Abstract: Systems and methods for providing format agnostic media playback may include a media delivery system that can determine media content responses for media playback devices to use to determine how to operate when playing media content. To initiate the format agnostic media playback, a request for media content may be received from a media playback device. In response to the request a media content format of the media content may be determined, and a media content response may be determined based on the media content format. The media content response may be sent to the media playback device for the media playback device to playback media content and/or to determine media content descriptions, player features, user interface formats, actions, and/or a timeline of media content items to play.

Abstract: A method for communicating a playback order for a plurality of media content items to a user device operating in an online mode, the method performed at a server system and comprising receiving an indication that the user device will enter an offline mode, generating a playback order for the plurality of media content items, and transmitting the generated playback order to the user device before the user device enters the offline mode.

Abstract: A method for generating a seed for a shuffle algorithm, the method performed by a plurality of computing devices and comprising, at each computing device in the plurality, generating a respective plurality of seeds for a shuffle algorithm, determining a fitness score for each of the generated seeds, and identifying a seed among the generated seeds having the best fitness score, wherein the number of generated seeds is determined based on a predetermined limit.

Abstract: A method for communicating a playback order for a plurality of media content items to a user device operating in an online mode, the method performed at a server system and comprising receiving an indication that the user device will enter an offline mode, generating a playback order for the plurality of media content items, and transmitting the generated playback order to the user device before the user device enters the offline mode.

Abstract: A method for generating a seed for a shuffle algorithm, the method performed by a plurality of computing devices and comprising, at each computing device in the plurality, generating a respective plurality of seeds for a shuffle algorithm, determining a fitness score for each of the generated seeds, and identifying a seed among the generated seeds having the best fitness score, wherein the number of generated seeds is determined based on a predetermined limit.

Abstract: A method for communicating a defined order of a plurality of media content items, the method performed at a first computing device and comprising receiving a first reference to a plurality of media content items arranged in a first order, determining a seed for a shuffle algorithm that enables the shuffle algorithm to arrange the plurality of media content items in a second order, and sending the seed, along with a second reference to the plurality of media content items, to a second computing device.