Patent ID: 8233781

Claim:
An image reproduction method for reproducing a connected stream which is obtained by connecting plural coded streams that are respectively coded by different codec methods, said method comprising: detecting a connection position of the coded streams in the connected stream; decoding the individual coded streams of different codec methods in the connected stream wherein, in said decoding, the codec method is changed to a codec method corresponding to a coded stream that is a target of decoding, at the detected connection position of the coded streams, and the decoded data obtained by decoding the connected stream is stored in a frame buffer; and displaying the decoded data stored in the frame buffer, in chronological order from one having the oldest display time; wherein, in displaying the decoded data, said data is displayed with a delay equal to or larger than a delay time for a portion of the connected stream, wherein the portion needs the largest delay when it is image displayed, on the basis of the decoding timing of the decoded data, and display delay times required when performing image display are determined according to the types of codec methods corresponding to the respective coded streams in the connected stream.