| abstract |
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing an adaptive HTTP streaming service using metadata for contents. The metadata includes minimum buffering time property indicating the minimum amount of media contents which are initially buffered. A terminal receives contents from a server before playing the contents and buffers the contents by at least the minimum amount. The metadata includes range properties indicating a target range to which a URL points. A terminal receives bytes from the URL which the range properties indicate, and plays the contents using the bytes. |