Patent ID: 8358918

Claim:
A video processing apparatus comprising: a decoder configured to decode encoded moving image data comprising processing units, each processing unit comprising pictures corresponding to a predetermined reproduction time period; a detection module configured to detect a number of pictures in a processing unit in the moving image data by counting the pictures in the processing unit and a ratio of progressive frame pictures to interlaced field pictures in the processing unit, when the processing unit is decoded by the decoder; a frame rate calculation module configured to calculate a reproduction frame rate based on a first number of pictures, a first ratio of progressive frame pictures to interlaced field pictures, and the predetermined reproduction time period when timing information is not included in a reproduction target processing unit, the first number of pictures and the first ratio of progressive frame pictures to interlaced field pictures detected by the detection module when a reproduced processing unit preceding the reproduction target processing unit is decoded, the timing information indicative of display timings of the pictures in the reproduction target processing unit; and a display timing determining module configured to determine the display timings of the pictures in the reproduction target processing unit based on the reproduction frame rate.