Method for controlling transmission of media data to a media rendering device comprising: a media client of a media rendering device (112, 207) receiving media packets associated with a first media stream, said media packets being part of a transmission over a lossy transmission path to said media client, wherein a lossy data transmission path is a data transmission path sensitive to impulse noise, whereby at least a part of said media packets that are lost or corrupted during said transmission are being recovered by a packet repair system; said media client receiving or determining a quality of experience parameter associated with said first media stream, said quality of experience parameter being based on packet repair information, at least part of said packet repair information being determined by said client and being indicative of an amount of said media packets that is not recovered timely enough by said packet repair system, said packet repair system being a packet retransmission scheme, in order to be used in the rendering of media packets of said first media stream, said quality of experience parameter correlating with an amount of corrupted video parts, wherein video parts comprise video frames, and/or corrupted audio samples, of said first media stream, wherein said amount of corrupted video parts and/or corrupted audio samples is generated within a period of time as part of said rendering; said media client requesting transmission of a second media stream over said lossy transmission path to said media client, if said quality of experience parameter indicates that a quality of experience of said rendered first media stream is below a predetermined threshold, wherein said second stream is a lower quality version of said first media stream; and, said media client switching from receiving packets of said first stream to receiving packets of said second media stream. a media client of a media rendering device (112, 207) receiving media packets associated with a first media stream, said media packets being part of a transmission over a lossy transmission path to said media client, wherein a lossy data transmission path is a data transmission path sensitive to impulse noise, whereby at least a part of said media packets that are lost or corrupted during said transmission are being recovered by a packet repair system; said media client receiving or determining a quality of experience parameter associated with said first media stream, said quality of experience parameter being based on packet repair information, at least part of said packet repair information being determined by said client and being indicative of an amount of said media packets that is not recovered timely enough by said packet repair system, said packet repair system being a packet retransmission scheme, in order to be used in the rendering of media packets of said first media stream, said quality of experience parameter correlating with an amount of corrupted video parts, wherein video parts comprise video frames, and/or corrupted audio samples, of said first media stream, wherein said amount of corrupted video parts and/or corrupted audio samples is generated within a period of time as part of said rendering; said media client requesting transmission of a second media stream over said lossy transmission path to said media client, if said quality of experience parameter indicates that a quality of experience of said rendered first media stream is below a predetermined threshold, wherein said second stream is a lower quality version of said first media stream; and, said media client switching from receiving packets of said first stream to receiving packets of said second media stream.