Patent ID: 8891933

Claim:
A playback apparatus that is capable of playing back a multi view-angle video content or arbitrary view-angle video content, the playback apparatus comprising: an information storage unit configured to store information about a first view-angle specified prior to an interruption when the playback of a first video program is interrupted; and a control unit configured to carry out control so as to determine whether or not an operation instruction action for viewing a second video program, wherein said second video program is different from said first video program, is performed during the period of playback interruption, playback, from an interrupted play position of the interrupted first video progam, a second view-angle video previously specified for the video of the first video program when the operation instruction action for viewing the second video program is made, and playback, from the interrupted play position of the interrupted first video program, the first view-angle video indicated by the information read out from the information storage unit when the operation instruction action for viewing the second video program is not made.