MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT, FEDERATED PLAYER

摘要

Electronic content items may be organized into playlists and associated with a plurality of sources. These playlists may be managed using at least one media content manager. A compatibility hierarchy may be implemented to determine compatibility of certain electronic content items with other electronic content items, which may be organized into playlists. Other playlists may be populated based at least in part on the compatibility hierarchy. Playlists comprising electronic content items associated with a plurality of sources may be playable by implementing a federated media player.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a first library configured to manage a first set of music files accessible by a user; identifying, by a computer system, a second library configured to manage a second set of music files accessible by the user, the first library and the second library storing respective music files according to distinct directories; receiving a playlist from the user, the playlist arranged in a list playable by a music player and comprising at least one music file from the first set of music files and at least one music file from the second set of music files; for at least one music file of the playlist, identifying an access path to at least:
the first library;the second library; ora compatibility library, music files of the compatibility library arranged based at least in part on information associated with at least one music file of the playlist; and enabling the music player to play the playlist.