The invention concerns a method of correcting errors in a data stream of at least one image, implemented in a data reception device, said at least one image being cut up into image portions, said stream being coded by image portion and divided into data packets, the method comprising a step of detecting at least one lost data packet and being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: determining a strategy for cutting up said at least one image into image portions, determining, according to the determined cutting-up strategy, an item of information representing the reconstruction quality of data included in said at least one lost packet by an error correcting method, adapting said error correcting method according to the determined item of information representing the reconstruction quality, and applying the adapted error correcting method to the adapting step to reconstruct the data included in said at least one lost packet.