According to one embodiment, a system is described that comprises a network device adapted to receive a media stream that includes a plurality of packets. The network device of the system processes the media stream, targeted for a client device that is communicatively coupled to the network device, by perform a number of operations. A first operation includes analyzing a packet type for each packet of the plurality of packets and detecting an event causing difficulty for the client device to successfully receive the media stream. Based on both detecting the event and analyzing the packet type for each packet of the plurality of packets, the network device only transmits a portion of the media stream to the client device, where the portion of the media stream is the received media stream absent one or more packets of the plurality of packets.