Electronic apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorTakanori Yamamoto
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing device reads a management file in a storage device. The information processing device analyzes information necessary for management and stores the analysis result. The information processing device performs specified processing based on the analysis result stored by the analysis processor. The information processing device obtains update information of the management file of each content item accumulated in the storage device and determines whether the update information has been changed or not. The information processing device performs the specified processing using the analysis result previously stored by the analysis processor if the update information has not been changed.
Claims9
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a storage controller configured to read, from external storage, data files of content items and a management file of the content items, wherein the management file comprises information on attributes of the content items and an update timing, and the management file is updated every time one of the content items is played;
- and
- a hardware processor configured to:
- play a first content item from the content items in the external storage,
- update the management file at a first update timing in response to playing of the first content item,
- generate a first list of the content items according to the management file,
- store the first list and the first update timing in an internal memory,
- play the first content item in the external storage again,
- determine whether the update timing of the management file is the same as the first update timing,
- reuse the first list of the content items in the internal memory, when the update timing of the management file is the same as the first update timing, and
- generate a second list of the content items according to the management file, when the update timing of the management file is not the same as the first update timing.
A storage medium storing a program that is configured to manage content items to enable data files of the content items and a management file of the content items to be read from external storage, the management file comprises information on attributes of the content items and an update timing, and the management file is updated every time one of the content items is played, the program being stored in the storage medium so that, when executed, performs a plurality of operations, comprising:
- playing a first content item from the content items in the external storage;
- a updating the management file at a first update timing in response to playing of the first content item;
- generating a first list of the content items according to the management file;
- storing the first list and the first update timing in an internal memory;
- playing the first content item in the external storage again;
- determining whether the update timing of the management file is the same as the first update timing;
- reusing the first list of the content items in the memory, when the update timing of the management file is the same as the first update timing;
- and
- generating a second list of the content items according to the management file, when the update timing of the management file is not the same as the first update timing.
A method for managing content items to read, from external storage, data files of the content items and a management file of the content items, wherein the management file comprises information on attributes of the content items and an update timing, and the management file is updated every time one of the content items is played, the method comprising:
- playing a first content item from the content items in the external storage;
- updating the management file at a first update timing in response to playing of the first content item;
- generating a first list of the content items according to the management file;
- storing the first list and the first update timing in an internal memory;
- playing the first content item in the external storage again;
- determining whether the update timing of the management file is the same as the first update timing;
- reusing the first list of the content items in the internal memory, when the update timing of the management file is the same as the first update timing;
- and
- generating a second list of the content items according to the management file, when the update timing of the management file is not the same as the first update timing.
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