Method of managing media files and media playback apparatus

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of managing media files received under different transmission modes and related media playback apparatus thereof. The method includes receiving a media file; retrieving media information from the media file regardless of what transmission mode is used when the media file is received; and modifying a media information record corresponding to the media file according to the retrieved media information.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a media playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal data structure of a database shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing operation of the media playback apparatus shown in FIG. 1.

Claims

1. A method of managing media files received under different transmission modes, the method comprising: receiving a media file;retrieving a media information from the media file regardless of the transmission mode when the media file is received; andmodifying a media information record corresponding to the media file according to the retrieved media information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: playing the media file according to the media information record.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission mode comprises a mass storage class (MSC) mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission mode comprises a media transfer protocol (MTP) mode.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising: scanning a plurality of stored media files; andwhen a specific media information of a specific media file of the stored media files is not recorded in a specific media information record, retrieving the specific media information of the specific media file to modify the specific media information record.

6. A media playback apparatus for managing media files received under different transmission modes, the media playback apparatus comprising: a transmission interface for receiving a media file;a database, coupled to the transmission interface, for storing at least a media information record corresponding to the media file; anda control unit, coupled to the transmission interface and the database, for retrieving a media information from the media file regardless of the transmission mode when the media file is received and modifying the media information record according to the retrieved media information.

7. The media playback apparatus of claim 6 further comprising: a playback unit, coupled to the database, for playing the media file according to the media information record.

8. The media playback apparatus of claim 6, wherein the transmission mode comprises a mass storage class (MSC) mode.

9. The media playback apparatus of claim 6 wherein the transmission mode comprises a media transfer protocol (MTP) mode.

10. The media playback apparatus of claim 6 further comprising: a playlist generator, coupled to the database, for creating a playlist according to a specific field of the media information record corresponding to the media file.

11. The media playback apparatus of claim 6 further comprising: a media information scanner, for scanning a plurality of media files stored in the media playback apparatus and for retrieving a specific media information of a specific media file to modify a specific media information record when the specific media information of the specific media file of the stored media files is not recorded in the specific media information record.