Abstract: There is provided a system for enabling user control of a live video stream, the system including: a processing module for obtaining offset data for each of a plurality of encoded video segments having a number of different resolutions of the live video stream, the offset data indicative of offsets of video elements in the encoded video segment; a storage medium for storing the encoded video segments and the corresponding offset data; a segment management module for receiving messages from the processing module relating to the availability of the encoded video segments and facilitating streaming of the encoded video segments to the user based on said offset data; and a user interface module for receiving a user request from a user with respect to the live video stream and communicating with the segment management module for streaming the encoded video segments to the user based on the user request.