JP2002209190A - Playback apparatus, playback method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To enable easily changing a reproduction procedure of information data. SOLUTION: The reproducing apparatus is an apparatus having an automatic reproduction mode for automatically reproducing information data according to a predetermined reproduction order, and changes the reproduction order according to a predetermined key operation in the automatic reproduction mode. In the next automatic reproduction mode, the information data is reproduced according to the changed reproduction order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus, a reproducing method, and a storage medium, and more particularly to a control of a reproducing procedure of information data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, digital cameras using a memory card or the like as a storage medium have been known. In recent years, digital video camcorders having a small memory card slot have also become widespread.

Some apparatuses using this type of memory card medium have a slide show function for automatically reproducing still image data stored in the memory card in a predetermined procedure.

In this slide show function, it is common to play back all the images in order or to play back only the images specified by the user in the specified order.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional apparatus,
If you do not want to delete from the memory card but want to exclude it from the slide show playlist, you need to set the device to slide show edit mode and specify the images to be excluded each time, which is extremely inconvenient. Met.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a procedure for reproducing information data to be easily changed.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a reproducing means for reproducing information data,
An operation unit for instructing the operation of the device, and changing the reproduction procedure according to a predetermined operation of the operation unit in an automatic reproduction mode for reproducing the information data according to a predetermined reproduction procedure; And a control means for controlling the reproducing means so as to reproduce the information data in accordance with the above.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital camera 100 to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes an optical system including a lens, an aperture, and the like; 102, an image pickup unit including a CCD and its driving circuit; A compression / expansion circuit 104 for encoding and decoding image signals and compressing / expanding the amount of information;
105, a display unit for displaying an image related to an image signal output via the compression / expansion circuit 104; 106, a control circuit for controlling the operation of the apparatus; 107, a memory card for writing and reading image signals to and from the memory card M I /
F and 108 are operation units having various operation keys. M is a memory card, and the digital camera 100 has a slot in which the memory card M can be inserted.

The digital camera 100 captures an image and records an image signal on the memory card M.
A reproduction mode for reproducing an image signal stored in the memory card M, and the user operates the mode selection key 108a of the operation unit 108 to operate the digital camera 10
0 mode can be set.

First, the operation in the camera mode will be described.

When a camera mode is set by a user, the camera signal processing circuit 1 outputs the image data output from the image pickup unit 102.
The image signal processed in step 03 is output to the display unit 105 via the compression / expansion circuit 104, and the display unit 105 displays the captured image. When the recording trigger key 108b of the operation key 108 is operated in this state, the control circuit 10
Reference numeral 6 outputs a control signal to the compression / expansion circuit 104.
The compression / expansion circuit 104 stores the image signal of one frame input at the time of the recording instruction in an internal memory, and then encodes the image signal of one frame in accordance with the JPEG method, and the memory card I / F 107 Output to

The memory card I / F 107 includes a control circuit 10
The image signal output from the compression height circuit 104 is converted into a file format corresponding to the memory card M in response to the control signal from 6, and the image signal file is given a file name and written to the memory card M.

In this embodiment, the control circuit 106 has a microcomputer, and the control circuit 106 controls the memory I / F.
107, a directory on the memory card M via the
File management such as file creation and reading can be performed. The memory card M has a built-in nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and has a format that can be handled by a personal computer, such as a DOS file system. In this embodiment, the control circuit of the semiconductor memory in the memory card M is built in the memory card I / F 107, but the control circuit may be built in the memory card M together with the semiconductor memory.

Next, the operation in the reproduction mode will be described.

When the user operates the mode selection key 108a to instruct the reproduction mode, the control circuit 106 controls the memory card I / F 107 to read the image file stored in the memory card M. The memory card I / F 107 detects an image signal from the read image file and outputs it to the compression / expansion circuit 104. The compression / decompression circuit 104 decodes the reproduced image signal according to the control signal from the control circuit 106 and outputs the decoded image signal to the display unit 105. The display unit 105 displays an image related to the reproduced image signal.

In the reproduction mode, the user can instruct the reproduction of the next image by operating the plus key 108d, and can instruct the reproduction of the immediately preceding image by operating the minus key 108e. When the plus key 108d or the minus key 108e is operated, the control circuit 106 controls the memory card I / F 107 to read the next file of the currently reproduced image file or the previous image file.

As described above, in the normal reproduction mode, the reproduction image can be selected by operating the plus key 108d and the minus key 108e.

Next, the slide show function will be described.

When the slide show key 108c is operated in the reproduction mode, a slide show function is executed. The slide show function is a function of automatically and sequentially reproducing image files stored in the memory card M at predetermined time intervals. At this time, all the image files stored in the memory card M may be reproduced in a predetermined order, or only the image files specified separately in the slide show editing mode may be reproduced in the specified order. Good.

In the slide show mode, after the last image file is reproduced, the slide show is ended, or the first image file is repeatedly reproduced until stopped by a user's instruction.

Further, in this embodiment, the plus key 108d and the minus key 10
The operation of 8e is effective, and by operating the plus key 108d or the minus key 108e, the reproduced image can be changed to the next image or the previous image without waiting for a predetermined time to elapse.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a state of the slide show. 201 to 205 are images reproduced in the slide show. For example, when the slide show key 108c is operated while the image 201 is being reproduced, a slide show is started from the image 201.
When the slide show key 201c is operated, the control circuit 106 starts counting of a built-in timer, and a predetermined time,
For example, here, the memory card I / F 107 is controlled to reproduce the next image 202 after 5 seconds have elapsed. Then, the timer is reset and counting is started again. In this manner, the images 202 and 203 are sequentially reproduced every five seconds.

FIG. 2A shows a case where the plus key 108c is operated during reproduction of the image 203.
In the present embodiment, since the operation of the plus key 108c is effective also in the slide show as described above, the control circuit 1
06 is the image 203 when the plus key 108c is operated.
The memory card I / F 107 is controlled so as to immediately read the next image, here the image 204, without waiting for 5 seconds to elapse after the reproduction of the image. And the last image 2
After the end of the playback of 05, the slide show ends.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the state of files generated and stored in the memory card M by the microcomputer 107.

Reference numeral 301 denotes a parent directory of a directory group for storing image files. Here, the directory name is DCIM. 302, 304, 30
Reference numeral 6 denotes a directory for storing a compressed image file.
Here, the directory name is a three-digit number + IMAGE. 303, 305, and 307 are image file groups stored in each directory.

In this embodiment, when adding a file name,
A file name such as ABCD0001.jpg to ABCD0100.jpg is added to the last three digits excluding the extension (below the period) one by one.

Here, for the sake of explanation, if the file name of each directory is saved up to ABCD0100.jpg, the next save will create the next directory (add 1 to the 3-digit number),
It shall be saved there. The file system shown in FIG. 3 is a camera file system standard DCF (Design rule for Camer) established by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association.
a File system).

When the plus key 108d, the minus key 108e, and the slide show key 108c are operated, the image files to be written are read from the memory card M in the order of the directory name and the file name. 3
Reference numeral 08 denotes a directory for storing various control data and the like, and has a directory name of MISC.
Reference numeral 309 denotes a file for storing slide show control data, which has a file name of SSHOW.DAT.

In this embodiment, if the reproduction of the next image is instructed before the elapse of a predetermined time by the operation of the plus key 108d during the execution of the slide show, the image indicated at this time is reproduced in the slide show even if it is not erased. It is determined that there is no need, and it will not be reproduced in the next slide show.

In the example of FIG. 2, when the first slide show is executed (FIG. 2A), the plus key 1 is displayed while the image 203 is being reproduced.
Since 08d is operated, the reproduction of the next image 204 is immediately started. By such an operation, the image 203 is not reproduced at the time of the next slide show execution, and FIG.
Image 201 → image 202 → image 204 → image 2
Play with 05. All such controls are performed by the control circuit 106.
Do.

In this embodiment, in order to recognize an image that is not reproduced in the slide show as described above, a slide show reproduction prohibited image list is created by the control circuit 106, and the list is stored in the memory card I / F 107 in the file SSHOW. It is stored in DAT309.

These processes will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a process in which the control circuit 106 detects the operation of the slide show key 108c. This flow is repeatedly executed every predetermined period.

When the reproduction mode is set, it is determined whether or not the slide show key 108c has been operated (S40).
1). If it is determined that the slide show key 108c has been operated, it is determined whether a slide show is currently being executed (S402). If the slide show is not being executed, the control circuit 106 sets an internal slide show flag (S403). In the present embodiment, the slide show execution processing of FIG. 5 is performed only during the period in which the slide show flag is set.

If it is determined in step S401 that the slide show key 108c has not been operated,
Repeat 401. Here, the state in which the key is operated is to recognize a change in the pressed state from the released state. In addition, it is devised so that there is no false recognition due to chattering.

If the slide show is not being executed in S402, the slide show flag is cleared and the slide show ends (S404).

In step S403, when the slide show is started, a display or the like may be displayed on the display unit 105 to notify that the slide show is being executed. Although the description is omitted here, the slide show flag is not set when the slide show cannot be executed, such as when the memory card M is not set in the main body or when there is no image file in the memory card M.

Next, when the slide show process for explaining the slide show execution process is started using the flowchart of FIG. 5, the control circuit 106 sets a built-in timer to an initial value (S501). Then, the set value is counted down according to the internal clock, and it is determined whether or not the value of the timer has become 0, that is, whether or not a set time (5 seconds in FIG. 2) has elapsed since the start of the display (S50).
2).

If the predetermined time has not elapsed, it is detected whether or not the plus key 108d has been operated (S503). If not, the flow returns to S502. When the plus key 108d is operated, a marking process is performed on the currently displayed image (S504). Marking processing is a process of adding a plus key during a slide show.
This is a process of adding a flag to the corresponding image file so that the image skipped by the operation 08d can be recognized.

This is executed when the user intentionally skips an image during execution of the slide show, and the purpose is to skip this image from the next slide show. In FIG. 2, the image is an image 203. Control circuit 10
6 stores a file name of an image file for which skipping was instructed by the plus key 108d during execution of the slide show in a built-in register. After the slide show, the file SSHOW.
Write to DAT309.

When the time set in S502 elapses or the plus key 108d is operated, the file name of the image next to the currently displayed image, here, the (N + 1) th image file is stored in the memory card M. (S505).

Then, the file name of the read image file is marked or not, that is, the file SHOW.DAT3 of the memory card M is determined by the mark processing.
09 is detected (S506). If it is marked, it is determined that the image file is not an image to be displayed in the slide show, and 1 is added to N to read the file name of the next image file, and the process returns to S505 (S507).

If the image file is not marked, it is determined that the image file is an image to be reproduced in the slide show, and the data of the (N + 1) th image file is read from the memory card M and reproduced (S508). Then, 1 is added to N, the timer is set to the initial value, and the process returns to S502 (S509).

The processing at the time of normal reproduction of the image file marked by the operation of the plus key 108d during the execution of the slide show will be described.

In the reproduction mode, the control circuit 106 controls the file SSHOW. Reads the data of the file name that has been marked from DAT 309,
Store it in the built-in register. And the memory card M
If the file name of the read image data has been marked, as shown in FIG. 6, a display indicating that the image data is not displayed during the slide show is multiplexed on the image.

That is, in FIG.
5 is a display panel, and 602 is a reproduced image. Reference numeral 603 denotes a file name of the image, and 604 denotes a character indicating that the image has been removed from the slide show.
The control circuit 106 controls the display unit 105 to multiplex these characters.

This display allows the user to check the images that have been removed from the slide show.

When returning to the slide show, the operation key 108 is provided with a key for performing a menu operation, and when the image shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the operation is returned to the slide show by the menu operation. I just need.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the image being reproduced is skipped by the operation of the plus key 108d without waiting for the reproduction for a predetermined display time during the execution of the slide show, the image is automatically reproduced. Is removed from the next slide show, so that the user does not need to edit the slide show by menu operation every time there is an image to be removed from the slide show.

In addition, at the time of normal reproduction, the fact that an image has been removed from the slide show is displayed, so that the user can easily recognize which image has been removed from the slide show.

In this embodiment, the file name to be automatically removed from the slide show is set to the memory card M file SSHO.
WAT was written in DAT309, but not limited to this,
For example, it may be written in the header of the image file.

Also, instead of writing the file name to be automatically removed from the slide show to the memory card M, the file name is stored in a register in the control circuit 106, and when the camera is turned off or when the memory card M is The file name stored in the register is cleared when the camera is ejected, and is automatically deleted from the slide show only while the power of the camera 100 is ON or until the memory card M is ejected. May be enabled.

Further, in this embodiment, when the image being reproduced is skipped by the key operation of the user without waiting for the reproduction for a predetermined display time during the execution of the slide show, the image is removed from the next slide show. The accumulation of the remaining reproduction time with respect to the time or the accumulation of the display time may be obtained, and when the value exceeds a predetermined value, the accumulation may be excluded from the slide show.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of a camera-integrated disk recorder 700 to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 701 denotes an optical system including a lens, an aperture, and the like; 702, an image pickup unit including a CCD and its driving circuit; A camera signal processing circuit 704 for performing encoding and decoding processing on an image signal and compressing / expanding the information amount thereof;
A display unit 705 displays an image related to an image signal output via the compression / expansion circuit 704, a control circuit 706 controls the operation of the apparatus, and a disk 707 writes and reads an image signal to and from the magneto-optical disk D. I / F,
An operation unit 708 includes various operation keys. Also,
D is a magneto-optical disk, and the disk recorder 700 has a slot in which the disk D can be mounted.

The disk recorder 700 has a camera mode for capturing an image and recording an image signal on the disk D, and a reproduction mode for reproducing the image signal stored on the disk D. Mode selection key 7
The mode can be set by operating 08a.

First, the operation in the camera mode will be described.

When the camera mode is set by the user, the image data is output by the image pickup unit 702 and the camera signal processing circuit 7
The processed image signal is output to the display unit 705 via the compression / expansion circuit 704, and the display unit 705 displays a captured image. When the recording trigger key 708b of the operation key 708 is operated in this state, the control circuit 70
Reference numeral 6 outputs a control signal to the compression / expansion circuit 704.
The compression / decompression circuit 704 encodes the image signal from the camera signal processing circuit 703 in accordance with MPEG2 according to the recording instruction, and discs I / O in a transport stream format.
Output to F707.

The disk I / F 707 converts the image signal output from the compression height circuit 704 into a file format corresponding to the disk D in response to a control signal from the control circuit 706, and assigns a file name to the image signal file. , Writing to the disk D. In this embodiment, the recording trigger key 708
A series of moving image data recorded from the recording start instruction to the recording end instruction by b is one file.

In this embodiment, the control circuit 706 has a microcomputer, and the control circuit 706 controls the disk I / O.
Through F707, it is possible to perform file management such as creation and reading of directories and files on the disk D. Disk D is in a format that can be handled by a personal computer. Image files and other files recorded on disk D can be played back on a personal computer, and data recorded on disk D can also be recorded on a personal computer. It is.

Next, the operation in the reproduction mode will be described.

When the user operates the mode selection key 708a to instruct the reproduction mode, the control circuit 706 controls the disk I / F 707 and reads the image file stored on the disk D. Disk I / F707
Detects an image signal from the read image file and outputs it to the compression / expansion circuit 704. The compression / decompression circuit 704 decodes the reproduced image signal according to the control signal from the control circuit 706, and outputs the decoded image signal to the display unit 705. The display unit 705 displays an image related to the reproduced image signal.

In the reproduction mode, the user can instruct the reproduction of the image of the next file by operating the plus key 108d, and instruct the reproduction of the previous image by operating the minus key 708e. Can be. The control circuit 706 is a plus key 708d or a minus key 7
When 08e is operated, the disk I / F 707 is controlled so as to read the file next to the currently reproduced image file or the image file immediately before.

As described above, in the normal reproduction mode, the reproduction image can be selected by operating the plus key 708d and the minus key 708e.

Next, the play list function will be described.

The disc recorder of the present embodiment has a function called play list reproduction.

The play list designates a media file such as a moving image, a still image, and a sound that the user wants to reproduce.
This is a function defined for automatic reproduction by adding a reproduction order, effects, and the like, and is executed according to a playlist file.

The play list file is, for example, W3C
SMIL (Synchroni), a synchronized multimedia integration language recommended by the (World Wide Web Consortium) as a markup language for managing multimedia
zed Multimedia Integration Language). In this embodiment, a plurality of playlist files can be stored on the disk D.

When the playlist key 708c is operated by the user, the control circuit 706 reproduces the data from the disk D and, based on the playlist file stored in the internal memory, the disk I / F 707 and the compressed height circuit 7
04 is controlled to perform reproduction according to the play list.

Here, in this embodiment, the plus key 708d is valid even during the reproduction of the playlist, and
When the plus key 708d is operated during the reproduction of the playlist, the disk I / F 707 skips the image file being reproduced at that time and reproduces the next image file to be reproduced in the playlist from the disk D.
Control.

In the present embodiment, the image files skipped during the reproduction of the playlist are marked, and are automatically removed from the next reproduction of the playlist.

More specifically, for example, when the control circuit 706 is performing a playlist playback process, the plus key 708d can be used without waiting for the playback end specified in the playlist.
The file skipped is marked by, and after the reproduction of the playlist is completed, the contents of the playlist read from the disk D are automatically rewritten, and
Write to disk D by / F707.

With this configuration, according to the present embodiment, a file can be easily deleted from a playlist without having to enter the playlist editing mode by menu operation.

In this embodiment, the contents of the playlist are rewritten based on the image data skipped during the reproduction of the playlist, and are recorded again on the disk D. However, the rewritten playlist is written on the disk D. Instead, the playlist read out from the disk D and stored in the memory in the control circuit 706 is rewritten, and when the power of the disk recorder 700 is turned off or when the disk D is ejected. The playlist stored in the register is configured to be cleared, and only while the power of the disc recorder 700 is on or until the disc D is ejected,
The function of automatic deletion from the playlist may be enabled.

Further, in this embodiment, when the image being reproduced is skipped by a key operation of the user without waiting for the reproduction of the image for a specified time during the reproduction of the playlist, the image is removed from the next slide show. However, the accumulation of the remaining reproduction time or the accumulation of the display time with respect to the predetermined display time may be obtained, and if the accumulated value exceeds the predetermined value, the accumulation may be excluded from the slide show.

In the above-described embodiment, the reproduction process of the image data has been described. However, the same process can be performed for audio data.

In the above embodiment, the program data is described in SMIL.
L (Extensible Markup Language), SGML (Standard
Generalized Markup Language), HTML (Hyper Text
Markup Language).

Further, in the present embodiment, the decoding process and the synthesizing process of the image and audio data are realized by a hardware configuration, but may be realized by software processing using a microcomputer.

In this case, the program code of the software implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the program code itself and means for supplying the program code to the computer, for example, the program The storage medium storing the code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for storing such a program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the supplied program code, not only the functions described in the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the OS (operating system) or the operating system running on the computer. Needless to say, the program code is also included in the embodiment of the present invention when the functions described in the above-described embodiment are realized in cooperation with other application software or the like.

Further, after the supplied program code is stored in a memory provided in a function expansion board of a computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board or the function expansion unit is specified based on an instruction of the program code. The present invention also includes a case where a CPU or the like provided in the apparatus performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0086]

As described above, according to the present invention, the procedure for reproducing information data can be easily changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital camera to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state of a slide show by the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a file structure of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a slide show by the apparatus in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a playback screen of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a camera-integrated disk recorder to which the present invention is applied.

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Claims (34)

[Claims] A reproducing unit for reproducing information data; an operation unit for instructing an operation of the apparatus; and a predetermined operation of the operation unit in an automatic reproduction mode for reproducing the information data according to a predetermined reproduction procedure. And a control means for controlling the reproducing means so as to reproduce the information data according to the changed reproduction procedure. 2. The reproduction means reproduces the information data in the automatic reproduction mode according to reproduction procedure information indicating the predetermined reproduction procedure, and the control means reproduces the information data in response to the predetermined operation in the automatic reproduction mode. 2. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content of the procedure data is changed. 3. The information data and the reproduction procedure data are both recorded on the same recording medium, and the reproducing means reproduces the information data and the reproduction procedure data from the recording medium. The playback device according to claim 2. 4. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising recording means for recording the reproduction procedure data changed by the control means on the recording medium. 5. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes the reproduction procedure in the automatic reproduction mode so as to prohibit reproduction of information data corresponding to the predetermined operation. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in the normal reproduction mode, the control means adds identification data to the information data whose reproduction is prohibited in the automatic reproduction mode by the predetermined operation. The playback device according to any one of the preceding claims. 7. The operation unit has a skip key for instructing skipping of information data reproduced by the reproducing unit, and the control unit executes the reproducing procedure in accordance with an operation of the skip key in the automatic reproduction mode. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reproducing apparatus is changed. 8. The control means further stops the reproduction of the currently reproduced information data in response to the operation of the skip key in the automatic reproduction mode, and is defined by the predetermined reproduction procedure. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said reproducing means is controlled to start reproducing the next information data. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to calculate a remaining reproduction time or a reproduction completed time with respect to the reproduction time defined by the predetermined reproduction procedure when the reproduction is stopped. 9. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the reproducing procedure is changed based on a calculation result. 10. The control unit further changes the contents of the reproduction procedure based on the predetermined operation in the automatic reproduction mode and a reproduction time defined by the predetermined reproduction procedure. The playback device according to claim 1, wherein 11. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information data includes image data or audio data. 12. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information data is composed of a plurality of files, and said control means changes said reproducing procedure for each file. 13. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information data is composed of a plurality of files, and said control means changes said reproducing procedure according to a file name of said file corresponding to said predetermined operation. apparatus. 14. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising recording means for recording a file name corresponding to the predetermined operation on a recording medium on which the information data is recorded. 15. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein a file name corresponding to the predetermined operation is recorded in a file different from a file of the information data. 16. A recording means for recording information on a recording medium on which the information data is recorded, wherein the control means adds identification data to a file corresponding to the predetermined operation to record the information. 14. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said recording means is controlled so as to record on a medium. 17. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said reproducing means reproduces said information data from a semiconductor memory medium or a disk-shaped recording medium. 18. A reproducing unit for reproducing information data, an operation unit for instructing an operation of the apparatus, and a predetermined operation of the operation unit in an automatic reproduction mode for reproducing the information data according to a predetermined reproduction procedure. And a control unit for marking information data corresponding to the predetermined operation in response to the predetermined operation. 19. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said control means changes a reproducing procedure in said automatic reproduction mode according to a result of said mark. 20. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising recording means for recording the result of the mark on a recording medium on which the information data is recorded. 21. A reproducing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said control means erases the result of said mark according to a predetermined condition. 22. A reproducing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means erases the result of said mark in accordance with an instruction to turn off said apparatus. 23. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means deletes the result of said mark in accordance with an ejection instruction of a recording medium on which said information data is recorded. 24. A reproducing unit for reproducing information data, an operation unit for instructing an operation of the device, a storage unit for storing reproduction procedure information indicating a reproduction procedure of the information data, A control unit for changing the reproduction procedure information according to a predetermined operation of the operation unit during reproduction of the information data. 25. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control means further controls said reproducing means to automatically reproduce said information data in accordance with said changed reproduction procedure information.
5. The playback device according to 4. 26. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising recording means for recording the changed reproduction procedure information on a recording medium on which the information data is recorded. 27. An apparatus having an automatic reproduction mode for automatically reproducing information data according to a predetermined reproduction order, wherein the reproduction order is changed in response to a predetermined key operation in the automatic reproduction mode, and A reproducing apparatus for reproducing the information data according to the changed reproduction order in an automatic reproduction mode. 28. An apparatus having an automatic reproduction mode for automatically reproducing information data according to a predetermined reproduction order, wherein when a skip instruction is issued during the automatic reproduction mode, the skip is performed in the next automatic reproduction mode. A reproducing apparatus for prohibiting reproduction of information data corresponding to an instruction. 29. A reproducing method for reproducing information data according to an instruction of an operation unit, wherein the reproduction procedure is changed according to a predetermined operation of the operation unit in an automatic reproduction mode for reproducing the information data according to a predetermined reproduction procedure. And reproducing the information data according to the changed reproduction procedure. 30. A reproducing method for reproducing information data in response to an instruction from an operation unit, wherein the information data is reproduced according to a predetermined reproduction procedure in accordance with a predetermined operation of the operation unit in an automatic reproduction mode. A reproduction method characterized by marking information data corresponding to the above operation. 31. A playback method for playing back information data in response to an instruction from an operation unit, wherein playback procedure information indicating a playback procedure of said information data stored in a storage means is being played back by said playback means during playback of said information data. A reproducing method, wherein the changing is performed according to a predetermined operation of the operation unit. 32. A reproducing method having an automatic reproducing mode for automatically reproducing information data according to a predetermined reproducing order, wherein the reproducing order is changed according to a predetermined key operation in the automatic reproducing mode, and Reproducing the information data according to the changed reproduction order in the automatic reproduction mode. 33. A method having an automatic reproduction mode for automatically reproducing information data according to a predetermined reproduction order, wherein when a skip instruction is issued during the automatic reproduction mode, the skip is performed in the next automatic reproduction mode. A reproduction method comprising prohibiting reproduction of information data corresponding to an instruction. 34. A storage medium storing a program for realizing the method according to claim 29 using a computer.