Patent ID: 8271552

Claim:
A decoding method, implemented by a processor, comprising: receiving multimedia data, the multimedia data including a file type area having information on a file format, a data area comprising a plurality of media data, and a media information area comprising 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 reproduction duration information, position information, and size information on a plurality of image data, each reproduction duration information, position information, and size information in the media area of the slide show area being allocated for each image data; parsing the multimedia data, the media information area of the multimedia data being parsed first; extracting timing information related to the reproduction duration information from the media area of the slide show area of the media information area; and reproducing the image data and the audio data in the data area, based on the extracted timing information, wherein the image data and the audio data in the data area are dependent on one timeline, 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, and each track meta area of the slide show area and the audio track area includes XML format data on the meta information.