Patent ID: 8497944

Claim:
A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data and video data that are synchronously played back, comprising: an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing; a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion; a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion; a video processing portion configured to perform processing for displaying a video, and including a display portion to display the video, wherein when the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, and when a first prescribed time is elapsed after the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, the state control portion controls the display portion to suspend displaying the video; and a sound processing portion configured to perform processing for outputting audio, wherein when the sound processing portion performs processing for outputting audio when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion maintains the sound processing portion in a fully functional state regardless of the presence of the hold setting operation.