Video delivery system configured to seek in a video using different modes

A method comprising:

• preprocessing, by a computing device, a video to determine a plurality of boundary information sets for the video, the plurality of boundary information sets segmenting the video differently based on different video characteristics;
• receiving, by the computing device, a request for the video from a client device;
• and
• causing, by the computing device, the plurality of boundary information sets to be sent to the client device, wherein the media player plays the video, receives a seek request to a seek time in the video, and uses one of the plurality of boundary information sets to determine a segment of the video to request for playback based on the seek time and two or more boundaries from two or more of the plurality of boundary information sets, wherein the two or more boundaries are associated with two or more of scene boundaries, shot boundaries and dialogue boundaries.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when executed, control the one or more computer processors to be configured for:
• sending a request for a video using a media player;
• receiving a plurality of boundary information sets for the video, the plurality of boundary information sets segmenting the video differently based on different video characteristics and the plurality of boundary information sets are associated with a plurality of seek modes;
• sending requests for segments of the video;
• receiving the segments for the video and playing the segments using the media player;
• receiving a seek request for a seek time in the video;
• determining a seek mode from the plurality of seek modes to use based on the seek time and two or more boundaries from two or more of the plurality of boundary information sets, wherein the two or more boundaries are associated with two or more of scene boundaries, shot boundaries, and dialogue boundaries;
• determining a segment in the video using the one of the plurality of boundary information sets associated with the determined seek mode, wherein the segment starts at a different time than the seek time;
• and
• sending a request for the segment, wherein the media player plays the segment in response to the seek request.