An apparatus for and a method of obtaining, responsive to a user video preference and from a remote video provider, a particular one of a plurality of video releases of a video; obtaining a release ID identifying the particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video; obtaining, responsive to the release ID and from a remote information provider, segment information defining a begin video frame and an end video frame of each of a plurality of video segments within the identified particular one of the plurality of video releases of the video; obtaining a presentation preference of the user; applying the presentation preference to the segment information to selectively retrieve video segments within the video; and playing the selectively retrieved video segments as a seamless presentation less in length than the length of the video.