When editing an image signal and a sound signal or these signals multiplexed using a conventional digital signal editing apparatus, it is necessary to provide a reproduction apparatus for reproducing an original signal and a recording apparatus for recording the signal edited. This significantly increases the size of the editing system. According to the present invention, a read-out unit 2 reads out I pictures, B pictures, P pictures, and a reproduction information on a reproduction interval of this coded data from a storage medium 1 allowing random access. A storage unit 3 stores the reproduction information read out from the storage medium 1 by the read-out unit 2. A control unit 3 controls read-out of the read-out unit 2 according to the aforementioned reproduction information from the storage unit 3. A decoding unit 5 decodes the coded data which have been read out by the read-out unit 2 controlled by the control unit 4, in such a manner that the data are temporally continuous and outputs an edited decoded data string.