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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Shinobu Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinobu Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproducing apparatus includes a playback data acquisition unit for acquiring playback data containing encoded stream data, a decoding unit for decoding the stream data, a mixing unit for mixing data to be mixed, different from the stream data, with the stream data decoded by the decoding unit, and a selecting unit for selecting between supplying the stream data to the decoding unit and outputting the stream data, and a control unit for controlling the selecting unit. The control unit acquires, from the playback data acquired by the playback data acquisition unit, determination information indicating whether the playback data contains the data to be mixed with the stream data, and controls the selecting unit to output the stream data if the determination information determines that the playback data contains no data to be mixed and if data processed by the playback data processing unit is output as encoded data.