Method and apparatus for storage and signaling of media segment sizes and priority ranks

A method comprising:

• accessing one or more media segments, wherein the one or more media segments comprise media data configured for streaming playback;
• accessing priority rank information for one or more tiles of the one or more media segments;
• and
• encoding the priority rank information for one or more tiles of the one or more media segments in a media file

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

• access one or more media segments, wherein the one or more media segments comprise media data configured for streaming playback;
• access priority rank information for one or more tiles of the one or more media segments;
• and
• encode the priority rank information for one or more tiles of the one or more media segments in a media file.

A computer program product comprises at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured, upon execution, to:

• access one or more media segments, wherein the one or more media segments comprise media data configured for streaming playback;
• access priority rank information for one or more tiles of the one or more media segments;
• and
• encode the priority rank information for one or more tiles of the one or more media segments in a media file.