Patent ID: 8254764
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reproducing apparatus for receiving contents information, said contents information being transmitted with a plurality of pieces of packeted information that is beforehand specified included, said image reproducing apparatus comprising: a recording medium on which the contents information is recorded, said contents information including a stream and stream management information used to manage the stream; a recording and reproducing unit for reproducing the stream recorded on the recording medium; and a control unit for instructing the recording and reproducing unit to read the stream recorded on the recording medium; said stream management information includes information used to manage an access unit at the time of reproduction and information used to manage an unit area of the stream; and when the recording and reproducing unit performs the special reproduction of the stream the control unit makes a judgment as to whether or not the stream management information includes a piece of the information used to manage an access unit at the time of reproduction, and when it is judged that the stream management information includes a piece of the information used to manage an access unit at the time of reproduction, the control unit determines a read position of the recorded stream on the basis of the information used to manage an access unit at the time of reproduction and then instructs the recording and reproducing unit to performs the special reproduction of the stream, and when it is judged that the stream management information does not include a piece of the information used to manage an access unit at the time of reproduction and includes information to manage a unit area of the stream, the control unit determines a read position of the recorded stream on the basis of the information used to manage an unit area of the stream and then instructs the recording and reproducing unit to performs the special reproduction of the stream.