Patent ID: 8391681

Claim:
An information reproducing apparatus which decodes and reproduces an encoded stream containing encoded data of a content, time management information used for reproduction of the encoded data, and a time reference value serving as a reference for the time management information, comprising: a buffer that temporarily stores packets constituting the encoded stream and sequentially supplies the packets to a decoder; leading data detecting means for detecting an input timing of leading data of an access unit of the content from the packets inputted to the buffer by counting a number of times a picture start code is detected in the packets inputted to the buffer; data rate detecting means for detecting a data rate at which the packets are inputted to the buffer; and read control means for setting a reading speed of the packets from the buffer based on the data rate detected by the data rate detecting means during a predetermined period of time, in which the predetermined period of time corresponds to a time period in which an input timing of the leading data is detected a predetermined number of times based on the number of times the picture start code is detected by the leading data detecting means.