Interruptible video transcoding

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining a video, wherein the video includes a plurality of tracks, wherein the plurality of tracks include a video track that includes a plurality of key frames and a plurality of non-key frames, each key frame and each non-key frame associated with a corresponding timestamp;
• determining that a partial transcoded file is available that corresponds to the video;
• and
• in response to determining that the partial transcoded file is available:
• obtaining a timestamp associated with the partial transcoded file;
• determining that the timestamp associated with the partial transcoded file does not correspond to any key frames of the plurality of key frames of the video track;
• transcoding a portion of the video with a transcoder, wherein the portion of the video begins at a previous key frame of the plurality of key frames that is previous to the timestamp associated with the partial transcoded file;
• and
• generating an output video by combining the partial transcoded file and the transcoded portion of the video.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a video, wherein the video includes a plurality of tracks, wherein the plurality of tracks include a video track that includes a plurality of key frames and a plurality of non-key frames, each key frame and each non-key frame associated with a corresponding timestamp;
• and
• in response to determining that a partial transcoded file is available that corresponds to the video:
• obtaining a timestamp associated with the partial transcoded file;
• determining that the timestamp associated with the partial transcoded file does not correspond to any key frames of the plurality of key frames of the video track;
• transcoding a portion of the video with a transcoder, wherein the portion of the video begins at a previous key frame of the plurality of key frames that is previous to the timestamp associated with the partial transcoded file;
• and
• generating an output video by combining the partial transcoded file and the transcoded portion of the video;
• and
• in response to determining that the partial transcoded file is not available:
• transcoding the video using the transcoder to obtain a plurality of output tracks, wherein the transcoding is performed from a start of the video;
• and
• obtaining the output video by combining the plurality of output tracks.