Streaming content management apparatus and method

A streaming content management apparatus of a multimedia broadcast receiver, comprising:

• a recording unit for recording an incoming content stream in units of segment together with indexes, the recording unit including a storage for storing the incoming content stream;
• a metadata database for storing indexes and metadata;
• a content management unit for generating the indexes corresponding to a unit of segment having a predetermined length of the incoming content stream and the metadata and storing the indexes and metadata in the metadata database,
• a stream engine for controlling transmission of the incoming content stream from the recording unit to the content management unit to generate the indexes at a rate in accordance with a recording rate in which the recording unit stores the incoming content stream in the storage, wherein when the content management unit includes a processing speed different than the recording unit and the transmission of the incoming content stream from the recording unit terminates, the stream engine causes the content management unit to execute a waiting state;
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• a player comprising a processor for collecting the indexes and metadata related to content requested from the metadata database according to a content playback request, and replaying a stored part of the incoming content stream, addressed by an index stored in the metadata database, wherein playback of a currently incoming part of the incoming content stream is initiated when playback of the stored part of the incoming content stream is terminated.