METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING DETERIORATION OF A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE OF A MULTIMEDIA SERVICE IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM

摘要

A method and an apparatus for reducing a deterioration of a Quality of Experience (QoE) in a multimedia service. The method includes reproducing a first multimedia stream by the multimedia device, receiving a command for reproducing a second multimedia stream during the reproducing of the first multimedia stream, and reproducing the second multimedia stream with reference to information regarding a unit image that is independently decoded from the second multimedia stream. The information regarding the unit image includes information regarding a number of unit images per unit time included in the second multimedia stream.