Overcoming lost or corrupted slices in video streaming

1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing a video stream, the method performed by a client computerized device, the method comprising:

receiving a sequence of communication packets associated with a frame, wherein each packet in the sequence of communication packets comprises an indication in a predetermined location within a header of the packet of whether the packet comprises a slice header or not, and an indication to a frame number;

retrieving slices associated with the frame from the sequence of communication packets until a missing or corrupted slice, or an end of the frame is encountered;

subject to no missing or corrupted slice encountered, providing the slices associated with the frame to a handling unit; and

subject to a missing or corrupted slice encountered:

skipping data from a beginning location of the missing or corrupted frame, until a header start indicator or until an end of the frame;

creating a P-skip slice;

providing the P-skip slice to the handling unit; and

resuming retrieving the slices subject to the end of the frame not being encountered.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising indicating on each packet a number of a frame with which information within the packet is associated.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein said indicating is performed by a server prior to transmitting the packet to the client computerized device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising indicating on each packet whether the packet comprises a slice start.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein said indicating is performed by a server prior to transmitting the packet to the client computerized device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising decrypting the packet.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the frame is encoded in accordance with ITU-T H264 or H265 recommendation.

8. A computerized apparatus having a processor and a storage device the processor being adapted to perform the steps of:

receiving a sequence of communication packets associated with a frame within a video stream, wherein each packet in the sequence of communication packets comprises an indication in a predetermined location within a header of the packet of whether the packet comprises a slice header or not, and an indication to a frame number;

retrieving slices associated with the frame from the sequence of communication packets until a missing or corrupted slice, or an end of the frame is encountered;

subject to no missing or corrupted slice encountered, providing the slices associated with the frame to a handling unit; and

subject to a missing or corrupted slice encountered:

skipping data from a beginning location of the missing or corrupted frame, until a header start indicator or until an end of the frame;

creating a P-skip slice;

providing the P-skip slice to the handling unit; and

resuming retrieving the slices subject to the end of the frame not being encountered.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further adapted to indicate on each packet a number of a frame with which information within the packet is associated.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein said indicating is performed by a server prior to transmitting the packet to the client computerized device.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further adapted to indicate on each packet whether the packet comprises a slice start.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein said indicating is performed by a server prior to transmitting the packet to the client computerized device.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further adapted to decrypt the packet.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the frame is encoded in accordance with ITU-T H264 or H265 recommendation.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium retaining program instructions, which instructions when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a sequence of communication packets associated with a frame, wherein each packet in the sequence of communication packets comprises an indication in a predetermined location within a header of the packet of whether the packet comprises a slice header or not, and an indication to a frame number;

retrieving slices associated with the frame from the sequence of communication packets until a missing or corrupted slice, or an end of the frame is encountered;

subject to no missing or corrupted slice encountered, providing the slices associated with the frame to a handling unit; and

subject to a missing or corrupted slice encountered:

skipping data from a beginning location of the missing or corrupted frame, until a header start indicator or until an end of the frame;

creating a P-skip slice;

providing the P-skip slice to the handling unit; and

resuming retrieving the slices subject to the end of the frame not being encountered.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the processor can further indicate on each packet a number of a frame with which information within the packet is associated.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein said indicating is performed by a server prior to transmitting the packet to the client computerized device.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the processor can further indicate on each packet whether the packet comprises a slice start.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein said indicating is performed by a server prior to transmitting the packet to the client computerized device.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the frame is encoded in accordance with ITU-T H264 or H265 recommendations.