CPC H04N 21/6405 (2013.01) [H04N 21/647 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A content delivery apparatus applied to a content delivery system which delivers content, which is sent from a transmission apparatus, to a reception apparatus by a multicast method via an IP network, the content delivery apparatus comprising:
an analyzer configured to detect a start point or an end point of the content by analyzing auxiliary data included in the content, the auxiliary data including control information of the content; and
a manager configured to control a reception start or a reception end of the content, based on the start point or the end point,
wherein the control information includes a marker bit that indicates boundary information of video data of the content, and further includes at least one of a time stamp that indicates timing information of the content or a frame count that indicates a count value of a frame in the content, and
the analyzer is further configured to detect the start point or the end point of the content based on a combination of the marker bit and the time stamp or based on a combination of the marker bit and the frame count.
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