Embodiments of the present invention disclose a streaming media transmission method and client applied to a virtual reality technology. The method includes: sending, by a client, a media information obtaining request to a server, where the media information obtaining request includes client capability information and auxiliary information, the client capability information indicates that the client supports reception of data pushed by the server, and the auxiliary information indicates an attribute that the client supports virtual reality presentation; and receiving, by the client, a media presentation description and media data, where the media presentation description and the media data are sent by the server after the server responds to the media information obtaining request. According to the streaming media transmission method and apparatus applied to a virtual reality technology in the embodiments of the present invention, a transmission delay can be reduced, and transmission efficiency can be improved.
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