Patent ID: 9635336
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for sharing codec information in a control point for contents output, comprising: receiving, at the control point, from a media server, first codec information of contents provided by the media server; receiving, at the control point, from a media renderer, second codec information indicating characteristics of contents playable by the media renderer; comparing, at the control point, the first codec information with the second codec information; and transmitting, at the control point, a request for converting the contents provided by the media server, based on the comparing, and the second codec information to the media server, wherein the codec information comprises information on playable audio and video formats and size of contents, and wherein the requested converting of the contents provided by the media server comprises transcoding a decoded original source of the contents provided by the media server to a format of contents according to the second codec information.