CN102196305A - High-definition media player for IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) system - Google Patents
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The invention provides a media player for an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) system and an instruction transmitting method thereof. The media player is applied to a set-top box and comprises: a media player user interaction interface and a media player middleware, wherein in the media player user interaction interface, a same browser as the IPTV system is used for analyzing and displaying; the media player middleware is independent and different from a middleware of the IPTV system; and in the media player middleware, an http (Hyper Text Transport Protocol) is independently used for carrying out instruction interaction on the user interaction interface and a decoder and serves as a channel of the instruction interaction between the user interaction interface and the decoder. In the media player for the IPTV system, the built-in media player middleware is adopted; the media player user interaction interface is interacted with the built-in media player middleware by utilizing the http; the built-in media player middleware is directly interacted with a bottom layer and bypasses a browser middleware; and therefore, the media player becomes an independent module and can be simply and functionally bundled with conventional IPTV services so that a new solution can be provided for the popularization of high-definition services for operators.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of media player and instruction transfer approach thereof, relate in particular to a kind of IPTV system's usefulness media player and instruction transfer approach thereof, belong to the set-top box technique field.
Background technology
Development along with broadband network, IPTV will be developed greatly as emerging video transmission passage, the development of IPTV set-top box is inevitable more and more to come soon, become the indispensable multimedia equipment of family, the user wishes that the IPTV set-top box can provide abundanter multimedia function, to satisfy the ever-increasing content of multimedia of user, for example present user is easy to use digital camera or video camera to take contents such as a large amount of video of creation and photo and need be shown on the television set.The IPTV set-top box is as the broadband network multimedia terminal, has the high advantage such as scalable of performance, the easier demand that satisfies the customer multi-media content, thus improve the competitive advantage of IPTV operator.But IPTV system itself is complicated unusually, requirement to fail safe and stability is very high, had in IPTV set-top box inside to embed other high-definition multimedia playing functions again under the situation of IPTV network media player and will inevitably bring great risk, might have a strong impact on the stability of IPTV system.
Along with the more and more ripe of IPTV technology and extensively, IPTV operator also will be faced with more competition in future, how research and development emphasis in the IPTV field at present provides new function on existing ripe IPTV operation system if mainly concentrating on, and existing IPTV set-top box all adopts traditional browser to do middleware, browser is as middleware, major function is divided two parts, a part is to resolve standard network page script language, display web page, can catch simultaneously that bottom feeds back up, the press key message that receives is realized human-computer interaction interface; Another part is that bottom calls passage, can allow the user write instruction by use the mode of special agreement in script, after the browser resolves instruction, calls the bottom corresponding interface, carries out corresponding instruction action (that is, calling the C function from script js).Fig. 1 is the structural representation that media player is integrated into the IPTV system under the traditional approach, as can be seen from the figure, for binding media player function in the IPTV system, media player adopts the browser of IPTV system as middleware mostly merely under the traditional approach, realize the mutual of UI and bottom, though this mode is by the mode of webpage design UI, guaranteed the flexible customization of UI, but because media player, need be the same with IPTV, the passage and the bottom layer driving that adopt browser to provide are carried out alternately, and be very strong to the dependence of browser; If increase new function, must call passage to the bottom of browser and change accordingly, because the IPTV system also is to use this passage, in case change, not just workload is big, and the construction cycle is long, also can influence the IPTV system of normal operation easily.
Owing to the hardware structure that adopts towards different business with realize the different of means, the various multimedia service terminals set-top box of various different application (especially towards) are when realizing professional (the especially application of user terminal/server framework), and there are bigger difference in its implementation and business function.Browse the web services mode of employing based on browser as internet information, electronic chart etc. are used then most development schemes that adopt based on the JAVA technology, and interactive game then has the directly mode of exploitation of a lot of employing C language interface API.Simultaneously, along with the continuous development of new business, new model terminal, the means and the variation of business realizing are very fast.
On set-top box, because different business, set-top box dissimilar, different abilities realize that the business function form there are differences, cause at present implement to have strong interactivity, during the application of intelligent client-server framework, must develop and use different separately client-server frameworks respectively, caused bigger development difficulty thus, require the service provider to pay bigger development amount, caused the wasting of resources.Simultaneously, various informative way of realization also causes service supplier, service provider to have the complexity of height in operation maintenance, and also there is very big difficulty in the upgrading of business function, strengthen the difficulty of O﹠M, improved the construction cost and the operation cost of new business.
Summary of the invention
At problems of the prior art, the invention provides a kind of IPTV system media player, be applied in the set-top box, this media player comprises: the user of media player interactive interface, and it uses the browser identical with the IPTV system to resolve, show; The media player middleware, its independence also is different from the middleware of IPTV system, and use http agreement and User Interface and decoder to carry out instruction interaction separately, as the passage that carries out instruction interaction between them.Therefore, IPTV of the present invention system can be loaded in the existing IPTV set-top box by Software Bundling merely with media player, and need not the IPTV system of existing operation is had much impact, thereby realizes the broadcast of media content with cheap cost.
According to IPTV of the present invention system media player, wherein said user of media player interactive interface is to use the HTML exploitation.
The present invention also provides the instruction transfer approach of a kind of IPTV system with media player, be applied in the set-top box, the User Interface that this method comprises the steps: media player connects with the media player middleware by the XML instruction, and wherein said media player middleware independence also is different from the middleware of IPTV system; Described User Interface sends the XML request of media player instruction by after using the browser resolves identical with the IPTV system; Described media player middleware calls set-top box base layer decoder interface function after receiving the XML request of User Interface; After treating that described set-top box base layer decoder interface function is finished, execution result is returned to described media player middleware, and send an event notice to described browser; After described User Interface is received described event notice by described browser, to described media player middleware result of query execution.
According to the instruction transfer approach of IPTV of the present invention system with media player, the instruction that wherein is used for described media player comprises: play dependent instruction, recreation dependent instruction, file management and system's dependent instruction, search dependent instruction, picture dependent instruction, download dependent instruction.Thereby can provide film to play (comprising high-definition movie), music, picture browsing (being DPF), the multiple function of somatic sensation television game.
IPTV of the present invention system adopts the built-in media player middleware to realize multimedia with media player, can use IPTV standard webpage design user interface, need not revise the IPTV multimedia player; Make media player become an independently module simultaneously, can simply carry out the function binding, improve development rate, reduce system risk, provide new solution for operator promotes the high definition business with existing IPTV business.
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Accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, constitutes the application's a part, and illustrative examples of the present invention and explanation thereof are used to explain the present invention, do not constitute improper qualification of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is that media player uses browser bottom passage and bottom hardware to drive the mutual functional block diagram of realization in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is that IPTV of the present invention system calls structural representation that passage be integrated into IPTV system with the media player middleware as bottom with media player;
Fig. 3 is that IPTV of the present invention system starts flow chart with media player;
Fig. 4 is transmission and the execution in step schematic diagram of IPTV of the present invention system with the player instruction.
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2-4 describes the specific embodiment of the present invention in detail below with reference to accompanying drawing, and wherein Fig. 2 is that media player calls the structural representation that passage is integrated into the IPTV system with the media player middleware as bottom.As can be seen from the figure, as user of media player interactive interface UI, media player is the same with IPTV system webpage, all needs the browsing device net page analysis unit to assign to webpage is resolved, and shows.It is a general module that the webpage of browser is resolved part, at be the page script language of standard, all browsers substantially all are the same.So the present invention still uses the webpage analytical capabilities of browser to realize representing of user of media player interactive interface UI, the user who has kept webpage makes free this advantage.Media player of the present invention does not use the bottom of browser to call this traditional integration mode of passage and realizes mutual with bottom, media player of the present invention, the bottom of having cast aside browser calls passage, built-in media player middleware of stand-alone development, its independence also is different from the middleware of IPTV system, be achieved as follows action: 1, the XML instruction that receiving media player user interactive interface UI sends by the http communications protocol; 2, carry out corresponding actions; 3, obtain bottom-up information, feed back to user of media player interactive interface UI by the http communications protocol, substituted the bottom calling module of browser fully, and, further strengthened the stability of program and the promptness of response not by the browser transfer.
Use the exchange channels of built-in media player middleware, farthest be separated from the restriction of browser, form a standalone feature module that makes things convenient for assembly unit as player UI and bottom.Therefore, IPTV of the present invention system can be loaded in the existing IPTV set-top box by Software Bundling merely with media player, and need not the IPTV system of existing operation is had much impact, thereby realizes the broadcast of media content with cheap cost.
In addition, media player further comprises USB interface, is used for and external USB movable storage device swap data.Use USB movable storage device medium, the user can freely play various high definition media files, can not be subjected to the restriction that the high-definition content industry falls behind.
Fig. 3 is that IPTV media player of the present invention starts flow chart, should be noted that this flow chart is a kind of the giving an example that media player of the present invention starts, and does not constitute the unsuitable qualification to the present invention.At first the IPTV set-top-box system starts, carry out initialization operation, trial is carried out the network connection or is judged whether the user presses the media player shortcut, if network successful connection or user do not press the media player shortcut, system enters the IPTV system so, and whether continuous supervision has network to connect and whether the user presses the media player shortcut.If network connection failure (failure page has the inlet of media player), or the user supresses the media player shortcut, so just starts built-in media player middleware, and then start media player.The media player middleware is intercepted media player user interface UI by the message that the http agreement sends, judges whether to be play instruction, if then state is moved or obtained to execution command, otherwise, continue to intercept message.The instruction that this place sends can comprise: play dependent instruction, recreation dependent instruction, file management and system's dependent instruction, search dependent instruction, picture dependent instruction, download dependent instruction.Can provide film to play (comprising high-definition movie), music, picture browsing (being DPF), the multiple function of somatic sensation television game with media player by IPTV of the present invention system thus.
Fig. 4 is transmission and the execution in step schematic diagram of IPTV of the present invention system with the player instruction, should be noted that this flow chart be media player of the present invention start a kind of for example, do not constitute unsuitable qualification to the present invention.At first, the user of media player interactive interface UI of media player is after the standard webpage parsing module by browser is resolved, by XML instruction and built-in media player middleware connect (1. 2.); Yet UI sends the XML request (3.) that is entrained with the media player instruction after resolving by browser standard webpage parsing module; Wherein, the media player instruction comprises: play dependent instruction, recreation dependent instruction, file management and system's dependent instruction, search dependent instruction, picture dependent instruction, download dependent instruction or the like.The built-in media player middleware calls set-top box base layer decoder interface function after receiving the XML request of UI, and for example the API of C language compilation carries out corresponding actions (4.); Set-top box base layer decoder interface function is finished, and returns execution result and other relevant informations (5.); The built-in media player middleware returns expandable mark language XML (6.) to user of media player interactive interface UI after receiving the execution result and other relevant informations that the set-top box bottom returns; Afterwards, execution result is returned to described media player middleware, and send an event notice to browser; After User Interface is received described event notice by browser, can be to described media player middleware result of query execution.
This IPTV system comprises the user of media player interactive interface with media player, built-in media player middleware two big major parts, user of media player interactive interface and built-in media player middleware are undertaken alternately by the http agreement, built-in media player middleware and set-top box bottom software carry out alternately, use browser different from the past is done the scheme of middleware, this technical scheme can be walked around the browser extension funtion part, with the form simple syndication of software module in the IPTV system, independence is stronger, drops to minimum to the influence of IPTV system.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of step that realizes said method embodiment can be finished by the relevant hardware of program command, aforesaid program can be stored in the computer read/write memory medium, this program is carried out the step that comprises said method embodiment when carrying out; And aforesaid storage medium comprises: various media that can be program code stored such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CD.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiment, the invention is not restricted to the embodiments described, and in view of above-mentioned instruction, those skilled in the art can carry out various modifications and variations to the foregoing description.These modifications and variations also all fall within the claim protection range of the present invention.
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1. an IPTV system media player is applied in the set-top box, and this media player comprises:
The user of media player interactive interface, it uses the browser identical with the IPTV system to resolve, show;
The media player middleware, its independence also is different from the middleware of IPTV system, and use http agreement and User Interface and decoder to carry out instruction interaction separately, as the passage that carries out instruction interaction between them.
2. IPTV according to claim 1 system media player, wherein said user of media player interactive interface are to use the HTML exploitation.
3. an IPTV system is with the instruction transfer approach of media player, be applied in the set-top box, the User Interface that this method comprises the steps: media player connects with the media player middleware by the XML instruction, and wherein said media player middleware independence also is different from the middleware of IPTV system;
Described User Interface sends the XML request of media player instruction by after using the browser resolves identical with the IPTV system;
Described media player middleware calls set-top box base layer decoder interface function after receiving the XML request of described User Interface;
After treating that described set-top box base layer decoder interface function is finished, execution result is returned to described media player middleware, and send an event notice to described browser;
After described User Interface is received described event notice by described browser, to described media player middleware result of query execution.
4. the IPTV system that puts down in writing according to claim 3 is with the instruction transfer approach of media player, and the instruction that wherein is used for described media player comprises: play dependent instruction, recreation dependent instruction, file management and system's dependent instruction, search dependent instruction, picture dependent instruction, download dependent instruction.
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