Video transmission method and video transmission apparatus

A video transmission apparatus that sequentially transmits video data files to a video playback device that plays back a video on the basis of received video data files, the video transmission apparatus comprising:

• a storage configured to store therein a video data file group that includes video data files corresponding to the first length of time that are obtained by splitting a video portion near a playback point in the video data that can be designated as a playback starting point, and a video data file group that includes video data files corresponding to a second length of time that are obtained by splitting a different video portion than the video portion near the playback point, the second length of time being longer than the first length of time;
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• a processor configured to execute a process including:
• identifying a scene included in video data that is to be transmitted to the video playback device on the basis of a transmission request from the video playback device;
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• reading a plurality of video data files included in the video data file group corresponding to the identified scene from the storage and transmitting the plurality of video data files to the video playback device in a chronological order, wherein
• the processor executes, when reading the plurality of video data files from the storage, reading, first predetermined number of times, the video data file that is stored in the storage and that corresponds to the first length of time, and reading the video data file that is stored in the storage and that corresponds to the second length of time after reading the predetermined number of times.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process for transmitting, to a video playback device, a video data file group that corresponds to a selected scene from among a plurality of scenes included in video data, the process comprising:

• storing, in a storage, the video data file group that includes video data files corresponding to a first length of time that are obtained by splitting a video portion near a playback point in the video data that can be designated as a playback starting point, and a video data file group that includes video data files corresponding to a second length of time that are obtained by splitting a different video portion than the video portion near the playback point, the second length of time being longer than the first length of time;
• identifying the scene that is to be transmitted to the video playback device on the basis of a transmission request from the video playback device;
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• reading a plurality of video data files included in the video data file group that correspond to the identified scene from the storage and transmitting the plurality of video data files to the video playback device in a chronological order, wherein
• reading the plurality of video data files included in the video data file group from the storage includes reading, first predetermined number of times, the video data file that is stored in the storage and that corresponds to the first length of time, and reading the video data file that is stored in the storage and that corresponds to the second length of time after reading the predetermined number of times.