Patent ID: 7317867
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing an input buffer in a media player for playing a media file, the media file comprising a stream of frames, each frame having at least a main_data field containing encoded media samples and a main_data_begin field indicating an overflow of the main_data field, the media player including a parser, an input buffer, a decoder, and a totalizer, the parser is capable of parsing the stream of frames to the decoder and informing the decoder whether to decode from the beginning of the media file, or from the middle of the media file, the method comprising: if the decoder is informed to decode from the middle of the media file, then: if the decoder is informed to decode from the beginning of the media file, then locating a third frame having a third main_data_begin field with a value of zero and a third main_data field, and decoding the stream of frames starting from the third frame.