Patent ID: 8320740

Claim:
An information process apparatus that performs a record and reproduction process for data, comprising: reproduction device performing a reproduction process that reads and reproduces desired material data from a record medium according to a management information file, the material data containing pictures and sound and the management information file managing a file of the material data being recorded on the record medium that is attachable and detachable to and from the information process apparatus; generation generating reproduction history information about each reproduction process by the reproduction device, each reproduction history information composed of (a) identification information of reproduced material data, (b) a reproduction end position, and (c) a type of reproduction method; record device recording a list of the reproduction history information generated by the generation device as one file different from the management information file on the record medium; read device reading the list of the reproduction history information recorded on the record medium by the record device; reproduction command accepting device accepting a reproduction command for the material data; and reproduction control referencing the list of the reproduction history information read by the read device, specifying material data to be reproduced and a reproduction start position according to reproduction history information according to a reproduction method designated by the reproduction command accepted by the reproduction command accepting device, controlling the reproduction device, and starting the reproduction process from the reproduction start position of the specified material data, wherein types of reproduction methods include at least a tape-like reproduction method that successively reproduces all clips recorded on the recording medium, a clip designation reproduction method that reproduces a designated clip and an edit list designation reproduction method that reproduces a designated unit of an edit list; a disc information management section determines whether the reproduction history contains a history record of the tape-like reproduction depending on whether a disc information file read section has read a history record of the tape-like reproduction from the record medium; when the determined result represents that the reproduction history contains a history record of the tape-like reproduction, the reproduction control device reads a frame designated in the reproduction history as a reproduction start frame from the record medium; when the determined result represents that the reproduction history does not contain a history record of the tape-like reproduction, the reproduction control device reads a top frame of a first clip as a reproduction start frame from the record medium according to a clip table of an index file held in an index file hold section.