Patent ID: 8275814

Claim:
A decoding method implemented by a processor, comprising: receiving multimedia data which includes a file type area having file format information, a data area including media data, and a media information area including a slide show area and an audio track area corresponding to image data and audio data in the data area, respectively, the slide show area including a media area and a track meta area, the media area of the slide show area including decoding time information, position information, and size information on a plurality of image data, each decoding time information, position information, and size information in the media area of the slide show area being allocated for each image data in the data area; parsing the multimedia data, the media information area of the multimedia data being parsed first; extracting timing information related to the decoding time information from the media area of the slide show area of the media information area; extracting the media data to be reproduced depending on the extracted timing information; and reproducing the extracted media data using the extracted timing information, wherein media data included in the data area is synchronized on a single timeline, wherein images used in the slide show presentation are arranged in a single track, wherein each track meta area of the slide show area and the audio track area includes meta information on the image data and the audio data, respectively, wherein the track meta area of the slide show area includes a collection level descriptive meta data, and the collection level descriptive meta data includes title information of a group of a plurality of image data in the data area, wherein each track meta area of the slide show area and the audio track area includes XML format data on the meta information.