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AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsYvon Legallais, Anthony Laurent, Christopher Howson, Gilles Straub
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The invention relates to a method and a device for converting a data stream transporting content into a file on a server, the content including timestamps for its playback, the timestamps indicating the time elapsed since the start of said content, the method being wherein it includes steps for receiving, from a broadcast channel, streaming content, calculating at least one piece of temporal playback information from at least one of the timestamps and a reference clock, the reference clock being the time reference for a local area network, saving the content to a file on a server, the server file being accessible by a playback terminal connected to the local area network, and saving a piece of temporal playback information to a server file or to a description file associated with the server file.
A method for saving content to a server that is connected to a local area network, the server being adapted to the synchronized playback of audiovisual content by one or more playback devices connected to said local area network and by the use of an interoperability protocol between said server and said playback device(s), said method being wherein it includes the steps of:
A device for saving content to a file, wherein it includes:
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