Patent ID: 8301012

Claim:
An image reproducing apparatus which reproduces image files stored in a recording medium, wherein the recording medium stores a first image group recorded in accordance with a first file rule and a second image group nonconforming to the first file rule, and which performs a process of determining a reproducing order for image files when a power is turned on in a reproducing mode, the apparatus comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine the reproducing order for all image files belonging to the first image group; a display control unit configured to control a display device to display the image files of which the reproducing order is determined by the first determination unit; a second determination unit configured to determine the reproducing order for image files belonging to the second image group after the first determination unit determines the reproducing order for the first image group; an instruction unit configured to input an instruction for changing an image to be displayed on the display device; and a control unit configured to control an image to be displayed on the display device based on the reproducing order for the first image group determined by the first determination unit and the reproducing order for the second image group determined by the second determination unit in accordance with the instruction input by the instruction unit, wherein when an instruction is input for changing a displayed image to an image belonging to the second image group by the instruction unit after an image belonging to the first image group have been displayed by the display control unit, the control unit controls the display control unit not to display the image belonging to the second image group if the second determination unit is in process of retrieving the image files belonging to the second image group.