Method for enabling video recreation

A control unit for implementing a method for enabling video recreation, comprising:

• acquiring a video stream comprising a set of image data packages each comprising coded image frames;
• transmitting at least a portion of the video stream to a client across a communication network,
• receiving an acknowledgement message for each image data package that was successfully received by the client,
• storing, in a digital memory, the image data packages for which an acknowledgement message is received, and indications of successful receipt at the client of the corresponding image data packages, and
• recreating a video from the stored image data packages indicated as successfully received at the client.

A computer program product comprising program code for performing, when executed by a control unit, the method for enabling video recreation, comprising:

• acquiring, by a camera control unit, a video stream comprising a set of image data packages each comprising coded image frames;
• transmitting, by the control unit, at least a portion of the video stream to a client across a communication network,
• receiving, by the control unit, an acknowledgement message for each image data package that was successfully received by the client,
• storing, by the control unit, in a digital memory accessible to the control unit, the image data packages for which an acknowledgement message is received, and indications of successful receipt at the client of the corresponding image data packages, and
• recreating, by the control unit, a video from the stored image data packages indicated as successfully received at the client.