摘要 |
The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a file type area including information regarding a format of a file, a media area including a video data area and a audio data area, a media information area including a video track area and a audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data area and the audio data area, a file information area including identification information and position information regarding media data in the media area, and a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu, the menu providing an interface between a user and media data in the media area; displaying the menu using the description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the media information area further comprises a media meta area which includes creation information regarding a plurality of media contents included in the media area and is on a same level as the video track area and the audio track area, the creation information comprising information regarding at least one of a title, an artist, a clip description, a user comment, and a file date of each of the media contents, and the media area, the media information area and the menu description area are incorporated into a single file. The disclosed embodiments include a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus can construct a multi media data file including a plurality of video/audio contents and description data for a menu between a user and media data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can be reduced.
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