Method for controlling multimedia playing, apparatus thereof and storage medium

• US 10,419,823 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2018
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Lan, Xiaoting, Xu, Yao, Xu, Pianpian
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Loi H
• Application Number:
  US15/878,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20180152765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 386244
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/845 Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments

Abstract

A method for controlling multimedia playing, an apparatus thereof and a storage medium are provided according to the present disclosure, which relates to the field of terminal technology. The method includes: dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into multiple subtitle segments, where each of the multiple subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag; triggering to play a selected subtitle segment of the subtitle information; obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

Claims

1. A method for controlling multimedia playing, applied to a terminal, comprising:

dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into a plurality of subtitle segments, wherein each of the plurality of subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag;

simultaneously playing the multimedia file and displaying, on a subtitle display interface, a subtitle segment having a time tag corresponding to a current playing progress of the multimedia file;

detecting a drag operation on the subtitle display interface in a process of playing the multimedia file and displaying the corresponding subtitle segment from the subtitle information;

in response to detecting the drag operation, displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface;

displaying prompting text information near the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option at the specified position on the subtitle display interface within a predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option, wherein the subtitle alignment indicatrix is used to highlight a subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option;

monitoring a triggering operation within the predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option;

if no triggering operation is detected within the predetermined duration, normally playing the multimedia file according to the current playing progress

if a triggering operation is detected within the predetermined duration, selecting, based on the triggering operation, a subtitle segment of the subtitle information associated with subtitle alignment indicatrix at the specified position on the subtitle display interface, comprising;

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points at a row of subtitles, identifying the row of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment;

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points to a blank area between two adjacent rows of subtitles, identifying one of the two adjacent rows of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment; and

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points to a paragraph of subtitles, identifying the paragraph of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment;

obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and

playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment comprises:

parsing the subtitle information, to obtain a correspondence list of the plurality of subtitle segments of the subtitle information and time tags; and

querying for the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment according to the correspondence list, to obtain the playing start time of the selected subtitle segment.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

stopping displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option in a case that the skip option is not triggered within a predetermined duration after the drag operation is finished.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the skip option is arranged on the left or right of the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option, displaying text information indicating function of the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detecting the drag operation, accentuating texts in a segment corresponding to the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

7. An apparatus for controlling multimedia playing, comprising one or more processors and a storage medium in which operation instructions are stored, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform the following steps when the operation instructions in the storage medium are executed:

dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into a plurality of subtitle segments, wherein each of the plurality of subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag;

simultaneously playing the multimedia file and displaying, on a subtitle display interface, a subtitle segment having a time tag corresponding to a current playing progress of the multimedia file;

detecting a drag operation on the subtitle display interface in a process of playing the multimedia file and displaying the corresponding subtitle segment from the subtitle information;

in response to detecting the drag operation, displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface;

displaying prompting text information near the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option at the specified position on the subtitle display interface within a predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option, wherein the subtitle alignment indicatrix is used to highlight a subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option;

monitoring a triggering operation within the predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option;

if no triggering operation is detected within the predetermined duration, normally playing the multimedia file according to the current playing progress

if a triggering operation is detected within the predetermined duration, selecting, based on the triggering operation, a subtitle segment of the subtitle information associated with subtitle alignment indicatrix at the specified position on the subtitle display interface, comprising;

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points at a row of subtitles, identifying the row of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment;

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points to a blank area between two adjacent rows of subtitles, identifying one of the two adjacent rows of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment; and

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points to a paragraph of subtitles, identifying the paragraph of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment;

obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and

playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein in obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment, the one or more processors are configured to perform the following:

parsing the subtitle information, to obtain a correspondence list of the plurality of subtitle segments of the subtitle information and time tags; and

querying for the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment according to the correspondence list, to obtain the playing start time of the selected subtitle segment.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform the following:

stopping displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option in a case that the skip option is not triggered within a predetermined duration after the drag operation is finished.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the skip option is arranged on the left or right of the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option, display text information indicating function of the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in response to detecting the drag operation, accentuate texts in a segment corresponding to the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium in which computer executable instructions are stored, wherein the following steps are performed when the executable instructions are executed by a computer:

dividing subtitle information of a multimedia file into a plurality of subtitle segments, wherein each of the plurality of subtitle segments corresponds to a time tag;

simultaneously playing the multimedia file and displaying, on a subtitle display interface, a subtitle segment having a time tag corresponding to a current playing progress of the multimedia file;

detecting a drag operation on the subtitle display interface in a process of playing the multimedia file and displaying the corresponding subtitle segment from the subtitle information;

in response to detecting the drag operation, displaying a subtitle alignment indicatrix and a skip option at a specified position on the subtitle display interface;

displaying prompting text information near the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option at the specified position on the subtitle display interface within a predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option, wherein the subtitle alignment indicatrix is used to highlight a subtitle segment corresponding to the skip option;

monitoring a triggering operation within the predetermined duration after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option;

if no triggering operation is detected within the predetermined duration, normally playing the multimedia file according to the current playing progress

if a triggering operation is detected within the predetermined duration, selecting, based on the triggering operation, a subtitle segment of the subtitle information associated with subtitle alignment indicatrix at the specified position on the subtitle display interface, comprising;

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points at a row of subtitles, identifying the row of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment;

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points to a blank area between two adjacent rows of subtitles, identifying one of the two adjacent rows of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment; and

when the subtitle alignment indicatrix points to a paragraph of subtitles, identifying the paragraph of subtitles as the selected subtitle segment;

obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment; and

playing the multimedia file from the playing start time.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein obtaining a playing start time of the selected subtitle segment according to a time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment comprises:

parsing the subtitle information, to obtain a correspondence list of the plurality of subtitle segments of the subtitle information and time tags; and

querying for the time tag corresponding to the selected subtitle segment according to the correspondence list, to obtain the playing start time of the selected subtitle segment.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the executable instructions further cause the computer to perform:

stopping displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option in a case that the skip option is not triggered within a predetermined duration after the drag operation is finished.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the skip option is arranged on the left or right of the subtitle alignment indicatrix.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the executable instructions further cause the computer to perform:

after displaying the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option, displaying text information indicating function of the subtitle alignment indicatrix and the skip option.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the executable instructions further cause the computer to perform:

in response to detecting the drag operation, accentuating texts in a segment corresponding to the subtitle alignment indicatrix.