VIDEO/AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND VIDEO/AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video/audio playback apparatus and a video/audio playback method in which a video can freely played with an audio being normally played. SOLUTION: Upon receiving an instruction for switching video operation from the video operation switching circuit 101, a data reading circuit 104 reads a video/audio stream for playing an audio and a video/audio stream for playing a video from a recording medium 103, and an audio playback circuit 120 reproduces an audio stream separated from the video/audio stream for playing the audio on the basis of time management information embedded in the audio stream and a predetermined reference time, and a video playback circuit 115 reproduces a video stream separated from the video/audio stream for playing the video on the basis of a reference time different from the reference time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI