Video streaming method and system

A video streaming system comprising:

• at least one video capture device adapted to provide a data stream, the data stream comprising video data in a first resolution;
• at least one storage device adapted to store the video data;
• at least one client device adapted to,
• receive the video data,
• display an image on the client device at a second resolution, wherein, the second resolution is lower than the first resolution,
• specify a desired viewable area of the image by,
• using one or more of video width start pixel position co-ordinates, video width end pixel position co-ordinates, video height start pixel position co-ordinates, and video height end pixel position co-ordinates to provide:
• a first video width start position,
• a first video width end position,
• a first video height start position,
• a first video height end position,
• one or more second video width start positions,
• one or more second video width end positions,
• one or more second video height start positions, and
• one or more second video height end positions, wherein,
• a difference between a first video width start pixel position and a first video width end pixel position comprises a first video pixel width,
• a difference between a second video width start pixel position and a second video width end pixel position comprises a second video pixel width,
• a difference between a first video height start pixel position and a first video height end pixel position comprises a first video pixel height,
• a difference between a second video height start pixel position and a second video height end pixel position comprises a second video pixel height, and
• at least one of,
• the second video pixel width is less than the first video pixel width, and
• the second video pixel height is less than the first video pixel height;
• at least one video server communicatively coupled to the at least one storage device, the at least one server adapted to,
• remove a video data section by cropping and resizing the video data, wherein, the video data section comprises video data outside of the desired viewable area, and
• stream the video data comprising the desired viewable area to the client device without streaming the video data section.

The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of streaming video data, the method comprising:

• outputting video data in a first resolution from a video capture device;
• determining a desired viewable area of the video data by,
• receiving the video data at a client device,
• displaying an image on the client device at a second resolution,
• wherein,
• the second resolution is lower than the first resolution, and
• selecting a portion of the image by,
• using one or more video width start pixel position co-ordinates, video width end pixel position co-ordinates, video height start pixel position co-ordinates, and video height end pixel position co-ordinates to
• provide:
• a first video width start position,
• a first video width end position,
• a first video height start position,
• a first video height end position,
• one or more second video width start positions,
• one or more second video width end positions,
• one or more second video height start positions, and
• one or more second video height end positions,
• wherein,
• a difference between a first video width start pixel position and a first video width end pixel position comprises a first video pixel width;
• a difference between a second video width start pixel position and a second video width end pixel position comprises a second video pixel width,
• a difference between a first video height start pixel position and a first video height end pixel position comprises a first video pixel height,
• a difference between a second video height start pixel position and a second video height end pixel position comprises a second video pixel height, and
• at least one of,
• the second video pixel width is less than the first video pixel width, and
• the second video pixel height is less than the first video pixel height;
• using a video server to remove a video data section by cropping and resizing the video data wherein, the video data section comprises video data outside of the desired viewable area;
• and
• streaming the video data comprising the desired viewable area to the client device without streaming the video data section.