Patent ID: 8160431

Claim:
An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device, wherein the image reproduction device includes: image data recording means recorded with image data; audio data recording means recorded with audio data; setting information recording means recorded with setting information about the audio data recorded on the audio data recording means; a display section displaying thereon the image data recorded on the image data recording means; an audio output section outputting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording means; and a control section making a selection from the audio data for output from the audio output section based on preset details when the image data is displayed on the display section in a predetermined manner, and the information processing device includes: an identification section acquiring, for identification, the setting information about the audio data recorded on the setting information recording means in the image reproduction device; an audio data recording section recorded with audio data; and an audio data process section converting the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into a predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data identified by the identification section, and forwarding resulting audio data to the image reproduction device for recording to the audio data recording means, in which the image reproduction device is a digital camera and the information processing device is a computer and in which the computer is separate from the digital camera and is connectable thereto by way of a serial bus such that during operation the audio data process section of the computer converts the audio data recorded on the audio data recording section into the predetermined format based on the setting information about the audio data which was recorded on the setting information recording means of the digital camera and which was identified by the identification section of the computer and forwards the resulting audio data to the audio data recording means of the digital camera for recording thereat, and in which the setting information about the audio data recorded on the setting information recording means in the image reproduction device at least includes (i) information about a type of encoding for the audio data that can be recorded to the audio data recording means, (ii) data about a maximum volume of the audio data per music that can be reproduced by the image reproduction device, and (iii) information about a maximum reproduction time of the audio data per music that can be reproduced by the image reproduction device.