Media Playback Processing and Control Method, Apparatus, and System

A media playback control method, comprising:

• determining, by a control device, a query condition, and sending a query request that comprises the query condition to a central server;
• receiving a query response returned by the central server, and determining a selected content name as well as an identifier of a selected display device according to a selection instruction, wherein the query response comprises a storage path of at least one media resource and an identifier of an optional display device, and the storage path points to one of at least one media server that comprises the central server;
• determining, from the storage path of the at least one media resource, a selected storage path corresponding to the selected content name as well as the identifier of the selected display device, wherein the selected storage path comprises the selected content name, and sending the selected storage path to the selected display device;
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• sending a playback request to the selected display device to enable the selected display device to acquire a media resource from the at least one media server according to the selected storage path and play the media resource.

A central server, comprising:

• a first interface configured to receive a query request of a control device and return a query response to the control device according to a pre-generated resource information table, wherein the query response comprises a storage path of at least one media resource;
• a second interface configured to receive a resource request of a selected display device selected by the control device, wherein the resource request comprises information about a selected storage path;
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• a querying module configured to query the resource information table, determine that a selected media resource corresponding to the information about the selected storage path is stored on a first media server, and determine a second media server with a conversion capability to convert a media format of the selected media resource into a media format supported by a playback capability of the selected display device to enable the selected display device to play a media resource converted by the second media server from the selected media resource.

A control device, comprising:

• a determining module configured to determine a query condition and send a query request that comprises the query condition to a central server;
• a processing module configured to receive a query response returned by the central server, and determine a selected content name as well as an identifier of a selected display device according to a selection instruction, wherein the query response comprises a storage path of at least one media resource and an identifier of an optional display device, and the storage path points to one of at least one media server that comprises the central server;
• a selecting module configured to determine, from the storage path of the at least one media resource, a selected storage path corresponding to the selected content name as well as the identifier of the selected display device, wherein the selected storage path comprises the selected content name, and send the selected storage path to the selected display device;
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• a playing module configured to send a playback request to the selected display device to enable the selected display device to acquire a media resource from the at least one media server according to the selected storage path and play the media resource.