Method and apparatus for calculating length of media contents including in multimedia contents

摘要

A method of providing media contents in a wired/wireless network environment and an apparatus using the same. The method includes: calculating the length of multimedia contents; calculating a length of information included in the multimedia contents; and calculating the length of the media contents included in the multimedia contents from the length of the multimedia contents and the length of the information. In a real time transcoding incapable of calculating a far end of media contents, a length of the media contents can be provided to a digital media client.