Patent ID: 6999090
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus for decoding and reproducing coded data, said apparatus comprising: a cache unit operable to store cached information including a physical start address of each content stored on an information storing medium and additional information corresponding to each content; a FIFO control unit operable to obtain from said cache unit additional information corresponding to a content to be reproduced, and to set storage areas for an audio data FIFO, a video data FIFO, and a decoded video data FIFO on the basis of the additional information corresponding to the content to be reproduced; and a data processing unit operable to obtain data from a data segment including data to be reproduced according to the physical start address of the content to be reproduced and the additional information corresponding to the content to be reproduced, to store one portion of the data in said audio data FIFO and another portion of the data in said video data FIFO, to obtain the another portion of the data from said video data FIFO, to decode the obtained data, to store the decoded data in said decoded video data FIFO, and to reproduce the one portion of the data stored in said audio data FIFO and the decoded data stored in said decoded video data FIFO.