Patent ID: 11962828
Assignee: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. Media playback device for receiving adaptive streaming of media content with bitrate switching, the media content comprising a plurality of consecutive media segments, the media playback device comprising:
a request transmitting unit for transmitting requests for media content;
a media receiving unit for receiving segments of the media content encoded in one of a plurality of coding modes, wherein the media content comprises audio or video content, wherein the coding modes correspond to different audio or video codec modes of the media content;
a streaming manifest receiving unit for receiving a streaming manifest of the media content indicating available switching points between a first and a second coding mode corresponding to a 3D and a 2D audio or video codec mode that had been determined, by a media streaming server, by analyzing the media content to determine boundaries between segments, such that the presence of 3D objects is at minimum where switching of coding modes is least perceptually noticeable; and
a playback unit for playback of the received media segments,
wherein the media playback device transmits an indication for a coding mode switch to another coding mode at an available switching point if a bitrate switch is desired.