Patent ID: 8331766

Claim:
An image supply apparatus that transmits data to an image display apparatus, comprising: a storage section that stores video files; an output section; and a control section including a specification information receiving unit that receives specification information from the image display apparatus including a codec, a resolution, and a bit rate supported by the image display apparatus, a video file-selection accepting unit that accepts a selection of a video file from the video files to be transmitted to the image display apparatus from the storage section, an attribute information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information of the selected video file from the image supply apparatus, the attribute information including a codec, a resolution, and a bit rate required for reproducing a video from the selected video file, a determination unit that compares the specification information and the attribute information and determines that the video file is not reproducible by the image display apparatus unless the codec of the attribute information matches the codec of the specification information, the resolution of the attribute information falls within a predetermined range of the resolution of the specification information, and the bit rate of the attribute information falls within a predetermined range of the bit rate of the specification information, a warning output unit that outputs a warning through the output section when the determination unit determines that the video file is not reproducible by the image display apparatus, and a transmission unit that transmits data of the video file to the image display apparatus when the determination unit determines that the video file is reproducible by the image display apparatus.