MPV FILE CREATING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for creating a MultiPhoto Video orMusicPhoto Video (MPV) file that enables minimization of resources and/orstorage capacity required to use the MPV file in a multimedia applicationenvironment, and a storage medium having recorded thereon a computer readableprogram for performing the method. The method includes: generating profilebagelements based on multimedia content; generating unique identificationinformation of assets included in the multimedia content; generating a lastuniform resource locator (LastURL) based on universal resource identifiers(URIs) of the assets included in the multimedia content; and creating an MPVfile corresponding to the multimedia content using the profilebag elements,the unique identification information of the assets, and the LastURL.Accordingly, the MPV file, which is available to multimedia reproducingdevices having limited resources and/or storage capacity, can be provided.