Selective media playing method and apparatus according to live streaming and recorded streaming

A media streaming apparatus for playing media on a web browser, comprising at least one processor to implement:

• a receiving unit configured to receive media data by using a communication protocol which supports web services, the media data being generated by a media service apparatus;
• a first media restoring unit configured to decode the media data by a first decoder written in a script which can be parsed by the web browser;
• a second media restoring unit configured to decode the media data by a second decoder embedded in the web browser;
• and
• an output unit configured to output the media data decoded by at least one of the first media restoring unit and the second media restoring unit,
• wherein the media data is decoded by the at least one of the first media restoring unit and the second media restoring unit based on a streaming mode,
• a user interface configured to receive, from a user, an indication of the streaming mode for the media data,
• wherein the media data is decoded by the first media restoring unit when the streaming mode is a live streaming mode, and the media data is decoded by the at least one of the first media restoring unit and the second media restoring unit when the streaming mode is a recorded streaming mode,
• wherein when the streaming mode is the recorded streaming mode,
• the media data is decoded by the second media restoring unit in response to a profile element including at least one of a resolution and a frame rate being greater than a predetermined threshold value, and the media data is decoded by the first media restoring unit in response to the profile element being less than the predetermined threshold value.

A media streaming apparatus for playing media on a web browser, comprising at least one processor to implement:

• a receiving unit configured to receive media data by using a communication protocol which supports web services, the media data being generated by a media service apparatus;
• a first media restoring unit configured to decode the media data by a first decoder written in a script which can be parsed by the web browser, wherein the first decoder decodes the media data received by the receiving unit on a frame-by-frame basis:
• a second media restoring unit configured to decode the media data by a second decoder embedded in the web browser, wherein the second media storage unit comprises:
• a depacketizing module configured to depacketize the media data received by the receiving unit;
• a container creating module configured to package video frames, obtained by depacketizing the media data, in containers before the decoding by the second media restoring unit, wherein each container of the containers comprises a plurality of frames;
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• the second decoder embedded in the web browser, the second decoder being configured to decode the media data transmitted in the containers;
• an output unit configured to output the media data decoded by at least one of the first media restoring unit and the second media restoring unit,
• wherein the media data is decoded by the first media storage unit when the streaming mode is a live streaming mode such that live streaming media data is decoded on a frame-by-frame basis, and the media data is decoded by one of the first media restoring unit and the second media restoring unit when the streaming mode is a recorded streaming mode.