A calculating unit of an integration server calculates an optimal
processing sharing ratio for image format conversion processing between
the integration server and each of a plurality of video accumulation
servers. A processing unit of the integration server and each of the
video accumulation servers perform image format conversion processing in
a distributed manner based on the processing sharing ratio. An
integrating unit of the integration server integrates the multimedia data
subjected to the conversion processing by each of the video accumulation
servers and the multimedia data subjected to the conversion processing by
the processing unit.