Transmitting apparatus, transmitting method, receiving apparatus and receiving method for transmission and reception of image data for stereoscopic display using multiview configuration and container with predetermined format

摘要

It is possible to achieve an effective transmission of image data (suppression in the transmission bandwidth and improvement in quality of a reproduced image) in order to cause a stereoscopic image due to a multiview configuration to be observed with the naked eye. Image data of at least a left view and a right view, and image data of an intermediate view located between the left view and the right view, for example, image data of a center view are acquired, among a plurality of views for stereoscopic image display. A container which has a predetermined format and includes a video stream obtained by coding image data of respective views is transmitted. For example, view configuration information regarding image data in the video stream is inserted into a layer of the video stream.