Automatic meta-data sharing of existing media to create streamable collections

A method of a client device comprising:

• communicating a media data to a server device to determine at least one meta-data identifier associated with the media data;
• and
• automatically refreshing a new mark-up language file using a existing media-collection data associated with certain items of the media data, wherein the new mark-up language file includes a streamable version of the media data based on the meta-data identifier being referenced with a content database of a central server 118.

A network comprising:

• a client device to apply at least one meta-data identifier such that it is agnostic of a type of media player application compatible with media data;
• and
• a server device to automatically populate a new mark-up language file using a existing media-collection data associated with at least some content identified by the at least one meta-data identifier and to create a streamable media content of the existing media-collection data on the server device based on a reference of the at least one meta-data identifier associated with each of the existing media collection data with a content database of a central server.