19. A system according to claim 11 , wherein the system is configured to support media encoding/decoding algorithms, including any of the following: MP3, MP3 Pro, Ogg Vorbis, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Waveform Audio (WAV).
11. A control system in a vehicle for extracting meta data from media devices in the vehicle over a communication link, the system comprising: a communication module for establishing a first communication link with a first media device; a processing module coupled to the communication module, the processing module being configured to extract, via the communication module, first meta data associated with a first plurality of media files from the first media device, and wherein the first meta data includes a first plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the first plurality of entries includes text data; and a non-volatile memory module configured to store the first plurality of entries retrieved from the first media device as a first database of entries of meta data pertaining to the first plurality of media files and having a unique identifier associated with the first media device; wherein the communication module is further configured to establish a second communication link with a second media device, wherein the processing module is further configured to extract, via the communication module, second meta data associated with a second plurality of media files from the second media device, the second meta data including a second plurality of entries, at least one entry including text data, wherein the memory module is further configured to store the second plurality of entries retrieved from the second media device as a second database of entries of meta data pertaining to the second plurality of media files and having a second unique identifier associated with the second media device, and wherein the control system is configured to allow access, by a user of the control system, to the second database of the second plurality of entries of meta data based on a connection status of the second media device and the second unique identifier corresponding with the second media device, and the control system is configured to allow access, by the user of the control system, to the first database of the first plurality of entries of meta data based on the connection status of the first media device and the unique identifier corresponding with the first media device.