Substituting alternative media for presentation during variable speed operation

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a processing system including a processor of a media processing device, a video cue frame occurring at a video cue frame location within media content displayed with a first display rate, the video cue frame separate from frames of the media content, wherein the video cue frame comprises alternative media content and an encoded message;
• obtaining, by the processing system, the alternative media content from the video cue frame;
• and
• providing, by the processing system based on the encoded message, the alternative media content for display with a second display rate differing from the first display rate, the second display rate selected according to user input at the media processing device, wherein in accordance with the selected second display rate exceeding a predetermined display rate limit, the alternative media content is provided for display at a modified display rate corresponding to the display rate limit, wherein the display rate limit is determined in accordance with a type of the alternative media content.

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

• detecting a cue frame occurring at a cue frame location within media content displayed with a first display rate, the cue frame separate from frames of the media content, wherein the cue frame comprises a signal identifying a location within a video frame sequence, wherein the cue frame comprises alternative media content and an encoded message;
• obtaining the alternative media content from the cue frame;
• and
• providing, based on the encoded message, the alternative media content for display with a second display rate differing from the first display rate, the second display rate selected according to user input at the media processing device, wherein in accordance with the selected second display rate exceeding a predetermined display rate limit, the alternative media content is provided for display at a modified display rate corresponding to the display rate limit, wherein the display rate limit is determined in accordance with a type of the alternative media content.