DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STRUCTURE

摘要

Video data is synchronized with output data to be outputted in synchronizati on with the video data. When the video data output is delayed as compared to th e output of the output data to be outputted in synchronization with the data, skip of a process of one access unit is instructed in step S273. Furthermore , in step S275, according to au_ref_flag for the video data of the access unit whose skip has been instructed, it is decided whether the video data is referenced by decode of other video data. When the video data of the access unit whose process is instructed to be skipped is not referenced by decode o f other video data, in step S277, the process of the access unit whose process has been instructed to be skipped is skipped. The present invention can be applied, for example, to a game using a DVD.