To provide one image processing apparatus to allow another image processing apparatus to display a scene of the same configuration as that of a displayed scene on the one image processing apparatus.

A scene information memory 22-1 stores scene information. An entry section 23-1 updates the scene information stored in the scene information memory 22-1. An image information generating section 16-1 puts together an image supplied from an image information decoding section 15-1 with an image supplied from an image information decoding section 18-1 on the basis of the updated scene information. A scene information transmission section 25-1 transmits the updated scene information to a personal computer 1-2 via a network 2. This invention is applicable to personal computers for processing images adopting the MPEG 4 system.