Method and apparatus for reproducing multimedia contents, apparatus and method for creating multimedia contents, and medium for storing multimedia contents

摘要

An apparatus and method for reproducing multimedia contents regardless of the type and version of a codec, an apparatus and method for generating multimedia contents, and a storage medium storing multimedia contents are provided. The multimedia reproducing apparatus includes: a reading unit which reads multimedia data including multimedia contents coupled with a codec for decoding the multimedia contents, from a storage medium; and a reproducing unit which reproduces multimedia contents by using the codec extracted from the read multimedia data. Regardless of codec upgrade or introduction of a new codec with a new method, various types of multimedia contents can be smoothly reproduced.