CN105049903A - Method, system and media playback device for cross-device synchronization of media files - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, a system, and a media player device for synchronizing media files across devices. The method includes: acquiring the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information, and converting the identifier of the first media file to And the corresponding play progress information is uploaded to the server; Send the play request information to the server, and receive the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information, and the play reply information includes the identification of the first media file and the corresponding The playing progress information continues to play the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information. The media playing device includes: a playing unit, an acquiring unit, an uploading unit, a sending unit and a receiving unit. The system includes: a server and at least two media playing devices. The solution can improve the flexibility of browsing media files.

Description

Method, system and media playback device for cross-device synchronization of media files

technical field

The invention relates to the field of information technology, in particular to a method, a system and a media playing device for synchronizing media files across devices.

Background technique

With the development and progress of science and technology, technology brings more and more fun to people. Electronic products such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and set-top boxes have become the main media for people's daily entertainment. The functions of these electronic products are becoming more and more powerful, with multiple functions such as watching videos, listening to music, and browsing documents, and each electronic product has Its own unique advantages, such as mobile phones and tablet PCs are easy to carry, and TVs have excellent picture quality and sound effects.

Since each electronic product has its own advantages, users will use different electronic products on different occasions. When users browse a certain media file on one electronic product, they need to go to another electronic product for some reason. Continue to browse the same media file, at present, for this situation, the user needs to search the media file again, and manually adjust the progress of browsing.

In view of this situation, the user searches for the media file again and adjusts the browsing progress, which brings a lot of inconvenience to the user, and the flexibility of browsing the media file is low.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides a method, a system and a media playing device for synchronizing media files across devices, which can improve the flexibility of browsing media files.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for synchronizing media files across devices, including:

Obtain the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information;

Upload the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information to the server.

Preferably, further comprising:

Register login account;

Log in through the login account, and store the identifier of the first media file uploaded to the server and the corresponding playback progress information in the storage space corresponding to the login account on the server.

Preferably, every first set time, the described acquisition of the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information and the identification of the first media file and the corresponding playback progress information are carried out. Upload to server.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for synchronizing media files across devices, including:

Send playback request information to the server;

Receiving the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information, the play reply information including the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding play progress information;

Continue to play the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information.

Preferably, the sending of the play request information to the server and the reception of the play reply information sent by the server according to the play request information are performed every second set time, and the play reply information includes the information of the media file. Logo and corresponding playback progress information;

After receiving the playing trigger, continue to play the first media file according to the identification of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a media playback device, including:

a playback unit, configured to play the first media file;

An acquisition unit, configured to acquire the identifier of the first media file played by the playback unit and the corresponding playback progress information;

The uploading unit is configured to upload the identification of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information obtained by the obtaining unit to the server.

Preferably, the media playback device further includes: a registration unit and a storage unit;

The registration unit is used to register a login account;

The storage unit is configured to store the identification of the first media file uploaded to the server by the uploading unit and the corresponding playback progress information on the server after logging in through the login account registered by the registration unit In the storage space corresponding to the login account.

Preferably, the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information every first set time;

The uploading unit is configured to upload the identification of the first media file acquired by the acquiring unit and the corresponding playing progress information to the server every first set time.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a media playback device, including:

a sending unit, configured to send play request information to the server;

The receiving unit is configured to receive the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information sent by the sending unit, the play reply information including the identifier of the first media file and corresponding play progress information;

The playing unit is configured to continue playing the first media file according to the identification of the first media file received by the receiving unit and the corresponding playing progress information after receiving the playing trigger.

Preferably, the sending unit is configured to send play request information to the server every second set time;

The receiving unit is configured to receive play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information sent by the sending unit every second set time, and the play reply information includes the identifier of the first media file and Corresponding playback progress information;

The playing unit is configured to continue playing the first media file according to the identification of the first media file received by the receiving unit and the corresponding playing progress information after receiving the playing trigger.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a system for synchronizing media files across devices, including: a server and at least two media playback devices;

The first media playback device in the at least two media playback devices is the media playback device according to claim 6 or 7;

The second media playback device in the at least two media playback devices is the media playback device according to claim 8 or 9;

The server is configured to receive the identification of the first media file uploaded by the first media player device and the corresponding playback progress information, and after receiving the playback request information sent by the second media player device, send the The second media playback device sends playback reply information, where the playback reply information includes the identifier of the first media file and corresponding playback progress information.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, a system, and a media player device for synchronizing media files across devices. The identifier and the corresponding playback progress of the media file being played on the current media player device are acquired, and the acquired identifier of the media file and the corresponding The playback progress information is uploaded to the server, and another media playback device sends playback request information to the server. After receiving the playback request information, the server sends the media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information to the media playback device, and the media playback device According to the identifier of the received media file and the corresponding playback progress information, continue to play the media file. Through this method, the progress synchronization of the same media file on different media playback devices can be realized. When the user needs to switch between different media playback devices to browse When using the same media file, there is no need to re-search the media file and adjust the browsing progress, thereby improving the flexibility of browsing the media file.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a method for synchronizing media files across devices according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for synchronizing media files across devices according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for synchronizing media files across devices according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a media playback device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a media playback device provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a system for synchronizing media files across devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for synchronizing media files across devices, which is suitable for media playback devices currently playing media files, including:

Step 101: Obtain the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information;

Step 102: Upload the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information to the server.

As shown in Figure 2, another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for synchronizing media files across devices, which is suitable for media playback devices that have played media files that have been played by other media playback devices, including:

Step 201: sending play request information to the server;

Step 202: Receive the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information, the play reply information includes the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding play progress information;

Step 203: Continue playing the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information.

As shown in the embodiment of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, a complete method for cross-device synchronization of media files is provided, the identification of the media files played on the current media playback device and the corresponding playback progress are obtained, and the identification of the obtained media files is obtained And the corresponding playback progress information is uploaded to the server, another media playback device sends playback request information to the server, and after receiving the playback request information, the server sends the media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information to the media playback device, the The media player device continues to play the media file according to the received media file identifier and the corresponding playback progress information. Through this method, the progress synchronization of the same media file on different media player devices can be realized. When the user needs to switch between different media When the playback device browses the same media file, it does not need to re-search the media file and adjust the browsing progress, thereby improving the flexibility of browsing the media file.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the user can register a login account through the media player device, and a storage space will be set for the login account in the server accordingly, and the identifier and the ID of the media file uploaded by the media player device logged in through the login account. The corresponding broadcast progress information is stored in the storage space corresponding to the login account. In this way, a corresponding storage space will be set for each login account to store the playback records and progress of each media playback device logged in with the same login account. Information provides a basic guarantee for the realization of synchronization of various media playback devices.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first set time and the second set time can be set, and the media player device will obtain the identification of the media file played by itself and the corresponding playback progress information every time the first set time is passed. , and upload the acquired media file identification and corresponding playback progress information to the server, and at the same time, every second set time, the media playback device sends playback request information to the server, and the server sends the media playback request information to the media after receiving the playback request information. The playback device sends the identification of the media file and the corresponding playback progress information. When the media playback device receives the trigger, it will continue to play the corresponding media file according to the identification of the media file and the corresponding playback progress information. Through this method, each media The playback device uploads the identification of the media file played by itself and the corresponding playback progress information in real time, and at the same time obtains the identification of the media file played by other media playback devices and the corresponding playback progress information in real time, thus realizing the playback of media files between various media playback devices Synchronization, which improves the flexibility of browsing media files.

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

As shown in Figure 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for synchronizing media files across devices, which is suitable for switching from one media player device to another media player device to play the same media file, including:

Step 301: Set a first set time and a second set time.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the interval time between the media player device obtaining and uploading the identity of the media file to be played and the corresponding playback progress information is set as the first set time, and the media player device is set to send the playback request information and accept the server issued The identifier of the media file and the interval time corresponding to the playing progress information are the second set time. For example, if both the first set time and the second set time are set to be 1 minute, then, every time one minute passes, the media playback device obtains and uploads the identification of the media file it plays and the corresponding playback progress information, and at the same time, every After one minute, the media device sends a play request message to the server, and receives the identifier of the media file and the corresponding play progress information sent by the server.

Step 302: registering a login account, through which each media playback device logs in.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a login account is registered by any media player device, and each media player device can log in through the login account. After the login account is successfully registered, a corresponding storage account is allocated for the login account space. For example, a login account 1 is registered, and a total of 3 media playback devices are logged in through the login account 1, which are media playback device 1 to media playback device 3 respectively.

Step 303: every first set time, each media player device acquires the identifier of the media file it is playing and the corresponding playback progress information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each media player device obtains the identifier of the media file played by itself and the corresponding playback progress information once before a first set time has elapsed. For example, every time one minute passes, the media playing device 1 to the media playing device 3 respectively obtain the identifiers of the media files in their own playlists and the corresponding playing progress information.

Step 304: Each media player device uploads the acquired identifier of the media file and the corresponding playback progress information to the storage space corresponding to the registered account on the server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after each media player device obtains the identification of each media file in its own playlist and the corresponding playback progress information, it uploads the identification of each media file and the corresponding playback progress information to the server, and stores them in the In the storage space corresponding to the account logged in by the media player device, for a media file, if the playback progress of the media file stored in the storage space is faster than or equal to the playback progress of this acquisition, the acquisition will not be performed this time. If the playback progress information for the media file in the storage space is slower than the playback progress uploaded this time, the playback progress information in the original storage space will be overwritten with the playback progress information uploaded this time. For example, after the media player 1 to the media player 3 obtain the identification of each media file in the playlist and the corresponding playback progress information, the obtained media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information are uploaded to the server and stored in In the storage space corresponding to login account 1, if within this minute, the user only browses media file 1 through media player device 1 and does not browse media files through media player device 2 and media player device 3, then the media player device 1 to the media player device 3 upload media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information, the media player device 2 and the media player device 3 uploaded media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information will be deleted, not preserved, and the media player device 1 Among the uploaded media file identifiers and corresponding playback progress information, the identifier of media file 1 and the corresponding playback progress information will be saved in the storage space, and other media file identifiers and corresponding playback progress information will also be deleted and not saved .

Step 305: every second set time, each media playback device sends playback request information to the server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, before a second set time has elapsed, each media will send a play request message to the server, requesting the server to deliver the current playing status of the media file on each media play device. For example, the media playback device 1 to the media playback device 3 send playback request information to the server every one minute.

Step 306: After receiving the play request information, the server sends the identifiers of each media file stored in the storage space corresponding to the login account and the corresponding play progress information to the media play device.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the server receives the play request information sent by the media player device, the server, according to the login account registered by the media player device that sent the request, selects the media files in the storage space corresponding to the login account. The identifier and the corresponding playback progress information are sent to the media playback device that sends the playback request. For example, after the media player 1 to the media player 3 send the play request information to the server, the server sends the identification of each media file in the storage space corresponding to the login account 1 and the corresponding playback progress information to the media player 1 to the media player. playback device3.

Step 307: Each media player device receives the identification of each media file and the corresponding playback progress information delivered by the server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, each media player device receives the identification of each media file and the corresponding playback progress information issued by the server, and updates or adds the locally stored media file and the corresponding playback progress information. For example, if the media file 2 is played on the media player 1, the media file 2 and the corresponding playback progress information issued by the server include the media file 2 and the corresponding playback progress information, and the media player 2 and the media player 3 After receiving the identification of each media file issued by the server and the corresponding playback progress information, it will update the identification of the media file stored in itself and the corresponding playback progress information, and update the identification of the media file 2 and the corresponding playback progress information to add and save.

Step 308: When the media playing device is triggered, continue playing the media file according to the received media file identifier and corresponding playing progress information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the media playing device is triggered, it continues to play the corresponding media file according to the identifier of the latest received media file and the corresponding playing progress information. For example, the user browsed media file 1 on media player 1 before, and now needs to switch to media player 2 to continue playing media file 1. During this process, the user opens the corresponding application program in media player 2. Device 2 has received the identification of the media file and the corresponding playback progress information sent by the server, so just click on the updated media file 1, and the media player 2 will continue to play the media from the position where media player 1 interrupted the playback. File 1.

As shown in Figure 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a media playback device, including:

A playback unit 401, configured to play the first media file;

An acquisition unit 402, configured to acquire the identifier of the first media file played by the playback unit 401 and the corresponding playback progress information;

The uploading unit 403 is configured to upload the identification of the first media file acquired by the acquiring unit 402 and the corresponding playing progress information to the server.

In one embodiment of the invention, further comprising:

A registration unit, used for registering a login account;

A storage unit, configured to log in through the login account registered by the registration unit, and store the identification of the first media file uploaded to the server by the uploading unit 403 and the corresponding playback progress information in the Log in to the storage space corresponding to the account.

In one embodiment of the invention,

The acquisition unit 402 is configured to acquire the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information every first set time;

The uploading unit 403 is configured to upload the identification of the first media file acquired by the acquiring unit 402 and the corresponding playing progress information to the server every first set time.

As shown in Figure 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a media playback device, including:

A sending unit 501, configured to send play request information to the server;

The receiving unit 502 is configured to receive the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information sent by the sending unit 501, the play reply information including the identifier of the first media file and corresponding play progress information;

The playing unit 401 is configured to continue playing the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file received by the receiving unit 502 and the corresponding playing progress information.

In one embodiment of the invention,

The sending unit 501 is configured to send play request information to the server every second set time;

The receiving unit 502 is configured to receive play reply information sent by the server according to the play request information sent by the sending unit 501 every second set time, the play reply information including the first media file Logo and corresponding playback progress information;

Further, the playing unit 401 is configured to continue playing the first media file according to the identification of the first media file received by the receiving unit 502 and the corresponding playing progress information after receiving the playing trigger.

It should be noted that, in the actual service implementation process, the media playback device provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes each unit shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5. In order to describe the working process of each part in more detail, the Let it be explained separately.

As shown in Figure 6, an embodiment of the present invention provides a system for synchronizing media files across devices, including: a server 601 and at least two media playback devices;

The first media playback device 602 in the at least two media playback devices is the media playback device according to claim 6 or 7;

The second media playback device 603 in the at least two media playback devices is the media playback device according to claim 8 or 9;

The server 601 is configured to receive the identifier of the first media file uploaded by the first media player device 602 and the corresponding playback progress information, and after receiving the playback request information sent by the second media player device 603, Sending playback reply information to the second media playback device 603, where the playback reply information includes the identifier of the first media file and corresponding playback progress information.

The information exchange and execution process among the units in the above-mentioned equipment are based on the same concept as the method embodiment of the present invention, and the specific content can refer to the description in the method embodiment of the present invention, and will not be repeated here.

According to the above solution, a method, system and media playback device for inter-device synchronization of media files provided by the embodiments of the present invention have at least the following beneficial effects:

1. In the embodiment of the present invention, obtain the identification and the corresponding playback progress of the media file played on the current media player device, upload the acquired media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information to the server, and another media playback device sends Described server sends play request information, and after server receives play request information, the sign of media file and corresponding play progress information to this media player device, this media player device is according to the sign of the media file that receives and corresponding play progress information Information, and continue to play the media file. In this way, the progress synchronization of the same media file on different media playback devices can be realized. When the user needs to switch between different media playback devices to browse the same media file, there is no need to search for the media file again and Adjust browsing progress, thus increasing the flexibility of browsing media files.

2. In the embodiment of the present invention, by setting the time interval for uploading the media file identification and the corresponding playback progress information of the media playback device, the identification of each media file on the server and the corresponding playback progress are continuously updated, and the media playback device is set to send and play The time interval for requesting information is to continuously download the playback status of other media playback devices from the server about the media files, so that the playback status of media files in each media playback device is synchronized, and the user continues to browse media files when switching devices. Browsing is carried out according to the progress of the browsing, so that the user can browse the media files conveniently.

3. In the embodiment of the present invention, a login account is registered by any media playback device, and other media playback devices can log in through the login account, and a storage space is allocated corresponding to each login account in the server, and in the storage space It collects the latest playback information of each media player device, and each media player device interacts with the server to obtain the latest playback media files and the playback progress information of each media file, thereby realizing cross-device synchronization of media files and facilitating user browsing .

4 In the embodiment of the present invention, the media file identifier and corresponding playback progress information uploaded by the media player device to the server, for a media file, if the playback progress of the media file stored on the server is faster than or equal to that uploaded by the media player device If the playback progress of the media file uploaded by the media player is slower than the playback progress uploaded by the media player device, the newly uploaded playback progress information will be deleted on the server. The stored original playback progress information, thus ensuring that the playback progress information stored on the server is up to date.

It should be noted that in this article, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply that there is a relationship between these entities or operations. There is no such actual relationship or sequence. Furthermore, the term "comprises", "comprises" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes elements not expressly listed. other elements of or also include elements inherent in such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional same elements in the process, method, article or apparatus comprising said element.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps for realizing the above-mentioned method embodiments can be completed by hardware related to program instructions, and the aforementioned programs can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, the It includes the steps of the above method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk and other various media that can store program codes.

Finally, it should be noted that the above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A method for media file cross-device synchronization, characterized in that, comprising: Obtain the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and the corresponding playback progress information; Upload the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information to the server. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: Register login account; Log in through the login account, and store the identifier of the first media file uploaded to the server and the corresponding playback progress information in the storage space corresponding to the login account on the server. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, every first set time, performing the identification of the first media file currently played by the acquisition media player device and the corresponding playback progress information and converting the The identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information are uploaded to the server. 4. A method for media file cross-device synchronization, characterized in that, comprising: Send playback request information to the server; Receiving the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information, the play reply information including the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding play progress information; Continue to play the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information. 5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the sending of the play request information to the server and receiving the play reply sent by the server according to the play request information are performed every second set time information, the playback reply information includes the identification of the media file and the corresponding playback progress information; Further, after being triggered by playing, continue to play the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information. 6. A media playback device, characterized in that, comprising: a playback unit, configured to play the first media file; An acquisition unit, configured to acquire the identifier of the first media file played by the playback unit and the corresponding playback progress information; The uploading unit is configured to upload the identification of the first media file and the corresponding playing progress information obtained by the obtaining unit to the server. 7. The media player device according to claim 6, further comprising: a registration unit and a storage unit; The registration unit is used to register a login account; The storage unit is configured to store the identification of the first media file uploaded to the server by the uploading unit and the corresponding playback progress information on the server after logging in through the login account registered by the registration unit In the storage space corresponding to the login account; and / or, The acquiring unit is configured to acquire the identifier of the first media file currently played by the media player device and corresponding playback progress information every first set time; The uploading unit is configured to upload the identification of the first media file acquired by the acquiring unit and the corresponding playing progress information to the server every first set time. 8. A media playback device, characterized in that, comprising: a sending unit, configured to send play request information to the server; The receiving unit is configured to receive the play reply information issued by the server according to the play request information sent by the sending unit, the play reply information including the identifier of the first media file and corresponding play progress information; The playing unit is configured to continue playing the first media file according to the identification of the first media file received by the receiving unit and the corresponding playing progress information after receiving the playing trigger. 9. The media player device according to claim 8, characterized in that, The sending unit is configured to send play request information to the server every second set time; The receiving unit is configured to receive play reply information sent by the server according to the play request information sent by the sending unit every second set time, and the play reply information includes the identifier of the first media file and Corresponding playback progress information; Further, the playing unit is configured to continue playing the first media file according to the identifier of the first media file received by the receiving unit and the corresponding playing progress information after receiving the playing trigger. 10. A system for synchronizing media files across devices, comprising: a server and at least two media playback devices; The first media playback device in the at least two media playback devices is the media playback device according to claim 6 or 7; The second media playback device in the at least two media playback devices is the media playback device according to claim 8 or 9; The server is configured to receive the identification of the first media file uploaded by the first media player device and the corresponding playback progress information, and after receiving the playback request information sent by the second media player device, send the The second media playback device sends playback reply information, where the playback reply information includes the identifier of the first media file and corresponding playback progress information.