| abstract |
A client device includes one or more processors configured to determine, from a manifest file, a plurality of types of segments included in a representation of media content, one or more functions provided by each of the types of segments, and positions of segments conforming to each of the types of segments in the representation, wherein at least one of the types of segments provides a point at which to begin retrieving data from the representation, determine, from the manifest file, a segment of the representation conforming to the type that provides the point at which to begin retrieving data from the representation, and retrieve the determined segment from the representation. |