Patent ID: 7447421

Claim:
A reproduction apparatus for reproducing view data including image data and one or more pieces of edit data for editing the image data, said reproduction apparatus comprising: input means for inputting the view data, the view data including an identifier for indicating a substance of the view data; analysis means for identifying the substance of the view data input by said input means by referring to the identifier included in the view data; storage means for storing a priority-level assignment table and a predetermined threshold value, the priority-level assignment table having a plurality of priority levels and a plurality of track types arranged such that each priority level is associated with a corresponding track type, the priority levels indicating a sequence in which data is to be decoded, and the predetermined threshold value serving as a border between the priority levels assigned to one portion of the data which is to be reproduced and the priority levels assigned to another portion of the data which is not to be reproduced; a plurality of decode means for decoding coded data, each decode means decoding a different type of the coded data; and determination means for determining whether a portion of the view data is to be decoded based on the substance of the portion of the view data as identified by said analysis means, the priority level assigned to the portion of the view data and the threshold value, and for outputting the portion of the view data to one of said decode means selected in accordance with the type of the portion of the view data if the portion of the view data is to be decoded.