Patent ID: 8705941

Claim:
An information processing apparatus outputting a video signal and an audio signal to a display apparatus that is connected to the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: acquiring means for acquiring, from the display apparatus, display apparatus information concerning a format of the audio signal which the display apparatus can receive; first storing means for storing the acquired information; setting means for reading out the information stored in the first storing means when the information is stored in the first storing means to set the audio signal to a predetermined format included in the information; and a controller configured to output screen data for an audio format setup screen to the display apparatus based on the display apparatus information; wherein the controller is configured to output predetermined screen data when the display apparatus does not have an audio output function, wherein the predetermined screen data includes an indication of at least one encoding format of audio data which the display apparatus can receive, at least one sampling rate of audio data which the display apparatus can receive, at least one number of bits-per-sample of audio data which the display apparatus can receive, and at least one number of audio channels which the display apparatus can receive.