Video reproducing apparatus and video reproducing method

A video reproducing method, comprising:

• generating reproduction control video data for displaying a reproduction control image of video contents in a constant cycle on an occasion of reproducing the video contents;
• and
• increasing, by an adjuster, a duration of an update cycle in which the reproduction control video data is updated to be more than the constant cycle within a range in which all the reproduction control images which should be displayed by the reproduction control video data are displayed,
• wherein the adjuster is configured to store, in advance, a time corresponding to a shortest duration time among duration times of reproduction control images displayed by a recording medium in which the video contents are recorded, in association with each of unique content identifiers of the video contents recorded in the recording medium, and
• wherein the adjuster is configured to refer to the time corresponding to the shortest duration time stored in association with a corresponding one of the unique content identifiers to make the update cycle longer in duration than the constant cycle so that the update cycle becomes the time stored in association with the corresponding one of the unique content identifiers.

A video reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a generator configured to generate reproduction control video data for displaying a reproduction control image of video contents in a constant cycle on an occasion of reproducing the video contents;
• and
• a processor coupled to the video decoder, the processor to alter an update cycle in which the reproduction control video data is updated to have a duration longer than the constant cycle, within a range in which all of the reproduction control images which should be displayed by the reproduction control video data are displayed,
• wherein the processor is configured to store, in advance, a time corresponding to a shortest duration time among duration times of reproduction control images displayed by a recording medium in which the video contents are recorded, in association with each of unique content identifiers of the video contents recorded in the recording medium, and
• wherein the processor is configured to refer to the time corresponding to the shortest duration time stored in association with a corresponding one of the unique content identifiers to make the update cycle longer than the constant cycle so that the update cycle becomes the time stored in association with the corresponding one of the unique content identifiers.