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Examples

of

video

formats

include:

(i)

Motion

Picture

Experts

Group

(MPEG)-l,

(ii)

MPEG-2,

(iii)

MPEG-4,

(iv)

high

de?nition

television

(HDTV),

(V)

National

Television

System

Committee

(NTSC),

(vi)

Phase

Alternating

Line

(PAL),

(vii)

Joint

Photographic

Experts

Group

(JPEG),

and

(viii)

Video-CD.

Other

examples

of

video

formats

are

also

possible.

The

media

receiver

38

may

also

use

play

modes

speci?c

for

different

video

formats

as

Well.

For

example,

a

Denon

receiver

may

be

commanded

to

con?gure

the

receiver

according

to

special

play

modes

that

the

receiver

is

designed

to

understand.

The

media

management

system

10

may

send

commands

specifying

play

modes,

such

as

(i)

Digital

The

ater

System

(DTS)

(e.g.

DTS-ES,

DTS-Neo:6,

DTS-Digital

Surround,

or

DTS-96/24),

(ii)

Dolby

Pro

Logic

(DPL)

(e.g.

DPL

II,

DPL

Movie,

or

DPL

Music),

(iii)

Dolby

Digital

(e.g.

Dolby

Digital

EX)

(iv)

THX

(e.g

THX

Cinema),

(v)

Wide

Screen,

(vi)

Super

Stadium,

(vii)

Rock

Arena,

(viii)

JaZZ

Club,

(ix)

Classic

Concert,

(x)

Mono

Movie,

(xi)

Matrix,

(xii)

5-Channel

Stereo,

(xiii)

7Channel

Stereo,

(xiv)

Stereo,

(xv)

Pure

Direct,

(xvi)

Direct or

xvii

Cinema.

These

play

modes

(and

others

that

may

be

de?ned)

may

be

used

With

media

receivers

(e.g.

media

receiver

38)

that

are

able

to

interpret

these

play

modes

and

con?gure

char

acteristics

about

the

receiver

to

play

the

media.

Con?gurable

characteristics

include

tone

settings,

equalization

(e.g.

equalizer

settings),

level

adjustments

(e.g.

input

level,

or

speaker

level),

delay

time,

noise

reduction,

bass

setting,

and

a

balance

setting.

Other

examples

of

con?gurable

charac

teristics

are

also

possible.

In a

preferred

embodiment,

the

media

management

sys

tem

10

couples

a

control

signal

50

to

the

media

receiver

38

to

communicate

con?guration

instructions for

playing

a

particular

media

unit.

The

control

signal

50

may

communi

cate

commands

to

con?gure

the

receiver

38.

The

commands

may

be

speci?c

to

the

type (brand

or

make)

of

receiver

based

on

the

receiver’s

command

set.

For

example,

the

media

receiver

38

may

be

a

Denon

or

MarantZ

receiver

that

may

be

controlled

by

the

control

signal 50.

Examples

of

Denon

receivers

that

may

be

controlled

by

the

control

signal

50

include:

AVR-2803

AVR-3803

AVR-4802R

AVR-5803

Examples

of

MarantZ

receivers

that

may

be

controlled

by

the

control

signal

50

include:

SR7300

SR7300se

SR8200

SR8300

SR9300

These

Denon

and

MarantZ

receivers

are

controlled

using

an

RS232

connection

for

the

control

signal 50.

HoWever,

other

receivers

and

other types

of

control

connections

may

be

used

as

Well.

In

exemplary

embodiments,

the

media

management

sys

tem

10 con?gures

the

media

receiver

38

to

play

media

using

a

selected

receiver

connection.

The

selected

receiver

con

nection

is

used

to

con?gure

the

receiver

38

by

ensuring

that

the

media

is

communicated

on

the

receiver

connections

that

correspond

to

the

media

type

(eg

encoding

format

such

as

MP3,

SACD,

DVD-Audio,

FLAC,

AAC,

etc.).

In

exemplary

embodiments,

the

user

is

provided

With

the

con?guration

process

17

to

con?gure

hoW

media

Will

be

played

automati

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

8

cally

as

a

function

of

its

media

type

and/or

genre,

artist,

or

any

other

suitable

characteristic

that

may

be

included

in

the

media

unit

record.

2.

An

Exemplary

Con?guration

Process

FIG.

2

depicts

operation

of

an

exemplary

con?guration

process

17

that

may

be

used

in

the

media

management

system 10

shoWn

in

FIG.

1.

The

con?guration

process

17

is

preferably

invoked

during

a setup

stage

during

Which

the

user

con?gures

the

media

management

system

10

for

opera

tion.

During

the

setup

stage,

the

user

may

connect

all

of

the

necessary

equipment

to

the

media

management

system

10

and

go

through

various

interactive

stages

of

inputting

infor

mation

to

enable

the

media

management

system

10

to

perform

its

functions.

For

example,

one

interactive

stage

may

entail

setting

up

service

With

an

Internet

Service

Provider

to

be

able

to

communicate

With

a

Web-site

that

provides

media

to

doWnload.

In

the

con?guration

process

17

in

FIG.

2,

the

user

may

enter

a

receiver

con?guration

stage

involving

a

receiver

connection

setting

screen

80

and

a

play

mode

setting

screen

82.

Referring

to

the

receiver

connection

setting

screen

80,

the

user

may

select

receiver

connections

from

drop-doWn

menus

84

for

each

media

type

listed.

The

user

may

then

save

the

selections

to

a

media

type

con?guration

record

100

by

clicking

on

a

‘SAVE’

button

86.

The

user

may

click

a

‘Cancel’

button

88

to

start

again,

or

a

‘Help’

button

90

to

get

interactive

help

services.

The

user

may

also

select

play

modes

from

drop-doWn

menus

92

on

the

play

mode

setting

screen

82.

As

an

example,

the

play

modes

may

be

correlated

With

a

particular

genre

(or

another

one

of

the

plurality

of

characteristics)

of

the

media

units

available

for

play

by

the

media

receiver

38.

The

user

may

save play

mode

selections

to

a

play

mode

record

102

by

clicking

on

the

‘SAVE’

button

94.

Those

of

ordinary

skill

in

the

art

Will

appreciate

that

the

receiver

connection

setting

screen

80

and

the

play

mode

setting

screen

82

are

shoWn

as

examples

of con?guration

screens

that

a

user

may

use

to

select

hoW

the

media

receiver

38

Will

be

automatically

con?gured

to

play

a

selected

media

unit.

The

play

mode

setting

screen

82

may

use

other

characteristics,

such

as

artist,

title,

or

location,

to

select

the

play

that

Will

be

used

by

the

media

receiver

38

When

playing

the

selected

media

unit.

Other

examples

of

the

receiver

connection

setting

screen

80

and/or

the

play

mode

setting

screen

82

are

also

possible.

3.

An

Exemplary System

and

Method

for

Playing

Media

FIG.

3

depicts

operation

of

a

system

in

the

media

man

agement

system 10

for

automatically

selecting

a

play

mode

and

a

receiver

connection

for

con?guration

of

the

media

receiver

38.

Various

events

and/or

timing

may

be

used

to

trigger

the

automatic

selection

of

a

play

mode

and

receiver

connection.

For

example,

the

automatic

selection

may

occur

in

response

to

installing

a

disc

into

a

disc

player,

such

as

the

?rst

CD

changer

26a,

shoWn

in

FIG.

1.

As

another

example

the

automatic

selection

may

occur

in

response

to

receiving

a

stream

of

media

from

a

data

storage

device.

In

this

regard,

the data storage

device

could

be

local

to

the

media

man

agement

system 10

or

remote

from

the

media

management

system,

such

as

at

a data

storage

device

at

the

personal

computer

24

or

on

the

Internet

20.

Other

examples

of

triggering

the

automatic

selection

of

a

play

mode

and

receiver

connection

are

also

possible.

As

shoWn

in

FIG.

3,

the

system

comprises

a

media

player

interface

18,

a

play

selection

function

110,

a

media

play

processor

170,

a

media

unit

record

190,

a

media

type

con?guration

record

192,

a

play

mode

record

194,

and

a

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