Method and apparatus for providing and reproducing three-dimensional video content and recording medium thereof

摘要

Provided are a method and apparatus for providing and reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) video content, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to execute the method. The method of providing 3D image content includes: inserting content type information indicating whether the image content is two-dimensional (2D) image content or 3D image content into a reserved region of a Program Map Table (PMT); inserting additional information about the 3D image content into one of an Elementary Stream (ES) descriptor region of the PMT and a reserved region included in a video sequence of the ES; and multiplexing the PMT and the ES of the 3D image content so as to generate a Transport Stream (TS). Accordingly, compatibility with a conventional digital broadcasting system can be maintained and more realistic 3D image content can be provided to a user.

主权项

1. A method of reproducing three-dimensional (3D) image content, the method comprising:
extracting a Program Map Table (PMT) from a header of a Transport Stream (TS); determining whether image content included in the TS is 3D image content by using content type information inserted into a descriptor region of the PMT; extracting an Elementary Stream (ES) of the 3D image content from the TS; and extracting first information about the 3D image content indicating whether the 3D image content is reference view image content or additional view image content from the PMT, wherein the 3D image content is determined to be ended and a 2D image content is determined to be started based on the PMT received prior to the 2D image content.