Digital Media Playback Resume Point Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital video media playback systems fail to resume playback from the exact location and maintain user preferences when a digital video disk is transferred between different players, requiring manual reconfiguration of settings.
Innovation Solution
A system that detects playback stop and user preferences on a first device, generates a playback preference file including resume points and settings, and writes these to a digital media storage device, allowing seamless transfer and resumption on a second device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital video disk is removed from first player and inserted into second player, then playback can continue on different device, but playback resumes from beginning point instead of maintaining stop location
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically detecting playback stop conditions and saving the stop location information to the digital media storage device before the disk is removed. This ensures that when the disk is inserted into a different player, the stop location information is already available for resumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital media storage device serves as an intermediary that stores both the digital video content and the playback preference information (including stop location). This intermediary mechanism enables the transfer of playback state information between different players without requiring direct communication between the players themselves.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital video disk is transferred between players, then playback can continue on different device, but user preferences (language, closed captions) must be manually reconfigured
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting user preferences (language, closed captions, other playback settings) and applying them to the second player without requiring manual reconfiguration. The playback preference information is automatically transferred and configured when the disk is inserted into a different player.
Solution Approach 2:
User preferences are saved to the digital media storage device during the first playback session before the disk is removed. This preliminary saving of preference information ensures that when the disk is transferred to a second player, the preferences are already available and can be automatically applied without requiring the user to reconfigure settings.
3Reliability
If playback resume functionality is implemented across devices, then seamless playback is achieved, but system complexity increases due to detection and preference file generation
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a copy of the playback preference information (including stop location, language, closed captions) and stores it on the digital media storage device. This copied information can then be read and applied by any compatible player, providing reliable cross-device playback resumption without requiring complex player-specific storage or communication mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A system (and method and computer readable medium) are disclosed for configuring a digital media device to resume playback of content stopped at a first digital media playback device to resume at a second digital media playback device. The configuration detects a stop in play of content stored on a digital media storage device and determines digital media playback preference selections for the content played on the first digital media playback device. The configuration generates a playback preference file and determines a stop location for content, the stop location corresponding to a resume point for the content on the second media playback device. The configuration writes the playback preference file and the stop location to the digital media storage device.