An apparatus for reproducing video and audio includes a video decoder which receives
video data coded by a unit of a first time length, an audio decoder which receives
audio data coded by a unit of a second time length different from the first time
length, and a synchronization control unit which suspends video output of said
video decoder and audio output of said audio decoder, and resumes the audio output
a certain time period after resuming the video output where the certain time period
corresponds to a period from the suspension of the video output to the suspension
of the audio output.