| 摘要 |
The present technology pertains to a receiving device, receiving method, transmission device, and transmission method that make it possible to efficiently, appropriately, and easily acquire components constituting a service. In the present invention, a receiving device: acquires second metadata containing a first flag indicative of whether it is possible to acquire components constituting a service with only first metadata containing information pertaining to a stream of components being transmitted via broadcast by broadcast waves of a digital broadcast using an IP transmission scheme, and a second flag indicative of whether there is a stream of components being transmitted via communication from a server on the Internet in a stream of the components constituting the service; acquires the first metadata on the basis of the second metadata; connects to the stream of components being transmitted via broadcast on the basis of the first metadata; and controls playback of the components. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a television receiver. |
