METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING HYPER TEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL (HTTP) MEDIA

摘要

In the field of media transmission technologies, a method and an apparatus for transmitting Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) media are provided, which solve a problem that a specific capability mode to be used cannot be determined when both a server and a client have enhanced functions. In the method and a system for transmitting the HTTP media, information of HTTP streaming media capabilities supported by the server and information of HTTP streaming media capabilities supported by the client are obtained; according to the obtained information of the HTTP streaming media capabilities supported by the server and the obtained information of the HTTP streaming media capabilities supported by the client, the HTTP streaming media capability used by the server or the client in a subsequent media transmission procedure is determined; the server provides media services according to the determined HTTP streaming media capability; or the client obtains the media services according to the determined HTTP streaming media capability. The embodiments are mainly applied in various media obtaining systems such as an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and a system based on an Electronic Program Guide (EPG).