Patent ID: 7489852

Claim:
A video reproducing apparatus capable of outputting video signals based on video data constituted by a sequence of video information blocks each of which constitutes one unit by a prescribed number of intra-coded pictures each of which is video information for intra-frame coding, a prescribed number of forward predictive-coded pictures for forward prediction coding, and a prescribed number of bidirectionally predictive-coded pictures for bidirectional prediction coding, said video reproducing apparatus comprising: a still picture reproducing processor reproducing one of the pictures as a still picture by motion compensation prediction when the reproduction of video signals is paused in a prescribed manner; a determining processor determining whether or not the picture being reproduced as a still picture by said still picture reproducing processor is said intra-coded picture; a saving processor saving coded data of the I picture when said determining processor determines that the picture being reproduced as a still picture by said still picture reproducing processor is said intra-coded picture, and saving difference data between the I picture and all the pictures referenced by the picture as well as coded data of the intra-coded picture referenced by the picture when said determining processor determines that the picture being reproduced as a still picture by said still picture reproducing processor is not said intra-coded picture; and a sending processor sending the coded data saved by said saving processor or the coded data and the difference data saved by said saving processor to an external memory.