摘要 |
A method and an apparatus for indicating a time point for replacement of a recording medium such as a digital video disc, a compact disc, a blue-ray disc or a video tape, where a reproduction end point of moving image data of a currently-reproduced unit of the recording medium (from among a plurality of units of the recording medium) is detected when reproducing moving image data stored on the plurality of units of the recording medium. A user is forewarned of a time point at which the user must replace the current unit of the recording medium with the next unit of the recording medium. The process for indicating a time point for the replacement of a unit of the recording medium, when moving image data stored on a plurality of units of the recording medium is reproduced includes reading/reproducing data recorded in at least one unit from among the plurality of units of the recording medium, reproducing the read data, and, if the number of black pixels in a current frame is higher than a predetermined level and motion vectors facing the same direction are detected in predetermined frames or more, detecting a reproduction end point of the recoding medium, and displaying a time point for replacement of the recording medium.
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