Patent ID: 8687121

Claim:
A video synthesizing apparatus which receives a first video and a second video and outputs the first video synthesized with the second video, comprising: a designating means configured to: receive metadata including: time information representing a time during a display period in the first video at which the second video can be displayed the display period being longer than total playback time of the second video and wherein the display period is not the entire first video; and displayed area information representing a displayed area of the second video, imparted in correspondence with the time, and designate a displayed position inside the first video when the second video is displayed based on the metadata; and a synthesizing means for laying and synthesizing the second video over the displayed position inside the first video, designated by the designating means, wherein metadata manages the time at which the displayed area of the second video is changed to a different position in the first video, and wherein data of the first video, data of the second video and the metadata have been recorded on a single non-transitory recording medium in advance.