Patent ID: 8428423

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus comprising: a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a moving image signal from a recording medium on which moving image signals of a plurality of scenes are recorded; a setting unit configured to set one of a first reproduction mode in which the reproduction unit reproduces one scene selected from the moving image signals of the plurality of scenes and a second reproduction mode in which the reproduction unit reproduces the moving image signals according to a playlist that designates the reproducing order of the moving image signals of the plurality of scenes; a conversion unit configured to convert the moving image signal recorded on the recording medium into a format designated by a transmission destination of the moving image signal, and to generate a converted moving image signal; and a control unit configured to control the conversion unit in response to a conversion instruction such that, in the first reproduction mode, the moving image signal of the one scene is divided on a unit basis of predetermined time which is time related to an upper limit time designated by the transmission destination of the moving image signal, and in the second reproduction mode, the moving image signals of the plurality of scenes are combined and the combined moving image signal is divided on the predetermined time basis.