Patent ID: 7106674

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus of a multi-session disc mixing a session of first type and a session of different type which is different from the first type, comprising: an optical pickup capable of having an access to the session of first type and the session of different type, a judging unit for judging the type of the session accessed by the optical pickup, and a limiting unit for limiting the reproduction of the session of different type when the session of different type is present in the session judged by the judging unit, wherein said judging unit judges a first accessed session of the disc innermost peripheral portion as the session of first type, and further judges the sessions subsequently accessed, and wherein said limiting unit defines, when a session of different type is found by the judging unit, the session of first type existing immediately before the session of different type as a final session, and limits only the session of first type as a reproducible session.