Patent ID: 7418195

Claim:
An information reproducing apparatus that reproduces recorded information from an information recording medium in which existence information of a sub-picture menu and information of user's operation restriction are recorded, the information reproducing apparatus comprising: a command input part inputting a common command for reproducing the sub-picture menu and for calling a selection screen for sub-picture change; a detecting part detecting the existence information of the sub-picture menu and the information of the user's operation restriction; a setting part setting a precedence relation between reproduction of the sub-picture menu and activation of a sub-picture reproduction selecting function for calling the selection screen for sub-picture change; and a processing selection part which selects processing that is to be executed in precedence over the other out of processing for the reproduction of the sub-picture menu and processing for display of the selection screen for sub-picture change, based on the precedence relation set by the setting part and a result of the detection by the detecting part, when the common command is inputted from the command input part.