Patent ID: 8660401
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A reproduction apparatus comprising: a reading unit which reads a basic stream and an expanded stream, which have been obtained by encoding a video stream imaged from a plurality of viewing points by H.264 AVC/MVC, from a recording medium; a first buffer which stores thereon the basic stream read from the recording medium; a second buffer which stores thereon the expanded stream read from the recording medium; and a decoding unit which decodes the basic stream read from and input by the first buffer and the expanded stream read from and input by the second buffer based on a maximum bit-rate represented by first restriction information and a maximum bit-rate represented by third restriction information of second and third restriction information, the first restriction information representing the maximum bit-rate for inputting the basic stream in the decoding unit, the first restriction information being added to data of each picture of the basic stream, the second restriction information representing a maximum bit-rate for inputting the expanded stream in the decoding unit, the third restriction information representing a maximum bit-rate for inputting the basic stream and the expanded stream in the decoding unit, the second and third restriction information being added to data of each picture of the expanded stream.