Patent ID: 7860367

Claim:
A displaying method for displaying one or more index pictures corresponding to contents data recorded on a plurality of recording media sources mounted on a reproducing apparatus, the displaying method comprising: retrieving the contents from said plurality of recording media sources; generating the index pictures from the retrieved contents, wherein, when sizes of said index pictures are different, a size of each of said index pictures is converted to a common picture frame size for simultaneous display on one screen; displaying said index pictures and a text description of contents, wherein the index picture corresponding to an audio disc is jacket picture data, wherein an index picture corresponding to a video disc is a scene from a video content recorded on the video disc, wherein said index pictures are displayed in an index data region, media types of the retrieved contents are displayed in a media type selection region, and recording media sources of the retrieved contents are displayed in a recording media sources selection region, the media type selection region and the recording media sources selection region belong to a selection region, wherein when a media type in the media type selection region is selected, all the index pictures and text description of retrieved contents of the selected media type are displayed, wherein when a recording media source in the recording media sources selection region is selected, all the index pictures and text description of contents retrieved from the selected recording media source are displayed, wherein an all-folder button for browsing index pictures of contents retrieved of all recording media types is included in the selection region, and wherein when the all-folder button in the media type selection region is selected, index pictures and text description of retrieved contents of all recording media types from all recording media sources are displayed together.