Patent ID: 7245818

Claim:
A moving image reproducing apparatus which produces moving image content from a recording medium, comprising: an internal memory for temporarily storing the moving image content; and a processor for carrying out in parallel a plurality of tasks under a control of a multi-task OS, wherein the plurality of tasks carried out by said processor includes a transfer task to transfer a partial amount per time of the moving image content from said recording medium to said internal memory and a reproduce task to reproduce the moving image content stored in said internal memory, wherein said reproduce task includes a set process to set a plurality of operation commands to a table and an output process to read out and output the moving image content stored in said internal memory, and said transfer task includes a seek process to seek a desired address on said recording medium in reference to the table and a content transfer process to transfer the moving image content corresponding to the partial amount from said recording medium to said internal memory in reference to the table.