Apparatus and method for controlling home network by analyzing metadata of multimedia contents

An apparatus for controlling a home network according to the multimedia contents metadata analysis and a method thereof are provided to generate metadata for controlling an electronic home appliance of itself home network, easily. A multimedia selector(212) selects multimedia contents. A multimedia extractor(214) extracts control metadata from multimedia contents selected by the multimedia selector. A multimedia analyzer(216) analyzes the extracted control metadata. A control message generator(218) generates a control message for controlling a digital device within a home network based on the electronic home appliance control metadata.