<p>The disclosure relates to a method for providing a multimedia message service from a server or relay to a user agent in a multimedia network, the method comprising: determining a video content characteristic of a video content by the server or relay; determining display and/or decoding capabilities of the user agent; signaling options of the video content to the user agent; and providing the video content depending on the display and/or decoding capabilities and depending on an option selected via the user agent from the signaled options of the video content.</p>