Patent ID: 8041182

Claim:
A video data reproducing apparatus, comprising: a reproducing unit that reproduces first video data from a recording medium, and reproduces second video data from the recording medium; an interface unit that transmits the first video data reproduced from the recording medium to an external apparatus if a format of the first video data is matched with an output format of the video data reproducing apparatus; a detecting unit that detects whether or not a format of the second video data is different from the format of the first video data when the second video data is reproduced from the recording medium after the first video data is reproduced from the recording medium; and a control unit that controls the interface unit so as to disconnect a connection between the external apparatus and the video data reproducing apparatus without causing the reproducing unit to stop reproducing the second video data from the recording medium if the detecting unit detects that the format of the second video data is different from the format of the first video data.