Patent ID: 8032728

Claim:
A digital data reproducing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read digital data stored in a recording medium at a speed higher than a reproduction speed to store the digital data into a first memory; an encoding unit configured to store encoded data obtained by encoding the digital data read by the reading unit into a second memory; a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the digital data stored in the first memory at the reproduction speed; a transferring unit configured to transfer the encoded data stored in the second memory into a third memory different from the second memory, and a control unit configured to control the reading unit so as to stop a readout of the digital data, when a remaining capacity of the second memory becomes smaller than a predetermined capacity, and so as to resume a readout of the digital data, when the remaining capacity becomes larger than or equal to the predetermined capacity, wherein the control unit controls the reproducing unit so as to reduce a reproduction level of the digital data in a stepwise manner, when a data size of the digital data stored in the first memory and not reproduced becomes less than a first predetermined size.