions executable to predict requested playbacks of media files by users from a media storage system, the computer-readable instructions executable to perform predictive playback operations which comprises:

• accessing an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained to predict the requested playbacks of the media files prior to the requested playbacks;
• accessing a media file of the media files, wherein the media file comprises metadata associated with generating the media file with the media storage system;
• generating a predictive score for a requested playback of the media file by one of the users based on the AI model and the metadata for the media file;
• comparing the predictive score to a threshold required to transcode the media file into a playback format prior to the requested playback;
• predicting the requested playback of the media file by the one of the users based on the comparing;
• determining a predicted playback time of the media file by the one of the users based on the metadata for the media file;
• and
• transcoding the media file into the playback format prior to the predicted playback time.