Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.

Mi Ju Park

Sweung Won Cheung

Chang Hee Song

Do Hyun Kim

Jong Chan Park

Byung In Song

A media playback apparatus for playing media on a web browser may be provided. The media playback apparatus may include: a receiving unit that receives media data generated in a media service apparatus; a first media restoring unit that decodes the received media data by a first decoder embedded in the web browser; a second media restoring unit that decodes the received media data by a second decoder written in a script, which is parsed by the web browser; a user interface configured to receive a user command; and a decoding controller configured to control the first media restoring unit to decode the received media data in response to the user command corresponding to a playback command and control the second media restoring unit to decode the received media data in response to the user command corresponding to a seek command.

Apparatus and method for playing back and seeking media in web browser

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for simultaneously playing back and storing media without a plug-in in a web browser. In the present disclosure, since restoration of video, restoration of audio, and backup of media are performed in a multi-threaded manner using a web worker, it is possible to simultaneously perform playback and storage of media. To this end, interworking is performed between a video web worker performing restoration of video, an audio web worker performing restoration of audio, and a backup web worker performing backup of media. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to simultaneously perform playback and backup of media, and it is also possible to stop backup of media and then resume the backup.

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Mi Ju Park