PRESENTATION OF MEDIA IN AN APPLICATION

摘要

A method and apparatus for presenting timed media represented by data in a markup language (e.g., HTML) including examining a tag or metadata which is capable of specifying more than One form or representation of timed media, such as different versions of a video encoded according to different video codec standards. A server data processing system comprising: a processor; a network interface coupled to the processor to send and receive data and messages over a network; and a memory system coupled to the processor, wherein the memory system includes instructions associated with timed media, executable by the processor, which configure- the processor to transmit over the network metadata associated with the timed media; the metadata specifying a plurality of formats of the timed media in a nested configuration with a preferred format specified within an outermost loop and at least one alternate format specified within at least one inner loop so that each of the formats is examined in an order of decreasing preference, and wherein the data is transmitted in a format which is supported by a native code running, on a user Web browser.