A playback apparatus comprising: playback means for playing back a removable recording medium (Di1, Di2) in which a moving image content stored in one file, and a music file, are stored; storage controlling means configured, when playback of the moving image content on the recording medium is stopped and the recording medium is removed, to store in storing means: an absolute address where playback stopped on the recording medium, a file size of the recording medium, and all file names corresponding to the moving image content and the other content; determining means for determining, when the recording medium is loaded again and the moving image content is played back by the playback means, whether or not the recording medium (Di1, Di2) is identical to the recording medium that was removed by reading the file size and all the file names stored in the storing means; and controlling means configured, when the determining means determines that the recording medium (Di1, Di2) is identical to the recording medium that was removed, to resume playback processing of the moving image content on the basis of the absolute address stored in the storing means; wherein the storage controlling means is configured, when the content being played back when playback is stopped is said music file, to end processing, thereby not performing said storing; and the determining means and controlling means are configured, when the content being played back when playback is stopped is said music file, not to perform the respective determining and playback-processing-resume processes thereof when the recording medium is loaded again. playback means for playing back a removable recording medium (Di1, Di2) in which a moving image content stored in one file, and a music file, are stored; storage controlling means configured, when playback of the moving image content on the recording medium is stopped and the recording medium is removed, to store in storing means: an absolute address where playback stopped on the recording medium, a file size of the recording medium, and all file names corresponding to the moving image content and the other content; determining means for determining, when the recording medium is loaded again and the moving image content is played back by the playback means, whether or not the recording medium (Di1, Di2) is identical to the recording medium that was removed by reading the file size and all the file names stored in the storing means; and controlling means configured, when the determining means determines that the recording medium (Di1, Di2) is identical to the recording medium that was removed, to resume playback processing of the moving image content on the basis of the absolute address stored in the storing means; wherein the storage controlling means is configured, when the content being played back when playback is stopped is said music file, to end processing, thereby not performing said storing; and the determining means and controlling means are configured, when the content being played back when playback is stopped is said music file, not to perform the respective determining and playback-processing-resume processes thereof when the recording medium is loaded again.