Patent ID: 8107538

Claim:
A moving image distribution system for distributing moving image data including video data and audio data and capable of prescribing decoding times and reproducing times for the video data and the audio data, the moving image distribution system comprising: a moving image distribution server for storing in advance the moving image data including information as to the decoding times and the reproducing times for the video data and the audio data, reading said moving image data, changing the information included therein as to the decoding times or the reproducing times based on a predetermined phase adjustment variable to adjust the phase relationship between the video data and the audio data, and then distributing the moving image data; and a reproducing apparatus for receiving the moving image data distributed from said moving image distribution server, decoding the video data and the audio data included in the moving image data according to the information as to the decoding times which is included in said moving image data, and reproducing the video data and the audio data according to the information as to the reproducing times which is included in said moving image data.