Systems and Methods of Providing Modified Media Content

Abstract

In a particular embodiment, a method includes displaying a playback rate slide bar having a plurality of increments. The plurality of increments is equally spaced along the playback rate slide bar and each increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a different playback rate of media content.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 displaying a playback rate slide bar having a plurality of increments, wherein the plurality of increments is equally spaced along the playback rate slide bar, wherein each increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a different playback rate of media content, and wherein each consecutive change in the plurality of increments corresponds to a change in a playback rate of approximately ten percent or less.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving a selection of a presentation rate of the media content, wherein the selection is based on the playback rate slide bar. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising modifying the media content to produce modified media content having the presentation rate. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the change in the playback rate is five percent or less of a recorded rate of the media content. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a presentation rate of the media content is determined based on a position of a sliding point on the playback rate slide bar. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the position of the sliding pointer is user selectable. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a particular increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a recorded rate of the media content. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the playback rate slide bar represents a range from a recorded viewing rate of the media content to twice the recorded viewing rate of the media content. 
     
     
         9 . A set-top box device comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory device accessible to the processor, wherein the memory device includes:
 a viewing rate module executable by the processor to present a playback rate slide bar having a plurality of increments, wherein the plurality of increments is equally spaced along the playback rate slide bar, wherein each increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a different playback rate of media content, and wherein each consecutive change in the plurality of increments corresponds to a change in a playback rate of approximately ten percent or less. 
   
     
     
         10 . The set-top box device of  claim 9 , wherein the memory device further includes media content storage to store the media content, the media content comprising video data having a recorded rate, audio data having the recorded rate, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The set-top box device of  claim 9 , further comprising a digital video recorder to store the media content and to provide the media content to the processor at a recorded rate of the media content, wherein the digital video recorder is accessible by the processor. 
     
     
         12 . The set-top box device of  claim 9 , further comprising an output interface to provide modified audio data associated with the media content, modified video data associated with the media content, or a combination thereof, to a presentation device. 
     
     
         13 . The set-top box device of  claim 9 , wherein the viewing rate module is further executable by the processor to:
 determine a presentation rate of the media content based on a position of a sliding pointer relative to the playback rate slide bar; and   providing the media content at the presentation rate to a presentation device.   
     
     
         14 . The set-top box device of  claim 13 , wherein modifying the media content includes modifying video data of the media content to be presented at the presentation rate, modifying audio data of the media content to be presented at the presentation rate, synchronizing the modified video data and the modified audio data, adjusting a pitch of the modified audio data, adding or removing a portion of the audio data, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         15 . A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that are executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
 initiating display of a playback rate slide bar having a plurality of increments, wherein the plurality of increments is equally spaced along the playback rate slide bar, wherein each increment of the plurality of increments corresponds to a different playback rate of media content, and wherein each consecutive change in the plurality of increments corresponds to a change in a playback rate of approximately ten percent or less; and   determining a first presentation rate of the media content based on a position of a slide bar pointer along the playback rate slide bar.   
     
     
         16 . The computer-readable storage device of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving media content from a content source at a set-top box device, the media content having a recorded rate. 
     
     
         17 . The computer-readable storage device of  claim 16 , wherein the content source is an interne protocol television source. 
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable storage device of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 initiating a presentation of the media content at a first presentation rate; and   changing from the first presentation rate to a second presentation rate based on the position of the slide bar pointer along the playback rate slide bar.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable storage device of  claim 15 , wherein the playback rate slide bar enables selection of a presentation rate of the media content to be a recorded rate of the media content, a first rate faster than the recorded rate, a second rate slower than the recorded rate, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable storage device of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving a request for the media content; and   in response to receiving the request, providing:
 a first option to playback the media content at a faster rate than a recorded rate of the media content; and 
 a second option to playback the media content at a slower rate than the recorded rate of the media content.