Client and Method for Playing a Sequence of Video Streams, and Corresponding Server and Computer Program Product

Client for playing a sequence of video streams, comprising:

• a receiver component arranged to receive from a server a data object defining a network address for each of a number of different video streams, a playing order of said number of video streams and server side timing information;
• and
• a processor component connected to said receiver component, the processor component being arranged to, on the basis of the server side timing information and the playing order defined in the data object:
• select the current video stream to be played from said number of video streams;
• and
• determine the current playback position within said current video stream,
• wherein the receiver component is further arranged to request video streams on the basis of the network addresses defined in the data object, and the processor component is further arranged to play video streams according to the playing order defined in the data object, starting from the selected current video stream at the determined current playback position, wherein the processor component is arranged to update the data object while playing video streams upon receiving an updated data object by the receiver component.