METHOD OF PROCESSING AN ERROR DURING THE RENDERING OF A DIGITAL CONTENT

摘要

A method is provided for processing an error during restitution of digital content during a multimedia session on a terminal. The session offers a plurality of representations of the digital content which are described in a medium carrying information describing the multimedia session and transmitted independently of the representation data. The method includes, following the obtaining of the description-carrying medium, acts of obtaining, for at least one representation indicated in the description information-carrying medium, at least one item of information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on a server; of comparing the information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on the server with at least one predetermined value; of selecting a fallback representation as a function of the result of the comparison, and upon detecting a restitution error, of toggling to the fallback representation selected.

主权项

1. A method for processing an error in the course of the rendering of a digital content during a multimedia session on a terminal, said session offering a plurality of representations of said digital content described in a descriptive information medium for the multimedia session transmitted independently of the representation data, wherein the method comprises the following acts performed after obtaining the descriptive medium:
for at least one representation indicated in the descriptive information medium, obtaining at least one item of information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on a server, comparing the information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on the server with at least one predetermined value, selecting a fallback representation according to a result of the comparison, and on detection of a rendering error, switching to the selected fallback representation.