Patent ID: 8483545

Claim:
A method of reproducing motion picture files stored in a reproduction apparatus for a motion picture file, the method comprising the steps of: detecting original file path information included in an index file selected by a user from among one or more previously stored index files, and searching a corresponding motion picture file from among a plurality of motion picture files, wherein the original file path information includes a storage location where the corresponding motion picture file is stored; reproducing and outputting a specified section corresponding to start point information and interval information included in the selected index file in a whole reproduction interval of the searched motion picture file: and when the storage location of the corresponding motion picture file is changed, automatically updating the original file path information with the changed storage location, wherein the start point information includes information on a point when a specified section designated by the user starts in the corresponding motion picture file, and the interval information includes information on a point when a specified section designated by the user terminates in the corresponding motion picture file, and wherein the selected index file further includes preview information on the specified section of the whole reproduction interval of the searched motion picture file.