Media playback apparatus and method including delay prevention system

A media service apparatus for transmitting media data to a media playback apparatus, the media service apparatus comprising:

• a memory configured to store a script module to play back the media data on a web browser of the media playback apparatus;
• and
• at least one processor comprises:
• a module transmitting unit configured to transmit the script module to the media playback apparatus in response to a connection between the media service apparatus and the media playback apparatus being established;
• a packetizing unit configured to packetize the media data to generate a transmission packet;
• and
• a web server configured to establish the connection and transmit the transmission packet to the media playback apparatus in response to a requested profile being received from the media playback apparatus,
• wherein the script module comprises a decoding module configured to operate within a single-threaded code and decode the media data without a plug-in in the media playback apparatus, and a delay detection module configured to detect a playback delay including a network delay, a decoding delay and a rendering delay on a frame-by-frame basis by a single measurement of the playback delay, before the decoding module decodes the media data, and
• wherein the network delay occurs during transmission of the media data from the media service apparatus to the media playback apparatus, the decoding delay occurs in a decoding process of the media playback apparatus, and the rendering delay occurs in a rendering process of the media playback apparatus.