Patent ID: 8086333

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus comprising: a buffer memory unit in which content data of a plurality of content data read out of a storing unit is accumulated; the storing unit storing the plurality of content data; a control unit configured to: when the reproducing apparatus operates in a first reproducing mode, reading out a predetermined portion of a first content data stored in said storing unit from said storing unit based on a first attribute information corresponding to said first content data and storing the read-out predetermined portion of the first content data in said buffer memory unit, and reading out a predetermined portion of a second content data from said storing unit based on a second attribute information corresponding to said second content data and storing the read-out predetermined portion of the second content data in said buffer memory unit subsequently to the read-out predetermined portion of the first content data, and when the reproducing apparatus operates in a second reproducing mode, reading out all of the first content data stored in the storing unit from the storing unit based on the first attribute information and storing the read-out all of the first content data in the buffer memory unit; and a reproducing unit configured to: in the first reproducing mode, reproducing the predetermined portion of the first content data stored in the buffer memory unit, and after reproducing the predetermined portion of the first content data, reproducing the predetermined portion of the second content data stored in the buffer memory unit; wherein in the second reproducing mode, when at least one indicator that controls selection of content data from the plurality of content data has been placed upon a portion of a display corresponding to the first content data and has remained on the portion for a period of time that is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the second reproducing mode is switched to the first reproducing mode.