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Abstract

Apparatus and methods for resolution based, selective retrieval, of various portions of video content for e.g., accelerated rendering. Embodiments described herein select different portions of content to retrieve at different resolutions; content of interest can be rendered at high resolution, boundary content can be retrieved and/or rendered at low resolution. By selectively retrieving and rendering the video content, a greater portion of rendering resources can be allocated to content of interest and/or rendering resources can be reduced for boundary content. Rendering resources may include (but are not limited to) processing power, device battery life, network bandwidth, device storage or latency of switching content of interest. In this manner, even platforms with limited rendering resources can provide an equivalent (if not better) user experience than much more capable prior art platforms.

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