CN114071243A

CN114071243A - Video playing method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114071243A
Application number: CN202111356363.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张辉; 叶德摇; 刘超; 由光鑫
Original assignee: Shanghai Sensetime Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Sensetime Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-16
Filing date: 2021-11-16
Publication date: 2022-02-18

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a video playing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, wherein the method includes: responding to the playing operation aiming at the video to be played, and determining the identification information of a webpage window corresponding to the playing operation, the video source address of the video to be played and the area information of a video playing area; and sending a video playing request to a video player, wherein the video playing request comprises the identification information of the webpage window, the area information of the video playing area and the video source address of the video to be played, and the video playing request is used for indicating the video player to start the video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the webpage window, and the video to be played is played. The embodiment of the disclosure can realize successful playing of videos in various video formats, and improve the compatibility of video playing.

Description

Video playing method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a video playing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Background

In the related art, videos on websites can be played through the playing function of the browser, the video formats supported by the playing function of different browsers may be different, the video formats of videos on different websites are various, and the situation that the video playing fails due to incompatibility of the video formats is easy to occur when the videos are played through the playing function of the browser.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a video playing technical scheme.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a video playing method applied to a browser, including: responding to the playing operation of the video to be played, and determining identification information of a webpage window corresponding to the playing operation, a video source address of the video to be played and area information of a video playing area; sending a video playing request to a video player, where the video playing request includes identification information of the web page window, area information of the video playing area, and a video source address of the video to be played, and the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start a video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played. By the method, videos in various video formats can be successfully played, and the compatibility of video playing is improved.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: determining the area information of the changed video playing area; sending a window adjustment request to the video player, where the window adjustment request includes identification information of the web page window and area information of the changed video playing area, and the window adjustment request is used to instruct the video player to adjust the video playing window to the changed video playing area. By the method, the video playing window of the video player can be displayed along with the change of the video playing area under the condition that the video playing area is changed, so that the video playing experience the same as that of a browser used alone can be achieved on the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: responding to a switching operation aiming at a video to be played, and sending a video switching request to the video player, wherein the video switching request comprises a video source address of the video to be switched, and the video switching request is used for indicating the video player to play the video to be switched in the video playing window. By the mode, the playing requirement of the user for switching the video playing can be effectively met, and the switching video playing experience which is the same as that of the independently used browser can be played in the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: responding to a closing operation aiming at the webpage window, and sending a closing request to the video player, wherein the closing request comprises identification information of the webpage window, and the closing request is used for indicating the video player to close a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information; or, in response to a hiding operation for the web page window, sending a hiding request to the video player, where the hiding request includes identification information of the web page window, and the hiding request is used to instruct the video player to hide a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information. By the method, the video playing window can be closed or hidden along with the webpage window, and the effect of closing or hiding the window which is the same as that of independently using the browser can be achieved on the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: detecting whether the video player is installed locally or not in response to a starting operation for the webpage window; displaying an installation prompt of a video player in the webpage window to prompt a user to install the video player if the video player is not installed locally; or, in the case that the video player is installed locally, establishing a communication connection with the video player. By the method, normal communication connection between the browser and the video player can be effectively established, so that the browser can call the video player to play the video.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a video playing method applied to a video player, including: under the condition that a video playing request sent by the browser is received, displaying a video playing window of the video player at a video playing area of a webpage window according to identification information of the webpage window of the browser and area information of the video playing area in the video playing request; and acquiring the video data of the video to be played according to the video source address of the video to be played in the video playing request, and playing the video data of the video to be played in the video playing window. By the method, videos in various video formats can be successfully played, and the compatibility of video playing is improved; and the video playing window of the video player is displayed in the video playing area of the browser, so that the same video playing experience as that of the browser used alone can be achieved in the user experience.

In one possible implementation manner, after displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the web page window, the method further includes: and setting the video playing window to be displayed at the top. By the method, the video playing window can be displayed on the upper layer of the webpage window in an overlapping mode and can be displayed along with the webpage window.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: and under the condition of receiving a window adjustment request sent by the browser, adjusting the video playing window to the changed video playing area according to the identification information of the webpage window and the area information of the changed video playing area in the window adjustment request. By the method, the video playing window of the video player can be displayed along with the change of the video playing area under the condition that the video playing area is changed, so that the same video playing experience as that of a browser used independently can be achieved in the aspect of user experience.

In a possible implementation manner, the video playing area is configured to display video playing windows corresponding to a preconfigured number of windows, where the displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the web page window according to the identification information of the web page window of the browser in the video playing request and the area information of the video playing area includes: determining the window display area of each video playing window according to the area information in the video playing request and the window number; and displaying at least one video playing window at the video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information according to the window display area of each video playing window. By the method, at least one video playing window can be effectively displayed in the video playing area, and the video playing requirement that a user watches at least one video at the same time can be met.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: under the condition of receiving a video switching request sent by the browser, acquiring video data of a video to be switched according to a video source address of the video to be switched in the video switching request; and playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window displayed in the video playing area. By the mode, the playing requirement of the user for switching the video playing can be effectively met, and the switching video playing experience which is the same as that of the independently used browser can be played in the user experience.

In a possible implementation manner, the playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window that is already displayed at the video playing area includes: detecting whether a selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area; and under the condition that the selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows, playing the video data of the video to be switched in the selected video playing window. By the method, the video data of the video to be switched can be effectively played under the condition that a user selects any video playing window.

In a possible implementation manner, the playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window that is already displayed at the video playing area further includes: and under the condition that the selected video playing window does not exist in the displayed video playing windows, determining a video playing window for playing the video to be switched from the displayed video playing windows according to a preset playing sequence, and playing the video data of the video to be switched. By the method, the video data of the video to be switched can be effectively played under the condition that a user does not select any video playing window.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: responding to the configuration operation of the window number of the video playing window, and determining the configured window number; and adjusting the window display area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area according to the configured number of the windows so as to display the video playing window corresponding to the configured number of the windows in the video playing area. By the method, the number of the video playing windows displayed in the video playing area can be controlled, and the video playing requirement that a user plays a plurality of videos at the same time is met.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: under the condition that a closing request sent by the browser is received, closing a video playing window corresponding to the webpage window according to identification information in the closing request; or, under the condition that a hiding request sent by the browser is received, hiding the video playing window corresponding to the webpage window according to the identification information in the hiding request. By the method, the video playing window can be closed or hidden along with the webpage window, and the effect of closing or hiding the window which is the same as that of independently using the browser can be achieved on the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes: in the event that the presence of an image processor GPU in the terminal device is detected, the video data is decoded with the image processor GPU of the terminal device. By the mode, the GPU is preferentially utilized for video decoding, so that the utilization rate of the CPU can be reduced, GPU resources of the terminal equipment are fully utilized, and the performance and efficiency of video decoding are improved.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a video playing apparatus applied to a browser, including: the determining module is used for responding to the playing operation of the video to be played, and determining the identification information of a webpage window corresponding to the playing operation, the video source address of the video to be played and the area information of a video playing area; the playing request sending module is configured to send a video playing request to a video player, where the video playing request includes identification information of the web page window, area information of the video playing area, and a video source address of the video to be played, and the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start a video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: the area information determining module is used for determining the area information of the changed video playing area; an adjustment request sending module, configured to send a window adjustment request to the video player, where the window adjustment request includes identification information of the web page window and area information of the changed video playing area, and the window adjustment request is used to instruct the video player to adjust the video playing window to the changed video playing area.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: a switching request sending module, configured to send a video switching request to the video player in response to a switching operation for a video to be played, where the video switching request includes a video source address of the video to be switched, and the video switching request is used to instruct the video player to play the video to be switched in the video playing window.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: a closing request sending module, configured to send a closing request to the video player in response to a closing operation for the web page window, where the closing request includes identification information of the web page window, and the closing request is used to instruct the video player to close a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information; or, the hiding request sending module is configured to send, in response to a hiding operation for the web page window, a hiding request to the video player, where the hiding request includes identification information of the web page window, and the hiding request is used to instruct the video player to hide a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: the detection module is used for responding to the starting operation aiming at the webpage window and detecting whether the video player is installed locally; the installation prompting module is used for displaying an installation prompt of the video player in the webpage window under the condition that the video player is not installed locally so as to prompt a user to install the video player; or, the communication establishing module is used for establishing communication connection with the video player under the condition that the video player is installed locally.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a video playing apparatus applied to a video player, including: the window display module is used for displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the webpage window according to the identification information of the webpage window of the browser and the area information of the video playing area in the video playing request under the condition of receiving the video playing request sent by the browser; and the video playing module is used for acquiring the video data of the video to be played and playing the video data of the video to be played in the video playing window according to the video source address of the video to be played in the video playing request.

In one possible implementation manner, after displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the web page window, the apparatus further includes: and the top setting module is used for setting the video playing window to be displayed on the top.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: and the window adjusting module is used for adjusting the video playing window to the changed video playing area according to the identification information of the webpage window and the area information of the changed video playing area in the window adjusting request under the condition of receiving the window adjusting request sent by the browser.

In a possible implementation manner, the video playing area is configured to display video playing windows corresponding to a preconfigured number of windows, where the window displaying module includes: a display area determining submodule, configured to determine a window display area of each video playing window according to the area information in the video playing request and the number of windows; and the window display submodule is used for displaying at least one video playing window at the video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information according to the window display area of each video playing window.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: the switching request receiving module is used for acquiring video data of a video to be switched according to a video source address of the video to be switched in the video switching request under the condition of receiving the video switching request sent by the browser; and the video switching module is used for playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window displayed in the video playing area.

In one possible implementation manner, the video switching module includes: the window detection submodule is used for detecting whether a selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area; and the first video switching submodule is used for playing the video data of the video to be switched in the selected video playing window under the condition that the selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows.

In a possible implementation manner, the video switching module further includes: and the second video switching submodule is used for determining a video playing window for playing the video to be switched from the displayed video playing windows according to a preset playing sequence under the condition that the selected video playing window does not exist in the displayed video playing windows, and playing the video data of the video to be switched.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: the window number configuration module is used for responding to the configuration operation aiming at the window number of the video playing window and determining the configured window number; and the window area adjusting module is used for adjusting the window display area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area according to the configured number of the windows so as to display the video playing window corresponding to the configured number of the windows in the video playing area.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: the window closing module is used for closing the video playing window corresponding to the webpage window according to the identification information in the closing request under the condition of receiving the closing request sent by the browser; or, the window hiding module is configured to hide the video playing window corresponding to the web page window according to the identification information in the hiding request when the hiding request sent by the browser is received.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus further includes: and the video decoding module is used for decoding the video data by using the image processor GPU of the terminal equipment under the condition that the image processor GPU is detected to exist in the terminal equipment.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device including: a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; wherein the processor is configured to invoke the memory-stored instructions to perform the above-described method.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the above-described method.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when a user expects to play a video through a browser, the video player can be automatically called to play the video to be played, which can be beneficial to successfully playing videos in various video formats and improve the compatibility of video playing; and the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the webpage window, so that the same video playing experience as that of the browser used alone can be achieved in the user experience.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure. Other features and aspects of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 shows a flow chart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a video playback area according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 shows a flow chart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a window number configuration control according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 shows a block diagram of a video playback device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 shows a block diagram of a video playback device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of an electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments, features and aspects of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numbers indicate functionally identical or equivalent elements. While the various aspects of the embodiments are presented in drawings, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale unless specifically indicated.

The word "exemplary" is used exclusively herein to mean "serving as an example, embodiment, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.

The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the term "at least one" herein means any one of a plurality or any combination of at least two of a plurality, for example, including at least one of A, B, C, and may mean including any one or more elements selected from the group consisting of A, B and C.

Furthermore, in the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present disclosure may be practiced without some of these specific details. In some instances, methods, means, elements and circuits that are well known to those skilled in the art have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present disclosure.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which may be performed by a terminal device, which may be a User Equipment (UE), a mobile device, a User terminal, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device, a computing device, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, or the like, and which may be implemented by a processor calling a computer readable instruction stored in a memory. As shown in fig. 1, the video playing method is applied to a browser, and a communication connection exists between the browser and a video player, and the method includes:

in step S11, in response to the playing operation for the video to be played, the identification information of the web page window corresponding to the playing operation, the video source address of the video to be played, and the area information of the video playing area are determined, where the area information includes the area position and/or the area size of the video playing area.

The browser may be any type of browser, such as an IE browser, a google browser, a firefox browser, and the like, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In a possible implementation manner, the playing operation of the video to be played may be implemented through a web page window of the browser.

It should be understood that a user may open a web page window, that is, a web page interface of an open arbitrary website, through a browser and select a video to be played in the web page window to play, or the user may implement a play operation for the video to be played through the web page window of the browser, for example, click a video play button provided in the web page window for the video to be played, and the like. The embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the implementation manner of the play operation.

The video source address of the video to be played is used for acquiring video data of the video to be played from a video source, and the video source can be understood as a source of the video data, for example, the video source may be an image capture device (such as a camera installed in a public place), and may also be other electronic devices (such as various network servers) storing the video data.

In a possible implementation manner, the video data of the video to be played may be data acquired by an image acquisition device (such as a camera) in real time, and the video source address of the video to be played may be an apparatus address of the image acquisition device, where the apparatus address may be, for example, a wireless network address; the video data may also be data stored in other electronic devices (such as a network server), and the video source address of the video to be played may be a storage address of the video to be played in the other electronic devices, and the storage address may be, for example, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address.

It should be understood that, a user may design a partial area in the web page window as a video playing area, and the video playing area may be used to display a video playing window of the video player, or the video playing window of the video player is displayed at the video playing area, and the video playing window is used to play video data of a video to be played.

In a possible implementation manner, the area information may include information of an area position, an area size, and the like of the video playing area, and the area position of the video playing area may be understood as a coordinate position of the video playing area in a display screen of the terminal device. For example, the coordinate position of the central point or at least one vertex of the video playing area in the display screen may be used to represent the area position of the video playing area, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The area size of the video playing area can be understood as the size of the video playing area in the webpage window, and the area size can include the length and width of the video playing area, for example. It should be understood that the size of the video playing area in the web page window may be designed according to actual requirements, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

In step S12, a video playing request is sent to the video player, where the video playing request includes identification information of a web page window, area information of a video playing area, and a video source address of a video to be played, and the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start the video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played.

The video player may be an application program for playing video, and it should be understood that a person skilled in the art may implement the video player by using programming techniques known in the art, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

It should be understood that a user may open multiple web page windows through a browser, and the identification information of the web page windows may be used to distinguish different web page windows, so that the video player may determine the web page window that triggers the play operation.

As described above, the area information includes at least one of an area position and an area size of the video playing area, and in a possible implementation, the displaying of the video playing window in the video playing area of the web page window may include: the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area according to the area information, for example, the video player can display the video playing window at the video playing area according to the area position. Therefore, the video playing window is overlaid to the video playing area for displaying, and the same video playing experience as that of the browser used alone can be achieved in the user experience.

As described above, the video source address of the video to be played is used to obtain the video data of the video to be played from the video source, and after receiving the video playing request, the video player may obtain the video data of the video to be played from the video source according to the video source address in the video playing request, for example, obtain the video data acquired by the camera in real time, or download the video data from the network server, and the like. The video to be played is played in the video window, that is, the video data of the video to be played is played in the video playing window.

It should be understood that the video that the user desires to play may include at least one, that is, the video to be played may include at least one. In one possible implementation manner, the one-time playing operation may be used to indicate one or more videos to be played, that is, to indicate a video source address of the one or more videos to be played, for example, to select at least one video to be played through a multi-selection control provided in a web page window.

Based on this, the browser may send a video playing request to the video player in response to a one-time playing operation, that is, the one-time video playing request may include a video source address of at least one video to be played indicated by the one-time playing operation; of course, the browser may also correspondingly send a video playing request for each video source address of the video to be played, that is, one video playing request includes one video source address.

It should be understood that the video player may obtain video data of at least one video to be played according to at least one video source address, and start at least one video playing window to respectively play the video data of the at least one video to be played. The at least one video playing window may be displayed in the video playing area according to the area information, that is, the video playing area may be used to display the at least one video playing window.

Wherein, at least one video playing window is displayed in the video playing area according to the area information, which may include: determining a window display area of each video playing window according to the number of at least one video playing window and the area information of the video playing area; and displaying each video playing window at the video playing area according to the window display area of each video playing window.

In a possible implementation manner, the window display area of each video playing window may be represented by information such as a window position and a window size of each video playing window. Based on this, displaying each video playing window at the video playing area according to the window display area of each video playing window may include: determining the window position of each video playing window according to the window size of each video playing window and the area position of the video playing area; and displaying each video playing window at the video playing area according to the window position and the window size of each video playing window.

The window position of the video playing window may be understood as a coordinate position of the video playing window in the display screen of the terminal device, for example, a coordinate position of a central point or at least one vertex of the video playing window in the display screen may represent the window position of the video playing window. The window size of the video playback window may include, for example, the length and width of the video playback window.

For example, fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a video playing region according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, assuming that a region position of the video playing region is represented by a lower left vertex (x0, y0) of the video playing region, a region size includes a length M and a width N, the video playing region may display 4 video playing windows a1, a2, A3 and a4, a window size of each video playing window includes a width M/2 and a width N/2, a window position of a1 may be, for example, a lower left vertex (x0, y0+ N/2) of a1, a window position of a2 may be, for example, a lower left vertex (x0+ M/2, y0+ N/2) of a2, a window position of A3 may be, (x0, y0), and a window position of a4 may be, for example, (x0+ M/2, y 36 0).

Considering that the area information (e.g., area position, area size) of the video playing area in the web page window may change, for example, the user may move the web page window or slide the web page content up and down, so that the area position of the video playing area changes; under the conditions, the window display area of the video playing window can be adaptively adjusted, namely the window position, the window size and the like of the video playing window are adjusted, so that the video playing window is displayed along with the change of the video playing area, and the video playing experience which is the same as that of a browser used alone is realized in the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

determining the area information of the changed video playing area; and sending a window adjusting request to the video player, wherein the window adjusting request comprises identification information of the webpage window and the area information of the changed video playing area, and the window adjusting request is used for indicating the video player to adjust the video playing window to the changed video playing area.

The area information of the changed video playing area may include, for example: changed region position, changed region size. As described above, the identification information of the web page window may be used to distinguish different web page windows, and the window adjustment request includes the identification information, which may facilitate the video player to identify the web page window with the changed video playing area, so as to adjust the video playing window displayed at the video playing area of the web page window.

In a possible implementation manner, adjusting the video playing window to the changed video playing area may include: and adjusting the window playing area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area until the video playing window is adjusted to the changed video playing area. The adjusting the window playing area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area may include: adjusting the window position of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area, for example, determining the target window position of the displayed video playing window according to the changed area position, the current area size and the number of the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area; and moving the displayed video playing window to the corresponding target window position.

As described above, the region size may include the length and width of the video playing region, and the changed region size may include the length and width of the video playing region after the changed size; and the video playing area can display at least one video playing window; the window size of the video playback window includes the length and width of the video playback window.

In one possible implementation manner, adjusting a window playing area of a video playing window displayed at the video playing area may include: adjusting the window size of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area, for example, determining the target length and the target width of each displayed video playing window according to the number of the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area and the changed area size; and adjusting the length and the width of each video playing window displayed in the video playing area to the corresponding target length and target width.

The method shown in fig. 2 in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be referred to determine the target window position, the target length, and the target width of the displayed video playing window, which is not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the video playing window of the video player can be displayed following the change of the video playing area under the condition that the video playing area is changed, so that the video playing experience same as that of the browser used alone can be achieved on the user experience.

In consideration, the user may also have a need to switch the playing of the video, for example, to play video data collected by other cameras. In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

and responding to the switching operation aiming at the video to be played, and sending a video switching request to the video player, wherein the video switching request comprises a video source address of the video to be switched, and the video switching request is used for indicating the video player to play the video to be switched in a video playing window.

The video source address of the video to be switched is used to obtain the video data of the video to be switched from the video source, as described above, the video source may be a source of the video data, for example, the video source may be an image capture device (such as a camera installed in a public place), and may also be other electronic devices (such as various network servers) storing the video data.

It should be understood that the video player can obtain the video data of the video to be switched from the video source according to the video source address of the video to be switched; and switching to play the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window.

In a possible implementation manner, the video switching request may further include identification information of a web page window, so that the video player determines the web page window that triggers the switching operation, and thus plays the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window at the video playing area of the web page window.

As described above, the video playing windows displayed at the video playing area may include at least one, and in one possible implementation, the video player may play the video data of the switching video in any video playing window selected by the user.

In a possible implementation manner, the video player may further determine, according to a preset playing sequence, a video playing window for playing the video to be switched and play the video data of the video to be switched from at least one video playing window displayed in the video playing area when the user does not select any video playing window, for example, determine, according to a sequence from top to bottom and from left to right, a video playing window for playing the video to be switched; of course, any video playing window may also be randomly selected from the video playing windows already displayed in the video playing area as a video playing window for playing any video to be switched, which is not limited to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the playing requirement of the user for switching the video playing can be effectively met, and the switching video playing experience which is the same as that of the single-use browser can be achieved in the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

responding to a closing operation aiming at the webpage window, and sending a closing request to the video player, wherein the closing request comprises identification information of the webpage window, and the closing request is used for indicating the video player to close a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information; or, in response to a hiding operation for the web page window, sending a hiding request to the video player, where the hiding request includes identification information of the web page window, and the hiding request is used to instruct the video player to hide a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information.

The closing operation is used to close the web page window, for example, clicking a closing button provided in the web page window. The hiding operation is used to hide the web page window, such as clicking a minimize button provided in the web page window, etc.

As described above, the identification information is used to distinguish different web page windows, and the video player can determine the web page window that triggers the closing operation according to the identification information, so that the video playing window displayed in the video playing area of the web page window indicated by the closing operation can be closed; or determining the webpage window triggering the hiding operation according to the identification information, so as to hide the video playing window displayed at the video playing area of the webpage window indicated by the hiding operation, for example, minimizing the video playing window.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the video playing window can be closed or hidden following the webpage window, and the same window closing or window hiding effect as that of using a browser alone can be achieved on the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

detecting whether a video player is installed locally or not in response to a starting operation for a webpage window;

displaying an installation prompt of the video player in a webpage window to prompt a user to install the video player if the video player is not installed locally; or the like, or, alternatively,

in the case where the video player has been installed locally, a communication connection is established with the video player.

As described above, the web page window may be understood as a web page interface of a website, and the starting operation for the web page window may include, for example: inputting the address of a website in a browser, logging in the website, and opening a webpage interface of the website; or a website shortcut entrance can be arranged in the browser, and a webpage interface of the website can be opened by clicking the website shortcut entrance. It should be understood that the disclosed embodiments are not limited with respect to the implementation of the boot operation.

A person skilled in the art may implement detecting whether a video player is installed locally by using technical means known in the art, for example, by calling a related operating system interface, querying whether a video player is in a locally installed application program, and the like, which is not limited to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In a possible implementation manner, the installation prompt displayed in the webpage window may include a prompt statement for installing the video player; and a download path of the installation package of the video player can be further included, so that a user can conveniently download and install the installation package of the video player.

In one possible implementation, the browser establishes a communication connection with the video player, for example, through a websocket communication protocol (a protocol for performing full-duplex communication on a single TCP connection), the browser establishes a communication connection with the video player; it should be understood that a person skilled in the art may use communication technologies known in the art to establish a communication connection between the browser and the video player, for example, may also use inter-process communication (IPC), and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

In a possible implementation manner, after the browser establishes the communication connection with the video player, whether the communication connection with the video player is normal or not can be periodically detected, so that the normal communication between the browser and the video player is favorably ensured. For example, in the case of an abnormality (such as disconnection) in the communication connection, an attempt may be made to reestablish the previous communication connection with the video player; and/or, under the condition that the communication connection cannot be reestablished, carrying out error reporting prompt to remind the user to check abnormal reasons and the like.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the normal communication connection between the browser and the video player can be effectively established, so that the browser is favorable for calling the video player to play the video.

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which may be performed by a terminal device, which may be a User Equipment (UE), a mobile device, a User terminal, a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device, a computing device, an in-vehicle device, a wearable device, or the like, and which may be implemented by a processor calling a computer readable instruction stored in a memory. As shown in fig. 3, the video playing method is applied to a video player, and a communication connection exists between the video player and a browser, and the method includes:

in step S21, in the case of receiving the video playing request sent by the browser, the video playing window of the video player is displayed at the video playing area of the web page window according to the identification information of the web page window of the browser and the area information of the video playing area in the video playing request.

As described above, the video player may be an application program for playing video, and it should be understood that the video player may be implemented by those skilled in the art using programming techniques known in the art, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Because the bottom libraries on which the application programs depend in different operating systems are different, the bottom libraries supporting cross-operating systems can be adopted to develop the video player in the development process of the video player, so that the adaptability and the compatibility of the video player to various operating systems are effectively improved.

As described above, the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start the video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played. It should be understood that a user may open multiple web page windows through a browser, and the identification information of the web page windows may be used to distinguish different web page windows, so that the video player may determine the web page window that triggers the play operation.

As described above, the video that the user desires to play may include at least one, that is, the video to be played may include at least one, the video playing request may be sent at least once, and the video source address of at least one video to be played may be included in any one of the video playing requests. It should be understood that the video player may initiate at least one video playing window according to at least one video source address in any video playing request, and the at least one video playing window may be displayed at the video playing area of the web page window corresponding to the identification information. By the mode, the video playing window can be overlaid to the video playing area to be displayed, so that the video playing experience the same as that of the independently used browser can be achieved on the user experience.

As described above, the area information may include information of an area position, an area size, and the like of the video playing area, and in one possible implementation, displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the web page window according to the identification information of the web page window of the browser in the video playing request and the area information of the video playing area may include: determining the number of video playing windows to be displayed according to the number of video source addresses in the video playing request; determining the window size of the video playing window to be displayed according to the number of the video playing windows to be displayed and the area size of the video playing area; determining the window position of the video playing window to be displayed according to the window size of the video playing window to be displayed and the area position of the video playing area; and displaying the video playing window at the video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information according to the window position and the window size of the video playing window to be displayed.

The video player may call a related operating system interface to implement that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window in step S21, that is, the video playing window is displayed at a specified position of the display screen in a specified size, and the video playing window is set to be displayed at the top after the video playing window of the video player is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window. By the method, the video playing window can be displayed on the upper layer of the webpage window in an overlapping mode and can be displayed along with the webpage window.

The related operating system interface may include: and the operating system is used for determining a video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information, an interface of a coordinate position displayed in the display screen and an interface of the top video playing window. It should be understood that, a person skilled in the art may implement the displaying of the video playing window at the video playing area of the web page window and the setting of the video playing window as a top display in any known manner, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

In step S22, according to the video source address of the video to be played in the video playing request, the video data of the video to be played is obtained and played in the video playing window.

As described above, the video source address of the video to be played is used to obtain the video data of the video to be played from the video source, and after receiving the video playing request, the video player may obtain the video data of the video to be played from the video source according to the video source address in the video playing request, for example, obtain the video data acquired by the camera in real time, or download the video data from the network server, and the like.

As described above, the video playing request may be sent at least once, and any one of the video playing requests may include at least one video source address of the video to be played.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when a user expects to play a video through a browser, the video player can be called to play the video to be played, which can be beneficial to successfully playing videos in various video formats and improve the compatibility of video playing; and the video playing window of the video player is displayed in the video playing area of the browser, so that the same video playing experience as that of the browser used alone can be achieved in the user experience.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

and under the condition of receiving a window adjustment request sent by the browser, adjusting the video playing window to the changed video playing area according to the identification information of the webpage window in the window adjustment request and the area information of the changed video playing area.

The video playing window is adjusted to the changed video playing area, that is, the window display area of the video playing window displayed at the video playing area is adjusted, that is, the window position and/or the window size of the video playing window is adjusted until the video playing window is displayed in the changed video playing area, so that the video playing window displayed at the video playing area is displayed following the change of the video playing area.

As described above, the area information of the changed video playing area may include: a changed region position and/or a changed region size. The identification information of the web page window can be used for distinguishing different web page windows, and the window adjustment request contains the identification information, so that the video player can conveniently identify the web page window with the changed video playing area, and the window display area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area of the web page window can be adjusted.

As described above, the coordinate position of the central point or at least one vertex of the video playing area in the display screen may be used to represent the area position of the video playing area; the window position of the video playing window can be understood as the coordinate position of the video playing window in the display screen of the terminal equipment; and the coordinate position of the central point or at least one vertex of the video playing window in the display screen can be used for representing the window position of the video playing window.

In one possible implementation manner, the changed region position may include an absolute position of the video playing region after the changed position in the display screen, where adjusting a window position of a video playing window displayed at the video playing region may include: determining the target window position of the displayed video playing window according to the changed area position, the current area size and the number of the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area; and moving the displayed video playing window to the corresponding target window position.

For example, assuming that the absolute position (x, y) of the lower left vertex of the video playing region after the change of the position in the display screen is used to represent the changed position of the region, the current size of the region includes length M and width N, and 2 video playing windows are displayed at the video playing region, the window size of each video playing window may include width M/2 and width N, where the target window position of one video playing window may be, for example, the position (x, y) of the lower left vertex of the video playing window, and the target window position of the other video playing window may be, for example, the position (x + M/2, y) of the lower left vertex of the video playing window.

In a possible implementation manner, the changed region position may further include: the relative position between the video playing area after the position change and the video playing area before the position change. For example, assuming that the area position of the video playing area before the change position in the display screen is (x, y), the area position of the video playing area after the change position in the display screen is (x, y), the absolute position of the video playing area after the change position in the display screen is (x, y), the relative position between the video playing area after the change position and the video playing area before the change position is (x-x, y-y), and the area position after the change may include (x, y), and may further include (x-x, y-y).

In a possible implementation manner, adjusting a window position of a video playing window displayed at the video playing area may further include: under the condition that the changed area position comprises the relative position, determining the target window position of the displayed video playing window according to the current window position of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area and the relative position; and moving the displayed video playing window to the corresponding target window position. For example, if the current window position of a certain video playing window is (x ', y'), and the relative position between the video playing area after the change position and the video playing area before the change position is (x-x, y-y '), the target window position is (x' + x-x, y '+ y-y').

As described above, the region size may include the length and width of the video playing region, and the changed region size may include the length and width of the video playing region after the changed size; and, the video playback area may display at least one video playback window. The window size of the video playback window may include the length and width of the video playback window.

In one possible implementation, adjusting a window size of a video playing window displayed at the video playing area may include: determining the target length and the target width of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area according to the number of the video playing windows displayed in the video playing area and the changed area size; and adjusting the length and the width of a video playing window displayed in the video playing area to the corresponding target length and target width.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the video playing window of the video player can be displayed following the change of the video playing area under the condition that the video playing area is changed, so that the video playing experience same as that of the browser used alone can be achieved in the user experience.

As described above, the video playing area may display at least one video playing window, and the user may pre-configure the number of the video playing windows displayed in the video playing area, or the number of the video playing windows displayed in the video playing area may be pre-configured, so that the video player may conveniently control the display number of the video playing windows, so as to meet the playing requirement of the user for browsing multiple videos at the same time.

In one possible implementation manner, the video playing area is used to display video playing windows corresponding to the number of the pre-configured windows, wherein in step S21, the displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the web page window according to the identification information of the web page window of the browser in the video playing request and the area information of the video playing area includes:

determining window display areas of the video playing windows with the number of windows according to the area information and the number of windows in the video playing request;

and displaying at least one video playing window at the video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information according to the window display area of each video playing window.

With reference to the implementation manner shown in fig. 2 in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the window display areas of the video playing windows of which the number is the number of windows may be determined according to the area information and the number of windows in the video playing request, that is, the window positions and/or the window sizes of the video playing windows are determined, which is not described herein again.

As described above, the video that the user desires to play may include at least one, that is, the video to be played may include at least one, the video playing request may be sent at least once, and the video source address of at least one video to be played may be included in any one of the video playing requests. The video player can start at least one video playing window according to at least one video source address in any video playing request, and the at least one video playing window can be displayed in a video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information.

Based on this, there may be a case where the video source address sent by the browser does not match the number of windows configured by the user, for example, the number of windows configured by the user is 4, and the video source address sent by the browser is 3, that is, there may be a case where the number of windows configured by the user is more than the number of videos to be played, in which case, the number of video playing windows corresponding to the video source address, that is, at least one video playing window, may be displayed at the video playing area of the web page window corresponding to the identification information.

It should be understood that the window position and the window size of each video playing window displayed at the video playing area are still determined according to the area information and the number of windows, for example, in the video playing area shown in fig. 2, assuming that the video source address sent by the browser is 2, two video playing windows a1 and a2 can be displayed at the video playing area; by analogy, when the video source address is 3, three video playing windows A1, A2 and A3 can be displayed.

In some cases, there may be a case that the number of windows configured by the user is less than the number of videos of the video to be played, that is, the number of configured windows is less than the number of video source addresses sent by the browser, and in this case, the user may be prompted to reconfigure the number of windows; and/or selecting video source addresses corresponding to the number of windows from the video source addresses sent by the browser, for example, sequentially selecting the video source addresses corresponding to the number of windows according to the ranking order or the time order; and further acquiring video data from a video source according to the selected video source address and playing the video data in video playing windows with the number being the number of the windows.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, at least one video playing window can be effectively displayed in the video playing area, and the video playing requirement that a user watches at least one video at the same time can be met.

As mentioned above, there may be a need for switching the playing of the video for the user, and in a possible implementation, the method further includes:

under the condition of receiving a video switching request sent by a browser, acquiring video data of a video to be switched according to a video source address of the video to be switched in the video switching request; and playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window displayed at the video playing area. By the mode, the playing requirement of the user for switching the video playing can be effectively met, and the switching video playing experience which is the same as that of the independently used browser can be played in the user experience.

In one possible implementation manner, playing video data of a video to be switched in a video playing window already displayed at a video playing area may include: detecting whether a selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area; and under the condition that the selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows, playing the video data of the video to be switched in the selected video playing window. By the method, the video data of the video to be switched can be effectively played under the condition that a user selects any video playing window.

As described above, the video switching request is used to instruct the video player to play the video to be switched in the video playing window; and the video source address of the video to be switched is used for acquiring the video data of the video to be switched from the video source. The video player can obtain the video data of the video to be switched from a video source according to the video source address of the video to be switched, and switches the video data to play the video to be switched in a video playing window.

As described above, the video playing windows displayed at the video playing area may include at least one, and the user may select any one of the displayed video playing windows to play the video data of the video to be switched, for example, the user may click any one of the displayed video playing windows through a cursor, and it should be understood that the video playing window clicked by the user is also the selected video playing window.

It should be understood that the browser may send at least one video switching request, each video switching request may include at least one video source address, accordingly, the video data of the video to be switched may include at least one, and the video playing window selected by the user may also include at least one.

In a possible implementation manner, playing the video data of the video to be switched in a video playing window already displayed at a video playing area further includes: and under the condition that the selected video playing window does not exist in the displayed video playing windows, determining a video playing window for playing the video to be switched from the displayed video playing windows according to a preset playing sequence, and playing the video data of the video to be switched. By the method, the video data of the video to be switched can be effectively played under the condition that a user does not select any video playing window.

The preset playing sequence may be understood as a preset window selection sequence for playing the video to be switched, for example, assuming that 4 video playing windows are already displayed in the video playing area in the manner shown in fig. 2, according to the sequence from top to bottom and from left to right, video data of one video to be switched may be sequentially played in the video playing window a1, video data of another video to be switched may be played in the video playing window a2, and so on.

In a possible implementation manner, in a case that there is no selected video playing window in the displayed video playing windows, any one of the video playing windows that are displayed in the video playing area may also be randomly selected as a video playing window for playing a video to be switched, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

As described above, the user can configure the number of windows of the video playback window displayed at the video playback area in advance. In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

responding to the configuration operation of the window number of the video playing window, and determining the configured window number;

and adjusting the window display area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area according to the configured number of the windows so as to display the video playing window corresponding to the configured number of the windows in the video playing area.

In one possible implementation, the video player may provide a default at least one window number to the user, so that the user may select any one of the window numbers as the user-configured window number; of course, the number of configured windows may also be determined by manually inputting the number of windows, which is not limited in this embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a window number configuration control according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 4, a user may click an icon corresponding to any window number shown in the configuration control to implement the configured window number. As shown in fig. 4, a hidden button (i.e., an arrow in fig. 4) may also be provided in the configuration control, which may facilitate the user to hide the configuration control. By the method, the user can conveniently configure the number of the windows.

In consideration of the fact that there may be a situation that a video playing window is already displayed in the video playing area and the number of windows is reconfigured by the user in an actual situation, for example, the current number of windows is 1, that is, 1 video playing window is displayed in the current video playing area and the number of windows reconfigured by the user is 4; or the number of the current windows is 6, the number of the windows reconfigured by the user is 2, and the like, under these circumstances, the window display area of the video playing window displayed at the video playing area, that is, the window position and the window size of the video playing window, can be adjusted according to the number of the configured windows and the area information of the current video playing area, so that the video playing window corresponding to the number of the configured windows can be displayed at the video playing area.

Adjusting the window display area of the video playing window displayed in the video playing area according to the configured number of windows and the current area information may include: determining target window display areas of the video playing windows with the number being the configured number of windows, namely determining the positions of the target windows and the sizes of the target windows, according to the configured number of the windows and the area information of the current video playing area; and adjusting the window display area of the displayed video playing window to the target window display area, namely adjusting the window position and the window size of the displayed video playing window to the target window position and the target window size.

In a possible implementation manner, if the number of windows configured by the user is smaller than the number of video playing windows already displayed in the video playing area, video playing windows corresponding to the configured number of windows may be selected and reserved from the currently displayed video playing windows, and the window position and the window size of the reserved video playing windows may be adjusted.

In a possible implementation manner, the selection of the reserved video playing window may be automatic random selection or automatic sequential selection of the video playing windows to be reserved, or of course, the user may manually select the video playing window to be reserved, which is not limited to the embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, 6 video playing windows are currently displayed, the number of the windows reconfigured by the user is 4, 4 video playing windows can be selected and reserved from the 6 video playing windows, and the window positions and the window sizes of the 4 video playing windows are adjusted.

It should be understood that, in a case that the number of windows configured by the user is greater than the number of video playing windows already displayed at the video playing area, the user may execute the playing operation for the video to be played again through the browser to send the video playing request to the video player, so that the video playing windows corresponding to the configured number of windows are displayed at the video playing area, and the video playing requirement that the user watches multiple videos at the same time is met.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the number of video playing windows displayed in the video playing area can be controlled, and the video playing requirement that a user plays a plurality of videos at the same time is met.

In one possible implementation, the method further includes:

under the condition of receiving a closing request sent by a browser, closing a video playing window corresponding to a webpage window according to identification information in the closing request; or, under the condition of receiving a hiding request sent by the browser, hiding the video playing window corresponding to the webpage window according to the identification information in the hiding request.

As described above, the video playing method may be applied to a terminal device, and in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

in the case of detecting the presence of the image processor GPU in the terminal device, the video data is decoded with the image processor GPU of the terminal device.

It is known that before transmitting video data, video coding, i.e. compression, can be performed on the video data to improve the transmission efficiency of the video data. It is to be understood that video coding techniques known in the art may be employed to video code video data, and the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

The decoding of the video data is realized by using the GPU of the terminal device, which can be understood as performing decompression processing on the video data by using the GPU of the terminal device. It should be understood that the decoded video data may be played by using the image processor GPU or the central processing unit CPU of the terminal device, that is, the display processing such as rendering and rendering of the video data may be performed by using the GPU or the CPU of the terminal device.

In a possible implementation manner, the video player can also obtain the utilization rate of the GPU in real time, so that the decoding of the video data and the playing of the decoded video data can be switched to be realized by using the central processing unit CPU under the condition that the utilization rate of the GPU is too high.

It should be understood that in the case where no image processor is present in the terminal device, the decoding of the video data and the playing of the decoded video data can be directly implemented by using the central processing unit CPU of the terminal device.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the utilization rate of the CPU can be reduced by preferentially utilizing the GPU for video decoding and video playing, the GPU resources of the terminal device are fully utilized, and the performance efficiency of video decoding and video playing is improved.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 5, the video playing method includes:

a user starts a webpage window of a browser, namely the user opens a webpage interface of a certain website, or starts and logs in a webpage client and the like; the browser detects whether the video player is installed locally;

prompting a user to install a video player if the browser is not locally installed; under the condition that the browser is installed locally, starting a video player and establishing a communication connection with the video player;

the browser periodically detects whether the communication connection between the browser and the video player is normal; under the condition that the communication connection between the browser and the video player is normal, the browser detects whether a video playing area changes in real time;

under the condition that the video playing area is changed, sending the changed area information to a video player; the video player adjusts the window position and/or the window size of a video playing window displayed in the video playing area according to the changed area information;

under the condition that the communication connection between the browser and the video player is normal, the browser sends a video playing request to the video player, and the video player responds to the video playing request and plays a video to be played in a video playing window of the video player.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the video playing method can be applied to scenes such as smart cities, security monitoring and the like.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the video playing window can be automatically attached to the video playing area of the webpage window, and can move instantly along with the movement of the webpage window, so that the GPU resource can be automatically utilized for video decoding, and the utilization rate of the GPU resource is improved.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the video playing window of the video player is overlapped on the webpage window of the browser, so that the user experience is the same as that of the video playing experience of the browser which is used independently, and the playing compatibility of the videos in various video formats can be effectively improved by playing the video through the video player.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the video player is an independent application program, can directly access the bottom layer driving interface of the operating system, has the unique advantage of automatically adapting to various display cards, can fully utilize GPU resources in the terminal equipment where the video player is located, can improve the playing effect of multi-channel videos or high-definition videos, and improves the stability and flexibility of video playing.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the playing requirement of a user for playing videos in various video formats through a browser can be met, meanwhile, GPU resources of the terminal equipment can be fully utilized, and the playing stability of multi-channel videos or high-definition videos can be remarkably improved in the scene requirement of playing the multi-channel videos and the high-definition videos.

It is understood that the above-mentioned method embodiments of the present disclosure can be combined with each other to form a combined embodiment without departing from the logic of the principle, which is limited by the space, and the detailed description of the present disclosure is omitted. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in the above methods of the specific embodiments, the specific order of execution of the steps should be determined by their function and possibly their inherent logic.

In addition, the present disclosure also provides a video playing apparatus, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a program, which can be used to implement any video playing method provided by the present disclosure, and the corresponding technical solutions and descriptions and corresponding descriptions in the methods section are not repeated.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of a video playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 6, the apparatus applied to a browser, including:

the determining module 101 is configured to, in response to a play operation for a video to be played, determine identification information of a web page window corresponding to the play operation, a video source address of the video to be played, and area information of a video play area;

a playing request sending module 102, configured to send a video playing request to a video player, where the video playing request includes identification information of the web page window, area information of the video playing area, and a video source address of the video to be played, and the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start a video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when a user expects to play a video through a browser, the video player can be automatically called to play the video to be played, which can be beneficial to successfully playing videos in various video formats and improve the compatibility of video playing; and the video playing window is arranged in the video playing area of the webpage window, so that the same video playing experience as that of the browser used alone can be achieved in the aspect of user experience.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of a video playing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus is applied to a video player, and includes:

a window display module 201, configured to, when a video playing request sent by the browser is received, display a video playing window of the video player at a video playing area of the web page window according to identification information of the web page window of the browser and area information of the video playing area in the video playing request;

the video playing module 202 is configured to obtain video data of the video to be played according to the video source address of the video to be played in the video playing request, and play the video data of the video to be played in the video playing window.

In a possible implementation manner, the video playing area is configured to display video playing windows corresponding to a preconfigured number of windows, where the window displaying module 201 includes: a display area determining submodule, configured to determine a window display area of each video playing window according to the area information in the video playing request and the number of windows; and the window display submodule is used for displaying at least one video playing window at the video playing area of the webpage window corresponding to the identification information according to the window display area of each video playing window.

In some embodiments, functions of or modules included in the apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to execute the method described in the above method embodiments, and specific implementation thereof may refer to the description of the above method embodiments, and for brevity, will not be described again here.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions, which when executed by a processor, implement the above-mentioned method. The computer readable storage medium may be a volatile or non-volatile computer readable storage medium.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, including: a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; wherein the processor is configured to invoke the memory-stored instructions to perform the above-described method.

The disclosed embodiments also provide a computer program product comprising computer readable code or a non-transitory computer readable storage medium carrying computer readable code, which when run in a processor of an electronic device, the processor in the electronic device performs the above method.

The electronic device may be provided as a terminal or other modality of device.

Fig. 8 illustrates a block diagram of an electronic device 800 in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. For example, the electronic device 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, or the like terminal.

Referring to fig. 8, electronic device 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the electronic device 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing components 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the electronic device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the electronic device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power supply component 806 provides power to the various components of the electronic device 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the electronic device 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the electronic device 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the electronic device 800 is in an operation mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the electronic device 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the electronic device 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect an open/closed state of the electronic device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the electronic device 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in the position of the electronic device 800 or a component of the electronic device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the electronic device 800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the electronic device 800, and a change in the temperature of the electronic device 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) or Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the electronic device 800 and other devices. The electronic device 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as a wireless network (WiFi), a second generation mobile communication technology (2G) or a third generation mobile communication technology (3G), or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, such as the memory 804, is also provided that includes computer program instructions executable by the processor 820 of the electronic device 800 to perform the above-described methods.

The present disclosure may be systems, methods, and/or computer program products. The computer program product may include a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied thereon for causing a processor to implement various aspects of the present disclosure.

The computer readable storage medium may be a tangible device that can hold and store the instructions for use by the instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic memory device, a magnetic memory device, an optical memory device, an electromagnetic memory device, a semiconductor memory device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanical coding device, such as punch cards or in-groove projection structures having instructions stored thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Computer-readable storage media as used herein is not to be construed as transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission medium (e.g., optical pulses through a fiber optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through electrical wires.

The computer-readable program instructions described herein may be downloaded from a computer-readable storage medium to a respective computing/processing device, or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, such as the internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and/or a wireless network. The network may include copper transmission cables, fiber optic transmission, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. The network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer-readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer-readable program instructions for storage in a computer-readable storage medium in the respective computing/processing device.

The computer program instructions for carrying out operations of the present disclosure may be assembler instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The computer-readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider). In some embodiments, the electronic circuitry that can execute the computer-readable program instructions implements aspects of the present disclosure by utilizing the state information of the computer-readable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry, such as a programmable logic circuit, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Programmable Logic Array (PLA).

Various aspects of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-readable program instructions.

These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer-readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can direct a computer, programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer-readable medium storing the instructions comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The computer program product may be embodied in hardware, software or a combination thereof. In an alternative embodiment, the computer program product is embodied in a computer storage medium, and in another alternative embodiment, the computer program product is embodied in a Software product, such as a Software Development Kit (SDK), or the like.

Having described embodiments of the present disclosure, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or improvements made to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A video playing method is applied to a browser, and the method comprises the following steps:

responding to the playing operation of the video to be played, and determining identification information of a webpage window corresponding to the playing operation, a video source address of the video to be played and area information of a video playing area;

sending a video playing request to a video player, where the video playing request includes identification information of the web page window, area information of the video playing area, and a video source address of the video to be played, and the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start a video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the area information of the changed video playing area;

sending a window adjustment request to the video player, where the window adjustment request includes identification information of the web page window and area information of the changed video playing area, and the window adjustment request is used to instruct the video player to adjust the video playing window to the changed video playing area.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

responding to a switching operation aiming at a video to be played, and sending a video switching request to the video player, wherein the video switching request comprises a video source address of the video to be switched, and the video switching request is used for indicating the video player to play the video to be switched in the video playing window.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, further comprising:

responding to a closing operation aiming at the webpage window, and sending a closing request to the video player, wherein the closing request comprises identification information of the webpage window, and the closing request is used for indicating the video player to close a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information; or the like, or, alternatively,

responding to a hiding operation aiming at the webpage window, and sending a hiding request to the video player, wherein the hiding request comprises identification information of the webpage window, and the hiding request is used for indicating the video player to hide a video playing window of the video player corresponding to the identification information.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

detecting whether the video player is installed locally or not in response to a starting operation for the webpage window;

displaying an installation prompt of a video player in the webpage window to prompt a user to install the video player if the video player is not installed locally; or the like, or, alternatively,

establishing a communication connection with the video player in the event that the video player has been locally installed.

6. A video playing method is applied to a video player, and the method comprises the following steps:

under the condition that a video playing request sent by the browser is received, displaying a video playing window of the video player at a video playing area of a webpage window according to identification information of the webpage window of the browser and area information of the video playing area in the video playing request;

and acquiring the video data of the video to be played according to the video source address of the video to be played in the video playing request, and playing the video data of the video to be played in the video playing window.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, after displaying the video playback window of the video player at the video playback area of the web page window:

and setting the video playing window to be displayed at the top.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

and under the condition of receiving a window adjustment request sent by the browser, adjusting the video playing window to the changed video playing area according to the identification information of the webpage window and the area information of the changed video playing area in the window adjustment request.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the video playback area is used to display video playback windows corresponding to a preconfigured number of windows,

wherein the displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the web page window according to the identification information of the web page window of the browser and the area information of the video playing area in the video playing request includes:

determining the window display area of each video playing window according to the area information in the video playing request and the window number;

10. The method according to any one of claims 6-9, further comprising:

under the condition of receiving a video switching request sent by the browser, acquiring video data of a video to be switched according to a video source address of the video to be switched in the video switching request;

and playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window displayed in the video playing area.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window displayed at the video playing area comprises:

detecting whether a selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows in the video playing area;

and under the condition that the selected video playing window exists in the displayed video playing windows, playing the video data of the video to be switched in the selected video playing window.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the playing the video data of the video to be switched in the video playing window already displayed at the video playing area further comprises:

and under the condition that the selected video playing window does not exist in the displayed video playing windows, determining a video playing window for playing the video to be switched from the displayed video playing windows according to a preset playing sequence, and playing the video data of the video to be switched.

13. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

14. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

under the condition that a closing request sent by the browser is received, closing a video playing window corresponding to the webpage window according to identification information in the closing request; or the like, or, alternatively,

and under the condition of receiving a hiding request sent by the browser, hiding a video playing window corresponding to the webpage window according to the identification information in the hiding request.

15. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in the event that the presence of an image processor GPU in the terminal device is detected, the video data is decoded with the image processor GPU of the terminal device.

16. A video playing device applied to a browser comprises:

the determining module is used for responding to the playing operation of the video to be played, and determining the identification information of a webpage window corresponding to the playing operation, the video source address of the video to be played and the area information of a video playing area;

the playing request sending module is configured to send a video playing request to a video player, where the video playing request includes identification information of the web page window, area information of the video playing area, and a video source address of the video to be played, and the video playing request is used to instruct the video player to start a video playing window, so that the video playing window is displayed in the video playing area of the web page window, and the video to be played is played.

17. A video playing device applied to a video player comprises:

the window display module is used for displaying the video playing window of the video player at the video playing area of the webpage window according to the identification information of the webpage window of the browser and the area information of the video playing area in the video playing request under the condition of receiving the video playing request sent by the browser;

and the video playing module is used for acquiring the video data of the video to be played and playing the video data of the video to be played in the video playing window according to the video source address of the video to be played in the video playing request.

18. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke the memory-stored instructions to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.

19. A computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 15.