CN105740393A - Method and device for playing music - Google Patents

Abstract

A song playing method and device are provided, so that playing equipment can play audio files with the highest audio quality of songs. The technical scheme comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that playing equipment obtains information of songs to be played; searching for audio files of the songs from a plurality of song storage terminals that are accessible; and selecting the audio file with the highest audio quality from the searched audio files as the audio file to be played.

Description

Method and device for playing music

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of playing equipment, in particular to a song playing method and device.

Background technique

In the prior art, playing devices such as MP3, mobile terminal, tablet computer, etc., when playing a song, what is played is the song downloaded by the user in advance, or the song whose source has been determined. However, a song may correspond to various audio files, and these audio files may adopt different audio sampling frequencies and/or audio sampling bits, and have different audio quality. When the user wants to listen to a song with higher audio quality, he needs to manually search for the corresponding audio file in the local area network or the Internet.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a song playing method and device, so that a playing device can actively play a song audio file with the highest audio quality.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems and achieve the above-mentioned beneficial effects, the present invention provides a method for playing a song, comprising: the playback device obtains the information of the song to be played; searches for the audio file of the song from a plurality of accessible song storage terminals; The audio file with the highest audio quality is selected from the multiple audio files searched as the audio file to be played.

The present invention also provides a song playing device, which is used for playing equipment, and the device includes: an acquisition module, used for making the playing equipment acquire the information of the song to be played; The audio file of the song is searched; the selection module is used to select the audio file with the highest audio quality from the searched multiple audio files as the audio file to be played.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses a playback device to search for the audio file of the song from a plurality of song storage terminals that can be accessed; select the audio file with the highest audio quality from the searched multiple audio files, as the audio file that needs to be played The technical solution for playing has achieved the following technical effects:

Compared with the prior art, for a selected song, the playback device no longer directly plays the song at a fixed location, but tries its best to search multiple audio files of the song from multiple song storage terminals, and play the audio quality of the song. The highest audio files, resulting in improved playback and an enhanced listening experience.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that are required in the description of the embodiments and prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some implementations of the present invention For example, those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a song playing method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a song playing device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another song playing device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a playback device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for playing a song, so that a playback device can play a song audio file with the highest audio quality. The embodiment of the present invention also provides a corresponding device.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the solutions of the present invention, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only It is an embodiment of a part of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

With the development of network technology, the sources of music have been diversified. The playback device can not only play the songs stored in its own internal storage such as the hard disk, but also play the songs connected to its external storage devices such as U disk and mobile hard disk. When the playback device has a network function, it can also play songs stored on other devices in the LAN, such as NAS (NetworkAttachedStorage, network attached storage) equipment, or network file systems such as NFS (NetworkFileSystem, network file system) or Samba. Play streaming music on the Internet, such as the current popular QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, etc.

The user can use the control terminal to connect to the playback device with network function, and choose to add the songs on the local or connected external memory of the playback device, or songs on other devices in the local area network, or songs on the Internet, to the playback device. In the playlist, the playback device plays the songs in its playlist in sequence. The control terminal is usually an intelligent device installed with control software, such as a smart phone. As mentioned above, the songs in the playlist of the playback device may have multiple sources, such as local, local area network, or stored on the Internet server.

The sound quality of a song is usually determined by the sampling frequency and number of sampling bits of its audio data. For example, common audio sampling frequencies are 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 96KHz, 192KHz, etc. Usually, the higher the frequency, the better the sound quality. There are 8 bits, 16 bits, and 24 bits of sampling bits. Usually, the larger the sampling bits, the higher the resolution and the more realistic the playback sound.

Just because playback devices can obtain songs in various ways, the same song with the same information such as song name, singer, album, etc. can be obtained from multiple ways. For example, "Blue and White Porcelain" also sung by Jay Chou may be obtained from NAS devices in the local area network and multiple network audio servers such as QQ Music and Baidu Music. The audio files of the same song obtained through various channels may have different sampling frequency and number of bits. The audio quality obtained through some channels is relatively high, while the audio quality obtained through some channels is relatively poor.

Users usually use the control terminal to browse a certain song storage terminal, search for the desired song, and then add it to the playlist of the playback device to play.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a song playback technical solution, so that the playback device can actively search for multiple song storage terminals for the user, and play the audio file with the highest audio quality for the user, so as to simplify the user's browsing and selection operations, and bring users Come for a high-quality music listening experience.

In the following, specific examples will be used to describe in detail respectively.

Embodiment one,

Please refer to Fig. 1, a kind of song playing method that the embodiment of the present invention provides, may comprise:

110. The playback device obtains the information of the song to be played;

120. Search for the audio file of the song from multiple accessible song storage terminals;

130. Select an audio file with the highest audio quality from the multiple searched audio files as the audio file to be played.

Optionally, before step 110, it may also include:

100. The playback device searches and records multiple accessible song storage terminals.

With this technical solution, the playback device can search multiple audio files of a song from multiple song storage terminals, and play the audio file with the highest audio quality among them, thereby improving the playback effect and listening experience.

Below, the above steps are further described in detail:

100. The playback device searches and records multiple accessible song storage terminals.

The plurality of song storage terminals may include but not limited to the following: the song directory location of the internal memory of the playback device, the song directory location of the external storage device connected to the playback device, the song storage directory accessible in the local area network, and the Internet. Music servers that can be connected to on the Internet.

110. The playback device acquires information about the song to be played.

The playback device can be directly controlled by the user, or controlled through a control terminal. In some embodiments, the user can browse a certain song storage terminal on the control terminal, select a song to be listened to, and add it to the playlist of the playback device. Specifically, the control terminal can send the information of the song selected by the user to the playback device. The information of the song mainly includes the name of the song and its ID3 information, such as the singer, album, release time, etc., and can also include the location where the song is stored or stored. the address of.

The playback device can receive the information of the song that the user selects on the control terminal sent by the control terminal, the information of the song includes the title and ID3 information of the song; then, the playback device can use the received song information The information is added to the local playlist of the playback device; the name and ID3 information of each song are recorded in the playlist, and the playback device can obtain the information of the song to be played from the local playlist.

120. Search for the audio file of the song from multiple accessible song storage terminals.

The playback device can search for the audio file of the song in a plurality of accessible song storage terminals recorded by the playback device according to the title of the song and the obtained ID3 information before playing the song to be played in the playlist. It should be noted that the files of some songs do not keep all the ID3 information, and some or all of the information may be missing.

130. Select an audio file with the highest audio quality from the multiple searched audio files as the audio file to be played.

In addition to the song storage end that the user browses at the control terminal, if the same song is also searched at other song storage ends, the playback device can obtain the audio sampling frequency and /or audio sampling bit number, then, the playback device can select to obtain the audio quality of the song by comparing the audio sampling frequency and/or audio sampling bit of a plurality of audio files of the same song provided by the plurality of song storage terminals The highest audio file, and can be downloaded to the playback device from its song storage end, or record the address of the selected audio file at the song storage end.

Judging criteria for audio quality can only consider a single indicator, such as comparing only the audio sampling frequency or the number of audio sampling bits, or two indicators. For example, a simple method is to consider the audio sampling frequency multiplied by the audio sampling bit to determine the indicator High songs have high audio quality.

Therefore, in some embodiments, the audio file with the highest audio sampling frequency, or the audio file with the largest audio sampling number, or the audio The audio file with the largest product of the sampling frequency and the number of audio sampling bits is regarded as the audio file with the highest audio quality.

It should be noted that, in order to avoid adverse effects on playback caused by the operation of searching for songs and comparing the audio quality of songs, the playback device can perform the above-mentioned search and comparison on the songs in the playlist in advance, and record the results in the information of each song in the playlist middle. The result mentioned here may refer to the address where the song is stored in the storage end, that is, the address where the song with the highest audio quality obtained by the above search and comparison is stored in the storage end.

The following example illustrates:

Assume that the user browses the songs on the NAS server in the local area network on the control terminal, selects "Blue and White Porcelain" sung by Jay Chou and adds it to the playlist of the playback device. After the playback device receives the above-mentioned song added by the control terminal, it searches for the above-mentioned "Blue and White Porcelain" sung by Jay Chou on multiple music servers such as QQ Music, Baidu Music, and Xiami Music that it can access, and obtains the audio samples of the same song stored in them Frequency and audio sampling bits, and found that the audio file of this song stored on the QQ Music server has the highest audio quality. The playback device can change the storage location of the song "Blue and White Porcelain" in the playlist to point to the QQ music server. When the playback device plays the song "Blue and White Porcelain", it will download and play from the QQ music server instead of the local area network NAS server selected by the current user. It can be seen that the playback device can automatically select the audio file with the highest audio quality of the same song for the user to play in multiple song storage terminals, so as to obtain the best listening experience.

It can be understood that the above solutions of the embodiments of the present invention may be specifically implemented in, for example, a playback device.

As can be seen from the above, in some feasible implementation manners of the present invention, the audio file of the song is searched from a plurality of song storage terminals that can be accessed by using a playback device; file, as a technical solution for playing audio files that need to be played, the following technical effects have been achieved:

Compared with the prior art, for a selected song, the playback device no longer directly plays the song at a fixed location, but tries its best to search multiple audio files of the song from multiple song storage terminals, and play the audio quality of the song. The highest audio files, resulting in improved playback and an enhanced listening experience.

In order to better implement the above solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, related devices for coordinating the implementation of the above solutions are also provided below.

Embodiment two,

Please refer to Fig. 2, the embodiment of the present invention provides song playing apparatus 300, is used for playing equipment, and described apparatus 300 can comprise:

Obtaining module 210, is used for making playback device obtain the information of the song to be played;

A search module 220, configured to search for the audio file of the song from multiple song storage terminals that can be accessed;

The selection module 230 is configured to select the audio file with the highest audio quality from the searched multiple audio files as the audio file to be played.

In some embodiments, the search module 220 is also used to enable the playback device to search and record multiple song storage terminals that can be accessed, and the multiple song storage terminals include the song directory location of the internal memory of the playback device , the location of the song directory of the external storage device connected to the playback device, the accessible song storage directory in the local area network, and the music server that can be connected and accessed on the Internet.

Please refer to FIG. 3, in some embodiments, the acquisition module 210 includes:

The receiving unit 2101 is configured to enable the playback device to receive the information of the song sent by the control terminal and selected by the user on the control terminal, the information of the song includes the name of the song and ID3 information;

Adding unit 2102, configured to add the received information of the song to the playlist of the playback device;

The obtaining unit 2103 is configured to enable the playing device to obtain the information of the song to be played from a local playlist.

Please refer to FIG. 3, in some embodiments, the selection module 230 includes:

An acquisition unit 2301, configured to acquire the respective audio sampling frequencies and/or audio sampling digits of the searched multiple audio files from the plurality of song storage terminals;

A selection unit 2302, configured to select the audio file with the highest audio quality by comparing the audio sampling frequencies and/or audio sampling bits of the plurality of audio files;

The processing unit 2303 is configured to download the selected audio file to the playback device, or record the address of the selected audio file in the song storage terminal.

In some embodiments, the selection unit 2302 is specifically configured to: select the audio file with the highest audio sampling frequency or audio sampling bit by comparing the audio sampling frequency and/or audio sampling bit number of the multiple audio files The audio file with the largest number, or the audio file with the largest product of audio sampling frequency and audio sampling bits, is regarded as the audio file with the highest audio quality.

It can be understood that the functions of each functional module of the song playing device 300 in the embodiment of the present invention can be specifically realized according to the method in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and its specific implementation process can refer to the relevant description in the above-mentioned method embodiment, and will not be repeated here. .

As can be seen from the above, in some feasible implementation manners of the present invention, the audio file of the song is searched from a plurality of song storage terminals that can be accessed by using a playback device; file, as a technical solution for playing audio files that need to be played, the following technical effects have been achieved:

Compared with the prior art, for a selected song, the playback device no longer directly plays the song at a fixed location, but tries its best to search multiple audio files of the song from multiple song storage terminals, and play the audio quality of the song. The highest audio files, resulting in improved playback and an enhanced listening experience.

Please refer to FIG. 4, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a playback device 400, the playback device 400 may include:

One or more processors 401; memory 402; and one or more programs 403, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory 402 and configured to be executed by the one or more processors 401 , the one or more programs 403 include instructions for executing the method for playing a song as described in the method embodiment above. Wherein, the processor 401 and the memory 402 may be connected through a bus 404 . When the playing device 400 is running, the processor 401 executes the program 403 stored in the memory 402, so that the playing device 400 executes the song playing method as described in the method embodiment above.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases, and for parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

It should be noted that for the foregoing method embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present invention is not limited by the described action sequence, because Certain steps may be performed in other orders or simultaneously in accordance with the present invention. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps in the various methods of the above-mentioned embodiments can be completed by instructing related hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium can include: ROM, RAM, disk or CD, etc.

The song playing method and device provided by the embodiment of the present invention have been introduced in detail above. The principles and implementation methods of the present invention have been explained by using specific examples in this paper. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method of the present invention. and its core idea; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation and scope of application. limits.

Claims (10)

1. a playback of songs method, it is characterised in that including:

Playback equipment obtains the information of song to be played；

The audio file of described song is searched for from the multiple songs storage end being able to access that；

The audio file that audio quality is the highest is selected, as the audio file needing broadcasting from the multiple audio files searched.

2. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that also include before the information of the song that the acquisition of described playback equipment is to be played:

Multiple songs storage end that the search of described playback equipment and record are able to access that, the plurality of song storage end includes the song catalog position of described playback equipment internal storage, the song catalog position of described playback equipment external storage equipment, addressable song storage catalogue in LAN, and can the music servers of connected reference on the Internet.

3. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described playback equipment obtains the information of song to be played and includes:

Described playback equipment receives the information controlling song that terminal sends, that user selects in described control terminal, and the information of described song includes title and the ID3 information of song；

The information of the described song received is added in the playlist that described playback equipment is local；

Described playback equipment obtains the information of song to be played from local playlist.

4. according to described method arbitrary in claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that the described audio file that selection audio quality is the highest from the multiple audio files searched includes:

Store end from the plurality of song and obtain the respective audio sampling frequency of multiple audio files and/or audio sample figure place that search；

By the audio sampling frequency of relatively the plurality of audio file and/or audio sample figure place, select the audio file that audio quality is the highest；

By the downloaded of selection to described playback equipment, or, the audio file recording described selection stores the address of end in song.

5. method according to claim 4, it is characterised in that the described audio sampling frequency by relatively the plurality of audio file and/or audio sample figure place, the audio file selecting audio quality the highest includes:

By the audio sampling frequency of relatively the plurality of audio file and/or audio sample figure place, select the audio file that audio sampling frequency is the highest, or the audio file that audio sample figure place is maximum, or the audio file that the product of audio sampling frequency and audio sample figure place is maximum, as the audio file that audio quality is the highest.

6. a playback of songs device, it is characterised in that for playback equipment, described device includes:

Acquisition module, for making playback equipment obtain the information of song to be played；

Search module, for searching for the audio file of described song from the multiple songs storage end being able to access that；

Select module, for selecting the audio file that audio quality is the highest from the multiple audio files searched, as the audio file needing broadcasting.

7. device according to claim 6, it is characterised in that

Described search module, it is additionally operable to the multiple songs storage end making the search of described playback equipment and record be able to access that, the plurality of song storage end includes the song catalog position of described playback equipment internal storage, the song catalog position of described playback equipment external storage equipment, addressable song storage catalogue in LAN, and can the music servers of connected reference on the Internet.

8. device according to claim 6, it is characterised in that described acquisition module includes:

Receiving unit, the information controlling song that terminal sends, that user selects in described control terminal for making described playback equipment receive, the information of described song includes title and the ID3 information of song；

Adding device, for adding to the information of the described song received in the playlist that described playback equipment is local；

Acquiring unit, for making described playback equipment obtain the information of song to be played from local playlist.

9. according to described device arbitrary in claim 6 to 8, it is characterised in that described selection module includes:

Acquiring unit, obtains, for storing end from the plurality of song, the respective audio sampling frequency of multiple audio files and/or audio sample figure place that search；

Select unit, for audio sampling frequency and/or audio sample figure place by comparing the plurality of audio file, select the audio file that audio quality is the highest；

Processing unit, for the downloaded that will select to described playback equipment, or, record the audio file of the described selection address at song storage end.

10. device according to claim 9, it is characterised in that

Described selection unit, specifically for: by the audio sampling frequency of relatively the plurality of audio file and/or audio sample figure place, select the audio file that audio sampling frequency is the highest, or the audio file that audio sample figure place is maximum, or the audio file that the product of audio sampling frequency and audio sample figure place is maximum, as the audio file that audio quality is the highest.