Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving analytics information for a video file at a transcoder, the analytics information includes a plurality of points of interest. The method also includes determining a plurality of durations associated with a plurality of chunks of video data associated with the video file, the determining includes identifying a minimal distance between certain times associated with the plurality of points of interest and keyframe times. The method also includes transcoding the video file using the plurality of durations. The video file can be received from an analytics extractor that is to generate the plurality of points of interest.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving analytics information for a video file at a transcoder, the analytics information includes a plurality of points of interest. The method also includes determining a plurality of durations associated with a plurality of chunks of video data associated with the video file, the determining includes identifying a minimal distance between certain times associated with the plurality of points of interest and keyframe times. The method also includes transcoding the video file using the plurality of durations. The video file can be received from an analytics extractor that is to generate the plurality of points of interest.

Abstract: An example method is provided and includes receiving a media file that includes video data and audio data; determining an initial scene sequence in the media file; determining an initial speaker sequence in the media file; and updating a selected one of the initial scene sequence and the initial speaker sequence in order to generate an updated scene sequence and an updated speaker sequence respectively. The initial scene sequence is updated based on the initial speaker sequence, and wherein the initial speaker sequence is updated based on the initial scene sequence.