Patent ID: 7925032

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus, comprising: a memory storing at least one audio file and volume level information for controlling a reproduction volume level of the at least one audio file, the volume level information including a value of a reproduction volume level that is controllable by a user, a controlled value of the reproduction volume level being used as a reference value for calculating offset information; a control unit configured to control the reproduction volume level of the at least one audio file in accordance with at least the volume level information recorded corresponding to the at least one audio file when the at least one audio file stored in the memory is reproduced; and an offset information processing unit configured to calculate the offset information based on the reference value received through a volume control input unit and recording the calculated offset information in the memory and the at least one audio file while the at least one audio file is reproduced, wherein the control unit is further configured to: reproduce the at least one audio file at a first reproduction volume level based on the volume level information, a value of the first reproduction volume level corresponding to the value of the reproduction volume level set in the apparatus, in response to an initial request for reproducing the at least one audio file or if no offset information has been recorded in the at least one audio file; reproduce the at least one audio file at a second reproduction volume level adjusted based on the volume level information and the offset information if the offset information has been recorded in the at least one audio file, a value of the second reproduction volume level corresponding to a sum of a value of the recorded offset information and the reference value; and reproduce the at least one audio file at a maximum or minimum reproduction volume level if a value of the sum exceeds a value of the maximum or is less than a value of the minimum reproduction volume level set in the reproducing apparatus.