A transmitting method according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a transmitting method of a playback device, and includes: when a version of a transmission protocol is a first version, transmitting first meta data to a display device without transmitting second meta data to the display device, the transmission protocol being used to transmit a signal between the playback device and the display device, the first meta data including information that is commonly used for a plurality of images included in a continuous playback unit of a first video signal and relates to a luminance range of the first video signal, and the second meta data including information that is commonly used for a unit subdivided compared to the continuous playback unit of the first video signal and relates to the luminance range of the first video signal; and when the version of the transmission protocol is a second version, transmitting the first meta data and the second meta data to the display device.