Patent ID: 7333722

Claim:
A disc playback apparatus comprising: a disc changing mechanism in which a plurality of digital versatile discs can be loaded, each having video recorded thereon, for selecting one of the loaded digital versatile discs to set the selected digital versatile disc at a playback position; a playback unit for playing back the digital versatile disc set at the playback position by the disc changing mechanism; a key-image extracting unit for causing the playback unit to play back the plurality of digital versatile discs loaded in the disc changing mechanism, and for extracting a key image related to content recorded on each of the digital versatile discs, where the key image is a still image; and an index-screen generating and displaying unit for generating and displaying an index screen, the index screen including within one screen the key images corresponding to at least one of the plurality of digital versatile discs; wherein the index-screen generating and displaying unit displays, as a candidate, a key image specified by a user in a highlighted fashion relative to the other key images by causing the outline of the specified key image to be highlighted relative to the other key images, the disc playback apparatus further comprising an audio output unit for playing back and producing a sound corresponding to the candidate key image when the candidate key image is specified.