Abstract: When playback of a recording medium, which stores content data that is only allowed to be played back for a limited number of times, is forcibly terminated due to a scratch on the recording medium, the playback of the content data residing at a subsequent location that follows a location having the scratch is performed without the number of playbacks being counted, and without a particular operation such as skip. Upon the playback after the forced termination, an address of an optical disk at which the playback was performed at the time of the forced termination is stored in a RAM unit. The address stored in the RAM unit is read out, and the content data residing at a subsequent address that follows the read address in terms of a predetermined number of addresses is played back.

Abstract: When playback of a recording medium, which stores content data that is only allowed to be played back for a limited number of times, is forcibly terminated due to a scratch on the recording medium, the playback of the content data residing at a subsequent location that follows a location having the scratch is performed without the number of playbacks being counted, and without a particular operation such as skip. Upon the playback after the forced termination, an address of an optical disk at which the playback was performed at the time of the forced termination is stored in a RAM unit. The address stored in the RAM unit is read out, and the content data residing at a subsequent address that follows the read address in terms of a predetermined number of addresses is played back.

Abstract: A recording medium apparatus has a storage section for storing a plurality of recording media, an ejection slot for ejecting the recording media stored in the storage section to the outside of the apparatus, a designation section (an user operation section and a OSD) to designate recording media which is to be ejected through the ejection slot out of the plurality of recording media stored in the storage section, and a control section (a system controller) for consecutively executing ejection of the recording media designated through the designation section in sequence.

Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing at least one of specific reproduction information, which needs a releasing process in reproducing the specific reproduction information, and reproduction information other than the specific reproduction information from a recording medium on which the specific reproduction information and the reproduction information are recorded, the information reproducing device is provided with; a releasing device which performs the releasing process in response to a release command input from the outside during the reproduction of the reproduction information or before the reproduction of the reproduction information, after the recording medium is loaded on the information reproducing device; and a reproducing device which reproduces the specific reproduction information after the releasing process is performed.

Abstract: A reproduction and display method for a reproduction and display apparatus having a display device that displays video information and are production device that reproduces a recording medium on which at least video information to be displayed on the display device is recorded. The method includes judging whether or not a recording medium loaded on the reproduction device is a recording medium on which video information is recorded, activating the display device that is not in an activated state, when it is judged that the recording medium is a recording medium on which video information is recorded, and displaying the video information recorded on the recording medium, on the activated display device.