Patent ID: 8938152
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a metadata associated with video data, the method comprising: retrieving linking information for associating the metadata with the video data, the metadata being an additional information describing the video data, and the linking information being used for identifying the metadata associated with the video data; and retrieving a metadata indicator for indicating whether the metadata exists in a stream including the linking information, wherein the metadata corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined formats, wherein the metadata indicator indicates that the metadata associated with the video data exists in the stream when the metadata indicator has a first metadata indicator value, wherein the metadata indicator indicates that the metadata associated with the video data does not exist in the stream when the metadata indicator has a second metadata indicator values, wherein the metadata indicator is a flag, and wherein a single metadata is capable of being associated with plural video data, or plural metadata are capable of being associated with a single video data.