JP2007179604A - Music player, reproduction control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a music player capable of properly and continuously reproducing music data converted from music sources having no interval. <P>SOLUTION: To determine the continuity of adjacent music data, a control unit 10 compares the section average volume value of the tail part of music data to be reproduced first with the section average volume value of the head part of music data to be reproduced next. When it is determined that the section average volume values are equal to each other, and so there is continuity between the music data, the control unit 10 deletes a silent part added to the tail of the music data to be reproduced first or a silent part added to the head of the music data to be reproduced next. By continuously reproducing the music data without silent parts, gapless reproduction is achieved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a music playback device, a playback control method, and a program.

  In recent years, a music playback device called a digital player that stores music data and the like in a nonvolatile memory has been developed and marketed. Such a music playback device has no sound skipping, can store more music data, and is smaller (thinner) than conventional portable CD players, MD players, and the like.・ It has become widespread because of its weight reduction.

As an example of such a music playback device (portable digital information playback device), a technique that can easily play back music data played immediately before battery replacement is also disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-258995 (page 3-5, FIG. 1)

Recently, due to the further increase in capacity of non-volatile memory used in music playback devices and the adoption of ultra-small hard disks instead of non-volatile memory, a very large amount of music data has been recorded. It can be stored (stored) in a playback device.
Therefore, the user can store various music data in the music playback device, and can freely select and listen to his / her favorite music even at the destination.

In general, music data is stored in the music playback device described above in the following procedure.
First, a personal computer converts a music source into music data in a predetermined format (music data that can be played back by a music playback device). For example, each track (musical piece) of a music CD is converted into music data in the MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer3) format. At this time, in principle, a silent portion (silent data portion) is added to the beginning and end of each piece of music data.
Then, in a state where the personal computer and the music playback device are connected by wire or the like, each music data after conversion is transferred from the personal computer to the music playback device and stored. For example, when a folder for a music CD title (album title name, etc.) is created on a personal computer and each piece of music data is converted in the folder, the folder is sent to the music playback device and stored. That is, when music data is generated in the MP3 format, the music data is generated with the minimum data size according to the MP3 standard, so that the last part of the music has a silent part. In addition, in order to clarify the song division, a silent part may be intentionally inserted at the beginning of the song or at the end of the song (or both) when generating MP3 format song data.

  When the music data is stored in this way, the music playback device can appropriately play back each music data. For example, the music reproducing device can sequentially reproduce each music data in the folder stored in the music reproducing apparatus in the order of the music on the original music CD.

However, when a music source (such as a live music CD) such as a live sound source that has no music is converted into music data, when the music data is played back by the music playback device, the playback sound is not played between the music. There was a problem of interruption.
As described above, this is because a silent part is added to the beginning and end of each piece of music data during conversion. Therefore, if you convert a regular music source between songs, you will not notice, but if you convert a music source without songs, there will be no sound between songs, and it will sound like noise to the user. It was.
For this reason, there has been a demand for a music playback device that can perform continuous playback without gaps (songs), that is, so-called “gapless playback” when music data converted from a music source without music is played. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a music playback device, a playback control method, and a program capable of appropriately continuously playing back music data converted from a music source having no music. Objective.

In order to achieve the above object, a music playback device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides:
A music playback device for sequentially playing back music data having a silent part at the beginning and / or end,
Continuity determination means for determining continuity between the first music data to be reproduced first and the second music data to be reproduced later;
When it is determined by the continuity determining means that there is continuity, a silent part deleting means for deleting a silent part at the end of the first music data and / or the head of the second music data;
Continuous reproduction means for continuously reproducing the first and second music data from which the silent part has been deleted by the silent part deleting means;
It is characterized by providing.

  The continuity determination means may determine the continuity of each piece of music data based on the relationship between the volume value at the end of the first music data and the volume value at the top of the second music data. .

  The continuity determining means may determine the continuity of each piece of music data based on the relationship between the waveform data at the end of the first music data and the waveform data at the top of the second music data. .

  The continuity determining means may determine the continuity of each piece of music data based on folder information for storing the first and second music data.

In order to achieve the above object, a playback control method according to the second aspect of the present invention provides:
A playback control method in a music playback device for sequentially playing back music data having a silent part at the beginning and / or end,
A continuity determination step for determining continuity between the first music data to be reproduced first and the second music data to be reproduced later;
When it is determined that there is continuity in the continuity determining step, a silent part deleting step of deleting a silent part at the end of the first music data and / or the head of the second music data;
A continuous playback step of continuously playing back the first and second music data from which the silent part has been deleted in the silent part deleting step;
It is characterized by providing.

In order to achieve the above object, a program according to the third aspect of the present invention provides:
Computer
Continuity determining means for determining continuity between the first music data to be reproduced first and the second music data to be reproduced later;
When it is determined by the continuity determining means that there is continuity, a silent part deleting means for deleting a silent part at the end of the first music data and / or the head of the second music data;
Continuous playback means for continuously playing back the first and second music data from which the silent part has been deleted by the silent part deleting means;
It is made to function as.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the music data converted from the music source without a music can be appropriately continuously reproduced.

  A music reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a music reproducing device applied to the embodiment of the present invention.
This music playback device is composed of, for example, a digital player that can play back MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer3) format music data, and includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, a display unit 12, an operation unit 13, and an audio output. And a terminal 103.

  The control unit 10 includes, for example, a CPU 100, an interrupt controller 101, an A / D converter 14, a ROM 16, a RAM 104, an audio signal output unit 112, and the like.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 100 controls the overall operation of the music playback device by appropriately executing various programs stored in the ROM 16. Specifically, the CPU 100 reads out and executes a continuous playback application 15a, which will be described later, from the ROM 16.

  The interrupt controller 101 receives an interrupt signal from the operation unit 13 and supplies an interrupt generation signal to the CPU 100. Specifically, the interrupt controller 101 accepts a hardware interrupt caused by pressing a key (up key 17 to right key 21 described later) of the operation unit 13, and notifies the CPU 100 that any key has been pressed.

  The A / D (analog / digital) converter 14 converts an analog signal (voltage signal) supplied from the operation unit 13 into a digital signal (voltage value). As will be described later, the voltage signal supplied from the operation unit 13 varies depending on the pressed state of the keys (up key 17 to right key 21) of the operation unit 13. For this reason, it is possible to determine which key is pressed by the converted voltage value.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 16 stores in advance various programs necessary for the operation of the control unit 10 (music reproduction device). Specifically, the ROM 16 stores a continuous reproduction processing application 15a, a key code processing application 15b, a key processing driver 15c, and the like.
The continuous playback processing application 15a is a program for causing the CPU 100 to perform continuous playback processing. In this continuous playback process, continuous playback (gapless playback) with no gap (interval between songs) is performed when the music data to be played is converted from a music source such as a live sound source that has no gaps between songs. Do.
Specifically, when a plurality of pieces of music data are continuously played back, the continuity of the previous (front and back) music data is determined, and if it is determined that there is continuity, the end of the music data to be played back first is determined. The added silence part and the silence part added to the beginning of the music data to be reproduced later are deleted. Then, gapless reproduction is realized by continuously reproducing each piece of music data from which the silent portion has been deleted.

The key code processing application 15b and the key processing driver 15c are programs for causing the CPU 100 to perform key code processing. In this key code processing, the key pressed by the operation unit 13 is specified, and processing corresponding to the specified key is performed.
Specifically, when the CPU 100 detects the occurrence of an interrupt (interrupt generation signal supplied from the interrupt controller 101), the key processing driver 15c uses the key code based on the voltage value supplied from the A / D converter 14. (The code of the key pressed on the operation unit 13) is specified. Then, the key code processing application 15b executes processing associated with the key code (for example, designation of a folder to be reproduced).

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 104 temporarily stores various data required when the CPU 100 executes the above-described continuous reproduction processing application 15a and the like.
For example, the music data to be played is appropriately loaded into the RAM 104 and used for decoding. The decoded data is sequentially supplied to the audio signal output unit 112.
When a plurality of pieces of music data are continuously played back, the head part of the music data to be played back first and the tail part of the music data to be played back (next) are respectively decoded. Then, based on the relationship between the head portion and the tail portion, the continuity of the previous and subsequent music data is determined.

The audio signal output unit 112 generates an audio signal based on the decoded data, and outputs the generated audio signal to the audio output terminal 103.
The audio signal output unit 112 includes an amplifier (amplifier) or the like, and amplifies the audio signal at an amplification factor set by the CPU 100 or the like and outputs the amplified audio signal to the audio output terminal 103.

The storage unit 11 includes a non-volatile memory having a predetermined capacity, an ultra-small hard disk, and the like, and stores music data and the like.
As an example, the music data (file with extension MP3) converted into the MP3 format is stored in the storage unit 11 in a file structure as shown in FIG. In this example, music data is stored in each folder. In FOLDER1 (Summer Live), music data converted from music sources without music is stored, and in FOLDER2 (Best Album), music data with music between music is converted. It is assumed that music data is stored.

In addition, each piece of music data has a silent portion added to the beginning and end. For example, as shown in FIG. 2B, a silent data part BK is added to the head and the end of the music data part SG as a substance. This silent data part BK is added in principle or added intentionally when converting to the MP3 format.
FIG. 2B shows a case where the silent data portion BK is added to both the beginning and the end, but in addition to this, the silent data portion BK is added only to the beginning or the end. It is assumed that there is also music data that exists.

Returning to FIG. 1, the display unit 12 includes a fluorescent display tube (VFD), a liquid crystal display (LCD), and the like. The display unit 12 is controlled by the control unit 10 to control the operation status of the music playback device. Characters and figures for clarifying the operation status by the user are displayed.
Specifically, the display unit 12 allows the user to easily select music data to be reproduced by displaying a list of each piece of music data, displaying a list of folders storing the music data, or the like. As an example, when the operation unit 13 is operated by the user while a list of folders is displayed on the display unit 12 and an arbitrary folder is selected, each piece of music data under the folder is sequentially reproduced.

The operation unit 13 includes a predetermined button switch, a rotary switch, and the like, and inputs instruction information according to a user operation. For example, the operation unit 13 includes an up key 17, a down key 18, a left key 19, a center key 20, and a right key 21. The upper key 17 and the lower key 18 are double tact keys that can be physically pressed in two stages. The first-step pressing and the second-step pressing of the double tact key generate separate analog signals using a resistance voltage dividing circuit connected to the tact key.
That is, the user appropriately operates each key of the operation unit 13 and inputs a reproduction instruction or the like of desired music data.

  The audio output terminal 103 includes, for example, a headphone connection terminal and the like, and outputs the audio signal (reproduction signal) output from the audio signal output unit 112 to the outside when the music data is reproduced. That is, headphones (not shown) can be connected to the audio output terminal 103, and the user can listen to the music sound from the connected headphones.

Hereinafter, the operation of the music reproducing apparatus having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the continuous reproduction process executed by the control unit 10 (CPU 100).
Note that this continuous playback processing is started by reading the continuous playback processing application 15a from the ROM 16 to the CPU 100 in a state where an arbitrary folder in the storage unit 11 is selected by a key operation of the operation unit 13 by the user, for example. The

  First, the control unit 10 waits for execution of subsequent processing until a reproduction is instructed (step S11). That is, the process waits until a user operates a predetermined key (for example, the center key 20) of the operation unit 13 and issues a reproduction instruction.

  When reproduction is instructed, the control unit 10 sets an initial value 1 to the music number N (step S12). The music number N is a variable for indexing the music data currently being played back, and is sequentially added as playback progresses.

  The control part 10 starts reproduction | regeneration of the music data of the music number N (step S13). For example, when the music number N is the initial value 1, the control unit 10 starts reproduction of the first music data.

  In parallel with the reproduction of the music data, the control unit 10 decodes the tail part of the music data with the music number N (step S14). That is, the tail part of the music data currently being reproduced is decoded.

  The control unit 10 obtains a section average volume value in the decoded tail part (step S15). When a silent part (silent data part) is added to the end part, the section average volume value is obtained by excluding the silent part.

The control part 10 decodes the head part of the music data of music number N + 1 (step S16). That is, the head portion of the music data to be reproduced next is decoded.
When there is no next music data, that is, when the music data currently being reproduced is the last music data in the folder, the control unit 10 skips the subsequent steps S16 to S20 and performs step S21. It is assumed that the processing proceeds.

  The control unit 10 obtains the section average volume value at the decoded head portion (step S17). When a silent part is added to the head part, the section average volume value is obtained by removing the silent part.

The control unit 10 compares the section average volume values of the tail part and the head part (step S18). That is, the section average volume value of the end portion obtained in step S15 described above is compared with the section average volume value of the beginning portion obtained in step S17.
That is, the control unit 10 compares the section average volume values in order to determine the continuity of the previous and subsequent music data (currently reproduced music data and next reproduced music data).

  The control unit 10 determines whether or not each section average volume value is equal (step S19). For example, the control unit 10 determines that they are equal if the difference between the section average volume values is within a predetermined range. And when each section average volume value is equal, the music data before and after has continuity.

If the controller 10 determines that the section average volume values are not equal, the controller 10 advances the processing to step S21 described later.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the section average volume values are equal, the control unit 10 deletes the end of the music data of the music number N and the silent part added to the head of the music data of the music number N + 1 (step) S20). That is, the silent data portion BK1 added to the end of the currently reproduced music data (music data of music number N) shown in FIG. 4A is deleted, and further reproduced next as shown in FIG. 4B. The silent data part BK2 added to the head of the music data to be performed (music data of music number N + 1) is deleted.
In some cases, a silent part (silent data part) is not added to the tail part or the head part. In this case, deletion is not necessary.

The control unit 10 waits for the subsequent process to be executed until the reproduction of the music data of the music number N is completed (step S21). That is, it waits until the music data currently being reproduced is over.
At this time, when the silent part is deleted from the end of the music data in step S20 described above, the reproduction ends at the end of the music data part SG1 shown in FIG. In more detail, in order to realize gapless reproduction, it is assumed that the reproduction end is determined just before the end of the music data portion SG1.

  When the reproduction of the music data is completed, the control unit 10 adds 1 to the music number N (step S22). That is, the reproduction target is switched to the next music data.

  The control unit 10 determines whether or not the music number N is larger than the total number of songs (step S23). That is, it is determined whether or not the reproduction of all the music in the folder has been completed.

When determining that the music number N is not larger than the total number of music pieces (reproduction of all music pieces is not completed), the control unit 10 returns the processing to step S13 described above. That is, the reproduction of the next music data is started. At this time, in the above-described step S20, when the silent part is deleted from the head of the music data, the music data is reproduced from the head (tip) of the music data part SG2 shown in FIG. 4B.
That is, as shown in FIG. 4C, there is no silence data part (interval) between the end of the music data part SG1 and the head of the music data part SG2, and the music data part SG2 continues from the music data part SG1. Thus, gapless reproduction is realized. In this case, specifically, the music data portion SG1 is sequentially stored in the RAM 104 that stores the read music data, and the position where the silent portion of the music data portion SG1 is located, that is, the music data portion SG2 instead of the silent portion. By sequentially storing the heads of the images, continuous reproduction, so-called gapless reproduction is realized.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the song number N is larger than the total number of songs (reproduction of all songs is completed), the control unit 10 ends the continuous reproduction process.

By such continuous playback processing, the continuity of the previous and subsequent music data is determined, and if there is continuity, the silent part added to the end of the music data to be played first and the head of the music data to be played back later Delete the added silence. Then, gapless reproduction is realized by continuously reproducing each piece of music data from which the silent portion has been deleted.
As a result, music data converted from a music source having no music can be appropriately and continuously reproduced.

In the above embodiment, in order to determine the continuity in the previous and subsequent music data, the section average volume value of the tail part (previous music data) is compared with the section average volume value of the head part (next music data). However, the method for determining the continuity of the music data is not limited to this and is arbitrary.
For example, the continuity in the previous and subsequent music data may be determined by comparing the waveform data of the tail part (previous music data) and the waveform data of the head part (next music data).

In the above embodiment, the case has been described in which the music playback device obtains the section average volume value and the waveform data of each piece of music data each time and determines the continuity in the previous and subsequent music data.
However, when converting to music data on the personal computer side, a section average volume value or the like is obtained, and the obtained section average volume value or the like is stored in the header information of the music data. The average volume value or the like may be read and compared to determine the continuity of the music data.
Furthermore, the presence or absence of a silent part added to music data on the personal computer side may be stored in the header information. That is, the music reproducing device side not only determines the continuity of the music data from the header information, but also deletes the silent part from the music data according to the presence or absence of the silent part of the header information.

In the above embodiment, the case has been described where the continuity in the music data before and after is determined from the obtained average section volume value or the like, or the average section volume value stored in the header information. When music data converted from a music source is stored in a folder, information indicating that the music data under the continuity may be stored as additional information of the folder.
In this case, when performing playback in units of folders, it is possible to omit the continuity determination on the music playback device side.

Hereinafter, the continuous reproduction process using the additional information of the folder will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining another continuous reproduction process executed by the control unit 10.
The continuous playback process is started when another continuous playback processing application is read from the ROM 16 to the CPU 100 in a state where an arbitrary folder in the storage unit 11 is selected by a key operation of the operation unit 13 by the user, for example. Is done.

  First, the control unit 10 waits for execution of subsequent processing until a reproduction is instructed (step S31). Thereafter, when playback is instructed, the control unit 10 reads the additional information of the folder (step S32). Further, the control unit 10 sets the initial value 1 to the music number N (step S33).

  The control part 10 starts reproduction | regeneration of the music data of the music number N (step S34). And in parallel with reproduction | regeneration of music data, the control part 10 discriminate | determines whether each music data has continuity (step S35). That is, it is determined whether or not information indicating that the subordinate music data has continuity is stored in the additional information of the folder.

When determining that there is no continuity, the control unit 10 advances the processing to step S37 described later.
On the other hand, when it is determined that there is continuity, the control unit 10 deletes the end of the music data of the music number N and the silent part added to the head of the music data of the music number N + 1 (step S36). In some cases, a silent part is not added to the tail part or the head part. In this case, the deletion is not necessary.

  The control unit 10 waits for the subsequent process to be executed until the reproduction of the music data of the music number N is completed (step S37). Note that, in the above-described step S36, when the silent part is deleted from the end of the music data, the reproduction ends at the substantial end of the music data part.

  When the reproduction of the music data is completed, the control unit 10 adds 1 to the music number N (step S38). Then, it is determined whether or not the music number N is larger than the total number of songs (step S39). That is, it is determined whether or not the reproduction of all the music in the folder has been completed.

When determining that the music number N is not larger than the total number of music pieces (reproduction of all music pieces is not completed), the control unit 10 returns the process to step S34 described above. That is, the reproduction of the next music data is started. At this time, in the above-described step S36, when the silent part is deleted from the head of the music data, the data is reproduced from the substantial head (tip) of the music data part. In this case, specifically, the music data portion SG1 is sequentially stored in the RAM 104 that stores the read music data, and the position where the silent portion of the music data portion SG1 is located, that is, the music data portion SG2 instead of the silent portion. By sequentially storing the heads of the images, continuous reproduction, so-called gapless reproduction is realized.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the song number N is larger than the total number of songs (reproduction of all songs is completed), the control unit 10 ends the continuous reproduction process.

Even with such continuous playback processing, the continuity of the music data under the folder is determined from the additional information of the folder, and if there is continuity, the silent part added to the end of the music data to be played first and later played back Delete the silence added to the beginning of the song data to be played. Then, gapless reproduction is realized by continuously reproducing each piece of music data from which the silent portion has been deleted.
As a result, music data converted from a music source having no music can be appropriately and continuously reproduced.

In the above embodiment, the case where the music playback device plays back the music data converted into the MP3 format has been described. However, the music data conversion format (compression format) is not limited to this and is arbitrary.
For example, the present invention can be applied as appropriate when reproducing music data converted into ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding), ATRAC3 format, AAC (MPEG2-Advanced Audio Coding) format, and the like.

  As described above, according to the present invention, music data converted from a music source having no music can be appropriately and continuously reproduced.

It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a structure of the music reproduction apparatus applied to embodiment of this invention. (A) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of file structures, such as music data, (b) is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the music data to which the silence part (silence data part) was added. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the continuous reproduction | regeneration processing applied to embodiment of this invention. (A), (b) is a schematic diagram for demonstrating a silent part (silent data part) being deleted from music data, (c) is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the state of gapless reproduction | regeneration. . It is a flowchart for demonstrating the other continuous reproduction | regeneration processing applied to embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 11 Memory | storage part 12 Display part 13 Operation part 103 Audio | voice output terminal 112 Audio | voice signal output part

Claims (6)

A music playback device for sequentially playing back music data having a silent part at the beginning and / or end,
Continuity determination means for determining continuity between the first music data to be reproduced first and the second music data to be reproduced later;
When it is determined by the continuity determining means that there is continuity, a silent part deleting means for deleting a silent part at the end of the first music data and / or the head of the second music data;
Continuous reproduction means for continuously reproducing the first and second music data from which the silent part has been deleted by the silent part deleting means;
A music playback device comprising: The continuity determining means determines the continuity of each piece of music data based on the relationship between the volume value of the end part in the first music data and the volume value of the head part in the second music data.
The music reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The continuity determination means determines the continuity of each piece of music data based on the relationship between the waveform data at the end of the first music data and the waveform data at the top of the second music data.
The music reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The continuity determining means determines continuity of each piece of music data based on folder information storing the first and second music data.
The music reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: A playback control method in a music playback device for sequentially playing back music data having a silent part at the beginning and / or end,
A continuity determination step for determining continuity between the first music data to be reproduced first and the second music data to be reproduced later;
When it is determined that there is continuity in the continuity determining step, a silent part deleting step of deleting a silent part at the end of the first music data and / or the head of the second music data;
A continuous playback step of continuously playing back the first and second music data from which the silent part has been deleted in the silent part deleting step;
A reproduction control method comprising: Computer
Continuity determining means for determining continuity between the first music data to be reproduced first and the second music data to be reproduced later;
When it is determined by the continuity determining means that there is continuity, a silent part deleting means for deleting a silent part at the end of the first music data and / or the head of the second music data;
Continuous playback means for continuously playing back the first and second music data from which the silent part has been deleted by the silent part deleting means;
A program characterized by functioning as

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