Sanctioned transcoding of digital-media content
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAndrew Silverman, Dennis Kiilerich, Kipley Olson, Madhuvan Gupta
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Abstract
Described herein are one or more implementations for transferring formatted digital media content (“formatted-media-content”) from a source device (e.g., a desktop computer) to a target media-playback device (e.g., a MP3 player). The formatted-media-content may need to be converted from a source format to a target format before it is transferred. An implementation seeks permission from a source-format-agent associated with the source format of the formatted-media-content, to perform a format-conversion (“transcoding”).
Claims20
In a source device configured to couple to a target media-playback device, a method comprising the acts of:
- selecting digital media content intended for transfer from a source device to a coupled target media-playback device, wherein the selected to-be-transferred media content has a defined format, which is associated with a source-format-agent;
- determining a target format of media content specified by the coupled target media-playback device;
- determining whether the source-format-agent sanctions transcoding the selected to-be-transferred media content;
- if transcoding is sanctioned, transcoding the selected to-be-transferred media content into a target format specified by the coupled target media-playback device;
- if transcoding is sanctioned, transferring the transcoded media content to the coupled target media-playback device.
In a source device configured to couple to a target media-playback device, a method comprising the acts of:
- selecting digital media content intended for transfer from a source device to a coupled target media-playback device, wherein the selected to-be-transferred media content has a defined format, which is associated with a source-format-agent;
- determining a target format specified by the coupled target media-playback device;
- determining whether to transcode the selected to-be-transferred media content into the target format;
- in response to a determination to not transcode, transferring the selected to-be-transferred media content to the coupled target media-playback device
A method comprising the acts of:
- selecting digital media content of a source device, wherein the selected media content has a defined format, which is associated with a source-format-agent;
- interrogating the source-format-agent to determine if the source-format-agent will sanction a format-specific action to be performed with the selected media content;
- if the source-format-agent sanctions the action, then performing the sanctioned action with the selected media content.
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