VIDEO DATA REPRODUCING DEVICE, VIDEO DATA GENERATING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

a flag read-out unit (101) for reading out a flag indicating a reproduction format upon a special reproduction from video data; decoding units (102, 103) for decoding the two video data; a synthesis unit (106) for combining the decoded video and outputting the combined video; and a management unit (109) for controlling operation of the decoding units (102, 103) and the synthesis unit (106) according to the value of the flag. According to the value of the flag, the reproduction format of special reproduction upon picture-in-picture reproduction is managed so that the reproduction format reflects the intention of a provider for the reproduction format upon the special reproduction of the picture-in-picture video. ® KIPO & WIPO 2008