abstract |
From the manifest file, the client device may select from the manifest file a plurality of types of segments included in the representation of the media content, one or more functions provided by each type of the types of segments, and each of the types of segments in the representation. Is configured to determine the positions of the segments corresponding to the type, at least one of the types of segments provides a point at which to start retrieving data from the representation, and retrieving data from the representation from the manifest file. And one or more processors configured to determine a segment of the representation corresponding to the type providing the starting point, and configured to retrieve the determined segment from the representation. |