METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA FILES, DIGITAL MEDIA CONTROLLER, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA FILES

摘要

A method for managing multimedia files adapted for a multimedia system architecture including a digital media controller, a digital media server and digital media renderers. The digital media server stores a plurality of multimedia files. The method including: displaying a server list on a touchscreen of the digital media controller to list the digital media servers in the multimedia system architecture, and to list the multimedia files stored in at least one of the digital media servers. A first input action is sensed via the touchscreen to select one of the multimedia files in the server list. The first input action is analyzed to play the selected multimedia file directly by the digital media renderer that is already connected with the digital media server storing the selected multimedia file, or by another digital media renderer, according to different first input actions.