Method and apparatus for constructing and playing sensory effect media integration data files

An apparatus configured to construct a sensory effect media integration data file, the apparatus comprising:

• a file type information configurer configured to configure file type information by detecting information about a file type of a sensory effect media integration data file from received media data;
• a configuration information configurer configured to detect information about an attribute of the media data from the received media data and configure configuration information representing the attribute of the media data;
• a coded stream configurer configured to detect a coded stream of the media data from the received media data and configure the coded stream of the media data;
• a sensory effect type detector configured to transmit sensory effect information to one of the file type information configurer and the configuration information configurer according to a relationship between received sensory effects and the media data;
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• a sensory effect media integration data file generator configured to generate a sensory effect media integration data file by combining the file type information, the configuration information, and the coded stream.

A method for playing a sensory effect media integration data file, the method comprising:

• separating a file type field, a configuration information container field, and a media data container file from the sensory effect media integration data file;
• detecting media type information indicating a media type and a sensory effect indicator indicating whether sensory effect information is included by parsing the file type field;
• detecting configuration information about an attribute of media data by parsing the configuration information container field;
• detecting a coded stream of the media data by parsing the media data container field;
• playing the media data by combining the media type information, the sensory effect indicator, the configuration information, and the coded stream;
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• detecting the sensory effect information from the file type field or the configuration information container field according to a relationship between sensory effects and the media data and generating sensory effects corresponding to the played media data.

An apparatus configured to play a sensory effect media integration data file, the apparatus comprising:

• a sensory effect media integration data file separator configured to separate a file type field, a configuration information container field, and a media data container file from the sensory effect media integration data file;
• a file type information parser configured to detect media type information indicating a media type and a sensory effect indicator configured to indicate whether sensory effect information is included by parsing the file type field;
• a configuration information parser configured to detect configuration information about an attribute of media data by parsing the configuration information container field;
• a coded stream parser configured to detect a coded stream of the media data by parsing the media data container field;
• a media data player configured to play the media data by combining the media type information, the sensory effect indicator, the configuration information, and the coded stream;
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• a sensory effect generator configured to receive sensory effect information detected from the file type field by the file type information parser or sensory effect information detected from the configuration information container field by the configuration information parser and generate sensory effects corresponding to the played media data.