Patent attributes
A video reproduction apparatus reproduces a video based on a video bit stream having a plurality of pictures and also having a picture type of each of the plurality of pictures. The apparatus includes a picture type detection section for, while a still picture is being reproduced, detecting a picture type of a picture corresponding to the still picture; a bit rate calculation section for, while the still picture is being reproduced, calculating a number of bits included in the picture, and while a moving picture is being reproduced, calculating an average bit rate per predetermined time unit; and a video signal generation section for, while the still picture is being reproduced, generating a first bit rate video signal for displaying the picture type and the number of bits, and while a moving picture is being reproduced, generating a second bit rate video signal for displaying the average bit rate.