Patent ID: 8199806
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A contents providing apparatus comprising: storage which records contents with plural types of formats and reads contents specified to be reproduced, a plurality of output ports which respectively output contents read from the storage, a plurality of decoders which are connected to the output ports and respectively correspond to the plural types of formats, a plurality of channels which respectively provide contents decoded by the decoders, a switcher which selectively derives one of outputs of the decoders to a specified one of the channels, a table which expresses the output ports respectively assigned to the channels and formats corresponding to the decoders connected to the output ports, and a controller to select, based on the table, one of the output ports which corresponds to the format of the specified contents and is assigned to the specified channel, and to connect an output of the decoder connected to the selected output port to the specified channel via the switcher.