摘要 |
There are various methods to stream media data, particularly video data, through a network for playing on a client workstation, for example, WMV(TM), Real(TM) Video, and so on. If multiple formats are involved, it is difficult to store the media data, and streaming the stored data whenever required. Further, existing devices are not able to record digital AV content from IP network, DVB, or AV encoder. The current invention provides a method of storing media data delivered to a client, for example via the internet. The media data can be encoded more than one format. The format of the media data is first identified when the media data is received by the client, and then analyzed to extract unit attributes from the media data. The unit attributes are stored in a media attribute file. The media data is then stored to a media storage file according to the sequence of the media data sent to the client. The media data stored by the methods of this invention can then be played by a player software.
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