Content structure aware multimedia streaming service for movies, tv shows and multimedia contents

A method for processing a multimedia content, comprising:

• receiving, using one or more computer processors or computer servers in communication with a network, one or more media files and metadata information of the multimedia content, wherein one or more media files comprises raw video or audio data captured at a production stage for producing the multimedia content, and wherein the metadata information indicates production stage information of the multimedia content determined during or after the production stage for producing the multimedia content;
• causing the one or more computer processors or computer servers in communication with the network to determine a structure of the multimedia content based on the production stage information of the multimedia content, wherein the structure indicates that the multimedia content comprises multiple scenes, each of the multiple scenes comprising multiple shots produced with corresponding devices and cast;
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• causing the one or more computer processors or computer servers in communication with the network to generate, for individual scenes in the multimedia content, multiple edited media files for different viewers or viewer groups using the raw video or audio data captured at the production stage, wherein the multiple edited media files are stored separately from the raw video or audio data.

A method for providing a multimedia content that includes multiple media files to a user, comprising:

• displaying, in a navigation list shown via a user interface of a media player, information about a structure of the multimedia content to the user, wherein the structure indicates that the multimedia content comprises multiple scenes, each of the multiple scenes comprising multiple shots produced with corresponding devices and cast, and wherein the structure further indicates that the multiple media files include raw video or audio data captured at a production stage for producing the multimedia content and multiple edited media files generated using the raw video or audio data;
• displaying, via the user interface of the media player, a first media file of the multiple media files to the user;
• receiving a user input via the user interface of the media player, wherein the user input indicates a viewing change from the first media file to a second media file, wherein the first media file and the second media file are associated with a same device, a same shot, or a same scene of the production stage;
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• switching to display the second media file to the user.

A system for providing a multimedia content, comprising:

• one or more computer processors, computer servers or computer storage devices in communication via a network and configured with software programs to:
• receive multiple media files and metadata information of the multimedia content, wherein one or more media files comprises raw video or audio data captured at a production stage for producing the multimedia content, and wherein the metadata information indicates production stage information of the multimedia content determined during or after the production stage for producing the multimedia content;
• determine a structure of the multimedia content based on the production stage information of the multimedia content, wherein the structure indicates that the multimedia content comprises multiple scenes, each of the multiple scenes comprising multiple shots produced with corresponding devices and cast;
• generate, for individual scenes in the multimedia content, multiple edited media files for different viewers or viewer groups using the raw video or audio data captured at the production stage, wherein the multiple edited media files are stored separately from the raw video or audio data;
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• provide, via the network, the raw video or audio data and the multiple edited media files to different viewers or viewer groups according to viewer preferences.