Patent ID: 9066062
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a reading section which reads moving image data stored in an external storage medium by one of a plurality of reading methods; a decoding section which decodes the moving image data read by the reading section; an identifying section which identifies a decoding speed at which the moving image data is decoded by the decoding section and a reading speed at which the moving image data is read by the reading section; and a selecting section which selects a reading method that is used when the reading section reads the moving image data, based on whether the decoding speed and the reading speed identified by the identifying section are in a predetermined relationship; wherein: the reading section reads the moving image data by one of (i) a first reading method in which the moving image data stored in the external storage medium is read in predetermined units, and (ii) a second reading method in which the moving image data stored in the external storage medium is collectively read in a plurality of predetermined units; the decoding section sequentially decodes the moving image data read by the reading section in the predetermined units; the identifying section identifies the decoding speed at which the moving image data is decoded by the decoding section, a first reading speed at which the moving image data is read by the reading section with use of the first reading method, and a second reading speed at which the moving image data is read by the reading section with use of the second reading method; and the selecting section selects one of the first reading method and the second reading method as the reading method that is used when the reading section reads the moving image data, based on whether the decoding speed, the first reading speed, and the second reading speed identified by the identifying section are in a predetermined relationship.