Patent ID: 8050540

Claim:
A reproduction apparatus for reproducing a video object sequence recorded on a recording medium, the video object sequence including motion and still video objects that correspond to motion-image recording and still-image recording, respectively, and that are recorded in response to a user operation for switching between the motion-image recording and the still-image recording, the reproduction apparatus comprising: a judging unit operable to judge whether special reproduction or normal reproduction of a motion video object is designated by a user; and a reproducing unit operable to reproduce each set of picture data included in a still video object subsequent to the motion video object in the video object sequence, wherein the reproducing unit (a) continues to display each set of picture data, included in the still video object subsequent to the motion video object in the video object sequence, during a first time, when the normal reproduction of the motion video object is designated, and (b) continues to display each set of picture data, included in the still video object subsequent to the motion video object in the video object sequence, during a second time that differs from the first time, when the special reproduction of the motion video object is designated.