Moving picture multiplexing apparatus, audio and video recording apparatus and moving picture multiplexing method

A moving picture multiplexing method for multiplexing coded audio data and coded video data to generate a multiplexed stream seamlessly reproducible with a preceding stream and a following stream, said moving picture multiplexing method comprising:

• generating stream end information including a stream end system clock, using a video end Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) which is a PTS assigned to an end of the video data, the stream end system clock indicating a time at which end data of a last packet in the multiplexed stream is transmitted;
• calculating a multiplex starting system clock indicating a time at which multiplexing starts, using (i) as stream end information on the preceding stream, the stream end information generated in said generating of the stream end information, and (ii) a video start PTS which is a PTS assigned to a start of the video data;
• calculating a multiplex ending system clock indicating a time at which the multiplexing ends, using (i) as a video start PTS of the following stream, the video start PTS and (ii) the stream end information generated in said generating of the stream end information;
• and
• generating the multiplexed stream by (i) starting the multiplexing at the multiplex starting system clock calculated in said calculating the multiplex starting system clock, and (ii) ending the multiplexing at the multiplex ending system clock calculated in said calculating of the multiplex ending system clock,
• wherein, depending on a difference between a PTS assigned to an end of the audio data and the PTS assigned to the end of the video data, said generating stream end information further includes (i) change a system clock at which the end data of the last packet in the multiplexed stream is transmitted so as to calculate the stream end system clock, and (ii) generate the stream end information including the calculated stream end system clock and the video end PTS, and
• wherein said generating of the stream end information further includes:
• calculating audio frame information including a size and a time period of audio data for one frame, using an audio coding parameter including a bit rate and sampling frequency of the audio data;
• and
• calculating the stream end system clock, using the calculated audio frame information, the video end PTS, and an audio virtual buffer model parameter including a packet size, a buffer size, and a leak rate of the audio data.

An integrated circuit which multiplexes coded audio data and coded video data to generate a multiplexed stream seamlessly reproducible with a preceding stream and a following stream, said integrated circuit comprising:

• a stream end information generating unit configured to generate stream end information including a stream end system clock, using a video end Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) which is a PTS assigned to an end of the video data, the stream end system clock indicating a time at which end data of a last packet in the multiplexed stream is transmitted;
• a start clock calculating unit configured to calculate a multiplex starting system clock indicating a time at which multiplexing starts, using (i) as stream end information on the preceding stream, the stream end information generated by said stream end information generating unit, and (ii) a video start PTS which is a PTS assigned to a start of the video data;
• an end clock calculating unit configured to calculate a multiplex ending system clock indicating a time at which the multiplexing ends, using (i) as a video start PTS of the following stream, the video start PTS and (ii) the stream end information generated by said stream end information generating unit;
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• a multiplexed pack generating unit configured to generate the multiplexed stream by (i) starting the multiplexing at the multiplex starting system clock calculated by said start clock calculating unit, and (ii) ending the multiplexing at the multiplex ending system clock calculated by said end clock calculating unit,
• wherein, depending on a difference between a PTS assigned to an end of the audio data and the PTS assigned to the end of the video data, said stream end information generating unit is configured to (i) change a system clock at which the end data of the last packet in the multiplexed stream is transmitted so as to calculate the stream end system clock, and (ii) generate the stream end information including the calculated stream end system clock and the video end PTS, and
• wherein said stream end information generating unit further includes:
• an audio frame information calculating unit configured to calculate audio frame information including a size and a time period of audio data for one frame, using an audio coding parameter including a bit rate and sampling frequency of the audio data;
• and
• a stream end system clock calculating unit configured to calculate the stream end system clock, using the calculated audio frame information, the video end PTS, and an audio virtual buffer model parameter including a packet size, a buffer size, and a leak rate of the audio data.