MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A moving image encoding method of the present invention is a moving image encoding method for encoding a moving image while switching between variable-length encoding schemes. In this method, a continuous unit to be continuously reproduced is determined (S5201); a stream is generated by encoding the moving image without switching between variable-length encoding schemes in the continuous unit (S5202); and management information is generated that includes a first flag information indicating that a variable-length encoding scheme is fixed in the continuous unit (S5204, and S5205).