Advertisement insertion into media content for streaming

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving advertisement insertion input at an advertisement insertion tool executing by the processing device, wherein the advertisement insertion input identifies a presentation time in media content to insert an advertisement;
• in response the receiving, inspecting an original slice of the media content that contains the media content at the presentation time to locate a key frame at or prior to the presentation time;
• creating a first new slice comprising the media content of the original slice up to the presentation time;
• creating a second new slice comprising the media content of the original slice after the presentation time, wherein the creating the second new slice comprises:
• decoding the key frame, any intervening delta frames and a first frame of the media content after the presentation time from the original slice into raw video;
• re-encoding the raw video of the first frame as a second key frame;
• and
• creating the second new slice with the second key frame and subsequent frames after the first frame until an end of the original slice;
• and
• updating a descriptor file to include the first new slice, the advertisement, and the second new slice for streaming by a media player executing on a client computing system.

A computing system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device, coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is configured to execute an advertisement insertion tool, wherein the advertisement insertion tool is to:
• receive advertisement insertion input, wherein the advertisement insertion input identifies a presentation time in media content to insert an advertisement;
• inspect an original slice of the media content that contains the media content at the presentation time to locate a key frame at or prior to the presentation time, wherein when inspecting the original slice of the media content, the processing device is to:
• read a container comprising encoded video frames;
• and
• pre-process the encoded video frames to locate the key frame and a last frame corresponding to the media content at the presentation time;
• create first new slice comprising the media content of the original slice up to the presentation time, wherein when creating the first new slice, the processing device is to create the first new slice to include the key frame, any intervening delta frames, and the last frame;
• create a second new slice comprising the media content of the original slice after the presentation time, wherein when creating the second new slice of the media content, the processing device is to:
• decode a first frame of the media content after the presentation time from the original slice into raw video;
• re-encode the raw video of the first frame as a second key frame;
• and
• create the second new slice with the second key frame and subsequent frames after the first frame until an end of the original slice;
• and
• update a descriptor file to include the first new slice, the advertisement, and the second new slice for streaming by a media player executing on a client computing system.

A method comprising:

• receiving advertisement insertion input at an advertisement insertion tool executing by a processing device, wherein the advertisement insertion input identifies a presentation time in media content to insert an advertisement;
• in response the receiving, inspecting an original slice of the media content that contains the media content at the presentation time to locate a key frame at or prior to the presentation time, wherein the inspecting the original slice of the media content comprises:
• reading a container comprising encoded video frames;
• and
• pre-processing the encoded video frames to locate the key frame and a last frame corresponding to the media content at the presentation time,
• creating a first new slice comprising the media content of the original slice up to the presentation time, wherein the creating the first new slice comprises creating the first new slice to include the key frame, any intervening delta frames, and the last frame;
• creating a second new slice comprising the media content of the original slice after the presentation time, wherein the creating the second new slice comprises:
• decoding the key frame, any intervening delta frames and a first frame of the media content after the presentation time from the original slice into raw video;
• re-encoding the raw video of the first frame as a second key frame;
• and
• creating the second new slice with the second key frame and subsequent frames after the first frame until an end of the original slice;
• and
• updating a descriptor file to include the first new slice, the advertisement, and the second new slice for streaming by a media player executing on a client computing system.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving advertisement insertion input at an advertisement insertion tool executing by the processing device, wherein the advertisement insertion input identifies a presentation time in media content to insert an advertisement;
• in response the receiving, inspecting an original slice of the media content that contains the media content at the presentation time to locate a key frame at or prior to the presentation time, wherein the inspecting the original slice of the media content comprises:
• reading a container comprising encoded video;
• and
• decoding the key frame, any intervening delta frames and a last frame corresponding to the media content at the presentation time;
• creating a first new slice comprising the media content of the original slice up to the presentation time, wherein the creating the first new slice comprises re-encoding the key frame, any intervening delta frames and the last frame to create the first new slice;
• creating a second new slice comprising the media content of the original slice after the presentation time;
• and
• updating a descriptor file to include the first new slice, the advertisement, and the second new slice for streaming by a media player executing on a client computing system.

A computing system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device, coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is configured to execute an advertisement insertion tool, wherein the advertisement insertion tool is to:
• receive advertisement insertion input at an advertisement insertion tool executing by a processing device, wherein the advertisement insertion input identifies a presentation time in media content to insert an advertisement;
• in response the receiving, inspect an original slice of the media content that contains the media content at the presentation time to locate a key frame at or prior to the presentation time, wherein when inspecting the original slice of the media content, the processing device is to:
• read a container comprising encoded video;
• and
• decode the key frame, any intervening delta frames and a last frame corresponding to the media content at the presentation time;
• create a first new slice comprising the media content of the original slice up to the presentation time, wherein when creating the first new slice, the processing device is to re-encoding the key frame, any intervening delta frames and the last frame to create the first new slice;
• create a second new slice comprising the media content of the original slice after the presentation time;
• and
• update a descriptor file to include the first new slice, the advertisement, and the second new slice for streaming by a media player executing on a client computing system.