摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the load of a network by eliminating unwanted data transfer to the side of a client by providing a means for requesting digital versatile disk(DVD) video data according to DVD managing information received from a server for each client. SOLUTION: A control part 11 performs access to a DVD reproduction control part 12, analyzes DVD reproduction information, extracts that information and stores it in a DVD reproduction information storage part 20A. Further, based on this DVD reproduction information, information for managing DVD video data is prepared and stored in a DVD managing information storage part 20B. When the client performs access through the network to a DVD server 1, the DVD reproduction information and DVD managing information are supplied to the client of the request source. Only concerning data which can be reproduced based on the DVD managing information, on the client side, the DVD reproducing device of the DVD server 1 is accessed. |