Systems and Methods for Providing Audio Content During Trick-Play Playback

A playback device comprising:

• a memory;
• a network interface;
• and
• a processor that reads instructions stored in the memory that direct the processor to:
• store a plurality of segments of an audio content portion of media content in a buffer in the playback device,
• store a plurality of frames of a video content portion of media content in a buffer in the playback device,
• store synchronization information in a memory wherein the synchronization information associates a presentation time of each of one or more of the plurality of segments of the audio content portion with a presentation time of one or more frame of the plurality of frames of the video content,
• receive a command for playback of the media content in a trick-play mode,
• determine a next frame from the plurality of images to present based upon the trick-play mode,
• determine each segment from the plurality of segments of the audio content associated with the next frame from the synchronization information stored in memory;
• and
• present each of the segments of the plurality of segments of audio content associated with the next frame during playback in the trick-play mode using the playback device.

A non-transitory machine readable medium containing processor instructions, where execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform a process comprising:

• storing a plurality of segments of an audio content portion of media content in a buffer;
• storing a plurality of frames of a video content portion of media content in a buffer;
• storing synchronization information in a memory wherein the synchronization information associates a presentation time of each of one or more of the plurality of segments of the audio content portion with the presentation time of one or more frames of the plurality of frames of the video content;
• receiving a command for playback of the media content in a trick-play mode;
• determining an image from the plurality of images to present based upon the trick-play mode;
• determining a frame of the video content associated with the image to be presented;
• determining each segment from the plurality of segments of the audio content associated with the frame of the image from the synchronization information stored in memory;
• and
• presenting each of the segments of the plurality of segments of audio content associated with the frame during playback in the trick-play mode.