Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for requesting tile streams for rendering a spatial part of an immersive video on a display of a client device. In this method, a server system stores a plurality of tile streams. Each tile stream represents a spatial part of the immersive video and each tile stream comprises a sequence of tile frames that are associated with respective times in the video. Further, the plurality of tile streams comprises a first set of high quality tile streams having a relatively high quality and comprises a second set of one or more low quality tile streams having a relatively low quality and/or a third set of one or more intermediate quality tile streams having a relatively intermediate quality. The method comprises based on a determined value for a parameter indicative of how many requested high quality tile frames are received not in time for properly rending them on the display, refraining, at least for some time period, from requesting high quality tile streams.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for requesting tile streams for rendering a spatial part of an immersive video on a display of a client device. In this method, a server system stores a plurality of tile streams. Each tile stream represents a spatial part of the immersive video and each tile stream comprises a sequence of tile frames that are associated with respective times in the video. Further, the plurality of tile streams comprises a first set of high quality tile streams having a relatively high quality and comprises a second set of one or more low quality tile streams having a relatively low quality and/or a third set of one or more intermediate quality tile streams having a relatively intermediate quality. The method comprises based on a determined value for a parameter indicative of how many requested high quality tile frames are received not in time for properly rending them on the display, refraining, at least for some time period, from requesting high quality tile streams.

Abstract: A method is described for rendering a spatial part of an immersive video on a display of a client device comprising a tile frame retrieval device, a decoder device and a renderer device, wherein the immersive video comprises video frames, each video frame being spatially divided in tile frames, and the immersive video comprises tile streams, each tile stream representing a spatial part of the immersive video and each tile stream comprising a plurality of said tile frames, and wherein the client has stored tile stream mapping information, that indicates for each tile stream a respective position on a surface of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model, such as a sphere or cube, the method comprising based on said tile stream mapping information and a viewport, the tile frame retrieval device determining a plurality of tile streams, and requesting encoded video data from a server, the encoded video data comprising, for each determined tile stream, an encoded tile frame that comprises encoded data representa

Abstract: A method is described for rendering a spatial part of an immersive video on a display of a client device comprising a tile frame retrieval device, a decoder device and a renderer device, wherein the immersive video comprises video frames, each video frame being spatially divided in tile frames, and the immersive video comprises tile streams, each tile stream representing a spatial part of the immersive video and each tile stream comprising a plurality of said tile frames, and wherein the client has stored tile stream mapping information, that indicates for each tile stream a respective position on a surface of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional model, such as a sphere or cube, the method comprising based on said tile stream mapping information and a viewport, the tile frame retrieval device determining a plurality of tile streams, and requesting encoded video data from a server, the encoded video data comprising, for each determined tile stream, an encoded tile frame that comprises encoded data representa

Abstract: A method of transmitting a request for video data comprises a client device transmitting a request for high-resolution spatial-element frames of a spatial element of a video to a distribution node for each spatial element of the video in a user's field of view for which a client device does not possess a current high-resolution spatial-element frame. The video comprises a plurality of spatial elements and the plurality of spatial-element frames comprises both non-inter-coded spatial-element frames (152) and inter-coded spatial-element frames (151). The request identifies the spatial element and specifies a starting point (179) corresponding substantially to a current time. The request is for data comprising a temporal segment of high-resolution spatial-element frames starting substantially at the starting point (179) and of which the first high-resolution spatial-element frame (173) is not inter coded. The method further comprises the client device receiving the requested data.