Patent ID: 6978082
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An AV decoder control method for controlling an AV decoder included in an AV decoding/playback apparatus which decodes and plays back a bit stream including MPEG video data and audio data, said method controlling the AV decoder so that it performs a trick play by continuously displaying I pictures of the MPEG video data: wherein a plurality of bit streams having a predetermined bit length and positioned at arbitrary intervals are separately and sequentially input to the AV decoder and decoded, and I pictures included in these bit streams are continuously displayed while sequentially updating the I pictures; wherein: it is decided whether display of I pictures in a bit stream of the predetermined bit length by the AV decoder has been completed or not; and when the display of I pictures has been completed, a next bit stream of the predetermined bit length, which follows the bit stream for which display of I pictures has ended, is input to the AV decoder.