Patent ID: 8275813

Claim:
An encoding method, implemented by a processor, comprising: generating a file type area having information on a file format of multimedia data; generating a data area comprising a plurality of media data; and generating 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 in the data area; wherein the image data and the audio data in the data area are dependent on one timeline, the multimedia data includes a file type area having information on a file format, data area, and media information area, 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, each track meta area of the slide show area and the audio track area includes XML format data on the meta information, and the track meta area of the slide show area includes title information of a group of the plurality of image data in the data area.