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An access unit to be decoded is selected from data stored in a coded picture buffer (CPB) (56). If the access unit is an IDR (Instantaneous Decoder Refresh) picture, it is checked whether a decoded picture buffer (DPB) (60) has a free area enough to store the access unit. If the DPB (60) has a sufficient free area, a decoder (58) stores the decoding result in the DPB (60), and selects the next access unit from the CPB (56). If the DPB (60) does not have a sufficient free area and the earliest stored picture has already been displayed, the buffer area of the displayed picture is deallocated. If the earliest stored picture has not been displayed, a warning is displayed to the user. All memory areas in the DPB (60) except for the area of a currently displayed picture are deallocated to wait for an IDR picture.
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