Patent ID: 8600218

Claim:
A video information playback method of playing back a recording medium on which a virtual-machine-using content whose video playback can be controlled by a program running in a virtual machine is recorded, the method comprising: executing by a computer processor a process comprising: performing simple resume playback for restarting playback of a main-program video of the virtual-machine-using content without activating the program, when the playback of the main-program video is interrupted and then a playback restart instruction is given; and skipping playback of predetermined video which is to be played back until a menu screen is displayed, when the simple resume playback of the main-program video is finished and then playback from an initial state is performed with activating the program, wherein a playlist file, which specifies the predetermined video which is to be played back until the menu screen is displayed, has a flag for identifying whether playback of the predetermined video can be skipped or not when playback is performed with activating the program after the simple resume playback, and the playback of the predetermined video is skipped on the basis of the flag.