Method and system for transmitting video

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions for:

• receiving at least one input video stream that comprises visual information obtained from multiple fields of view that differ from each other;
• converting the at least one input video stream to a group of encoded independent self-contained video streams (EISCVSs), by performing a codec-agnostic process;
• wherein some EISCVSs comprise visual information from different spatial segments of the at least one input video stream;
• and wherein two or more EISCVSs comprise visual information from same spatial segments but are time shifted from each other by a time shift that is shorter than a duration of each one of the two or more EISCVSs;
• receiving a first request to receive video information related to a first direction related to a first user;
• generating a first video stream that comprises a first sub-set of EISCVSs that is related to the first direction;
• and
• sending the first video stream to a device of the first user, over a first communication link that has a first bandwidth that is lower than a bandwidth required to convey the input video stream;
• wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium also stores instructions for:
• receiving or generating one or more viewing patterns of one or more users;
• and
• determining a number of encoded independent self-contained video streams (EISCVSs) per the spatial segments of the at least one input video stream by (a) generating at least EISCVSs that are time shifted from each other and at least two other EISCVSs that differ from each other by resolution to a spatial segment that has a first popularity, and (b) generating a single EISCVS for another spatial segment that has a lower popularity than the first popularity.