Motion picture playback apparatus and motion picture playback method

A motion picture playback apparatus which plays back a series of motion-picture data sets which are stored in a motion-picture data memory and represent a motion picture, and displays the motion picture on a display device, the motion picture playback apparatus comprising:

• a timing designation circuit for outputting timing set information for designating at least two points among a series of music data sets and at least two points among the series of motion-picture data sets for synchronizing playback timings of the at least two points among the series of music data sets with playback timings of the at least two points among the series of motion-picture data sets;
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• a playback control circuit for controlling, on the basis of the output timing set information, the timing of reading-out of the motion-picture data from the motion-picture data memory in such a maimer that the play back timings of the at least two points among the series of music data sets coincide with the playback timings of the at least two points among the series of motion-picture data sets, and for outputting the read-out motion-picture data to the display device.

A motion picture playback apparatus for playing back a series of motion-picture data sets which are stored in a motion-picture data memory and represent a motion picture, and for displaying the motion picture on a display device, the motion picture playback method comprising:

• a timing designation step for outputting timing set information for designating at least two points among a series of music data sets and at least two points among the series of motion-picture data sets for synchronizing playback timings of the at least two points among the series of music data sets with playback timings of the at least two points among the series of motion-picture data sets;
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• a playback control step for controlling, on the basis of the output timing set information, the timing of reading-out of the motion-picture data from the motion-picture data memory in such a maimer that the playback timings of the at least two points among the series of music data sets coincide with the playback timings of the at least two points among the series of motion-picture data sets, and for outputting the read-out motion-picture data to the display device.