Patent ID: 8756334

Claim:
A moving image reproduction apparatus connected to a server via a network, comprising: a designating unit configured to designate a moving image file to be reproduced; a memory configured to store first moving image data of a plurality of frames to be reproduced first in response to designation of the moving image file, and not to store second moving image data of a plurality of frames to be reproduced after reproducing the first moving image data in response to the designation of the moving image file, identification information of the server from which the second moving image data is acquired; a reading unit configured to read out, in accordance with the designation of the moving image file, the first moving image data, and the identification information of the server from the memory without using the network; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the second moving image data to be reproduced at a designated reproduction start time from the server via the network in accordance with the identification information read out from the memory by designating a reproduction start time determined by an end time of the first moving image data, during reproducing the first moving image data which has been stored in the memory in advance of the designation-of the moving image file; and a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the first moving image data read out from the memory without using the network, and to reproduce the second moving image data acquired via the network during reproducing the first moving image data.