Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a panoramic video stream

摘要

A method for transmitting a panoramic video stream from a server apparatus to a client apparatus, the method comprising at the server apparatus:
- transmitting a first video stream, said first video stream comprising a projection of an omni-directional video feed onto a rectangular pixel grid;
- transmitting a second video stream, said second video stream comprising a directional video feed which substantially synchronously represents a part of said omni-directional video feed; and
- transmitting coordinate information designating said part of said omni-directional video feed represented by said directional video feed;
wherein an aspect of image quality of said second video stream exceeds the same aspect of image quality of said first video stream.