Mobile terminal

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a storage configured to store a data file including a content data and attribute information indicating a coding type of the content data;
• two decoding modules, including a software codec and a hardware multimedia chip, configured to execute a decoding of the content data, each having a different function from each other;
• a table configured to store first information identifying the two decoding modules and second information about which file types can be executed by the software codec and the hardware multimedia chip to enable the selection of the appropriate one of the software codec and the hardware multimedia chip for a given file type, the second information including priorities between the two decoding modules which are predetermined in light of a processing speed and an amount of memory used for execution of each of the two decoding modules;
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• a selecting unit configured to select a first decoding module from the decoding modules which decodes the content data in reference to the table when a request for decoding the content data is received, and select a second decoding module from the decoding modules when the first decoding module is not available for decoding the content data, the selecting unit further configured to select the first decoding module based on the priorities included in the second information.

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a storage configured to store a multimedia data containing either one of a still image data and a moving image data and attribute information indicating coding type of the multimedia data;
• two decoding modules, including a software codec and a hardware multimedia chip, configured to execute a decoding of the multimedia data each having a different function;
• a table configured to store first information identifying the two decoding modules and second information about which file types can be executed by the software codec and the hardware multimedia chip to enable the selection of the appropriate one of the software codec and the hardware multimedia chip for a given file type, the second information including priorities between the two decoding modules which are predetermined in light of a processing speed and an amount of memory used for execution of each of the two decoding modules;
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• a selecting unit configured to select a first decoding module which decodes the multimedia data in reference to the table when a request for decoding the multimedia data is received, and select a second decoding module when the first decoding module is processing to decode the multimedia data contained in another data file, the selecting unit further configured to select the first decoding module based on the priorities included in the second information.