Patent ID: 8019199

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus of reproducing content data from a disc-shaped recording medium, comprising: read means for reading data from the recording medium on which content data containing at least a video stream, one or a plurality of audio streams corresponding to the video stream and a reproduction control program with which reproduction of the content data is controlled have been recorded; player means for reproducing the content data according to the reproduction control program; first mode setting means for setting a first mode to the player means such that it automatically selects an audio stream of an original language from the one or plurality of audio streams when the content data are reproduced; wherein the content data also includes one or a plurality of subtitle streams, and wherein the reproducing apparatus further comprises: second mode setting means for setting a second mode to the player means such that it selects whether or not to reproduce the one or a plurality of subtitle streams when the content data are reproduced; further comprising: audio stream automatic selection setting means for setting whether or not to automatically select one audio stream from the one or plurality of audio streams; and subtitle stream automatic selection setting means for setting whether or not to automatically select one subtitle stream from the one or plurality of subtitle streams, wherein a language of the audio stream automatically selected according to a setting of the audio stream automatic selection setting means matches a language of the subtitle stream automatically selected according to a setting of the subtitle stream automatic selection setting means, the second mode of the second mode setting means is automatically set such that the selected one or a plurality of subtitle streams is not reproduced.