Patent attributes
Scene change information is included in the header of an I picture, while the data is stored on a hard disk. For a skip search performed during the reproduction of moving picture data, a microcomputer reads the positioning information or the differential information for a scene change, which is correlated with moving picture data at a destination determined by skipping, from a current reproduction location, for a predetermined time. Then, the microcomputer performs the skip search up to the address of reference moving picture data that is obtained based on the positioning information or the differential information. When a user desires to skip a commercial broadcast in a drama, a scene change can is detected between the end of the commercial and the beginning of the continuation of the drama, so that reproduction of the drama is begun at the location of the scene change.
