JP2008301070A - Video content player and video content playback method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video content player, a video content playback system, and a video content playback method which allow an index of a desired scene to be specified readily, from a video content to which a plurality of kinds of indexes have been given. <P>SOLUTION: The video content player includes a playback control part 1 which acquires and plays back video content; a GUI generation part 122 which acquires an index information type of the video content being played back and generates information to be displayed on a display device 40; and a seeking control part 123, which switches the index information type of the video content being displayed, when an index information type switching indication is input and seeks the video content, on the basis of the index of an index information type selected in the video content being played back, when a seeking indication is input. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a video content playback apparatus and video content playback method for playing back video content recorded on a recording medium.

  In recent years, with the increase in capacity of recording media such as hard disk drives (HDD), it has become possible for individual users to record a large amount of content.

  Since such a large-capacity recording medium allows random access, it is easy to realize a viewing mode in which a user views only a desired scene of a large amount of recorded video content and deletes unnecessary video content. It can be done.

  As a technique for reproducing only a desired scene from the video content, there is a technique for providing an index according to the content of the video as described in Patent Document 1.

By assigning an index as in Patent Document 1, the user can easily perform an operation of specifying and reproducing a desired scene.
JP 2004-157786 A

  However, with the above technology, it is impossible to determine the type of index that the assigned index is for, and when a large number of various types of indexes are assigned, the index for the scene to be viewed is determined. There was a problem that it took time and effort to search.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a video content playback apparatus and a video content playback method that can easily specify an index of a desired scene from video content provided with a plurality of types of indexes.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the video content playback apparatus (10-1, 10-2, 10-3) of the present invention, a plurality of index information types are set, and one or a plurality of index information types are set for each index information type. A playback control unit (121) for playing back the video content on an external display device (40), and the index information type of the video content being played back When the GUI generation unit (122) that generates information to be displayed on the display device (40) and the index information type switching instruction are input, the index information of the displayed video content While switching the type, when a seek instruction is input, the video content being played is selected. Is a seek control unit which seek and (123) the video content based on the index of the index information type is.

  Further, in this video content playback apparatus (10-1, 10-2, 10-3), the index information type switching instruction is further output by the user pressing the up / down button, while the seek instruction is You may make it have a remote controller (30) output by pressing a button.

  The video content playback method of the present invention is a video content playback method for playing back video content in which a plurality of index information types are set and one or more indexes are set for each index information type. The video content playback device (10-1, 10-2, 10-3) plays back the video content on an external display device (40) (S2), and the video content being played back When the index information type switching instruction is input, the step (S6) of generating the index information type and generating information to be displayed on the display device (40) and the index information type switching instruction are input. The index information type is switched (S8), but when a seek instruction is input, it is reproduced. On the basis of the index of the index information type which is selected in the serial video content and a step (S10) to seek the video content.

  According to the video content playback apparatus and the video content playback method of the present invention, it is possible to easily specify a desired index from the video content to which a plurality of types of indexes are assigned and set it as the playback start position.

<< First Embodiment >>
In the first embodiment of the present invention, an index according to type is added to video content recorded on an external optical disk such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or a BD (Blu-ray Disc) in advance. A video content playback system using a video content playback apparatus that searches for and plays back a desired scene of video content recorded using the above will be described.

<Configuration of Video Content Recording / Playback System According to First Embodiment>
The configuration of the video content recording / playback system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The video content recording / playback system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a video content playback device 10-1, an optical disc drive 20, a remote controller 30 operated by a user, and a display device 40.

  The video content reproduction apparatus 10-1 includes a remote controller light receiving unit 11, a CPU 12-1, and an output control unit 13.

  The remote controller light receiving unit 11 receives a signal transmitted from the remote controller 30 and converts it into a control signal for controlling the CPU 12-1.

  The CPU 12-1 includes a playback control unit 121 that controls playback processing according to a playback instruction, a GUI generation unit 122 that generates an index operation screen for operating the playback position of video content using an index, and an index operation to be displayed. And a seek control unit 123 that performs a switching process for switching the index information type of the screen and performs a seek process for seeking the playback position of the video content based on the displayed index.

  The optical disk drive 20 reads information recorded on the inserted optical disk 21 to be reproduced. The optical disc 21 has a video recording area 211 for recording a recorded video stream, and an index information recording area 212 for recording information about an index assigned to the video stream.

  The index information recording area 212 includes an index information table 212a in which index information is stored, and an index information manager 212b used to generate an index operation screen to be described later from the index information in the index information table 212a. .

  The configuration of the index information table 212a is shown in FIG.

  The index information table 212a includes index information areas # 1 to #n for recording index information for each of n preset types.

  Each index information area is composed of an index total number indicating the total number (m) of indexes of the corresponding type and an index area provided for each of these m indexes. FIG. 2 shows the total number of indexes # 2 and m indexes # 2-1 to # 2-m constituting the index information area # 2.

  Each index # 2-1 to # 2-m has either a start point (In point), an end point (Out point), or one point in the video. An index type indicating whether there is an index and an index position indicating a position in the video stream indicated by each index by address data and time data are recorded. FIG. 2 shows the index type and index position recorded in the index # 2-1 in the index information area # 2.

  The configuration of the index information manager 212b is shown in FIG.

  The index information manager 212b includes a total number of index information areas indicating the total number of index information areas and n index information search pointer areas # 1 to #n provided for each index information area.

  The index information search pointer areas # 1 to #n are index information types indicating the types of index information # 1 to #n and pointers indicating addresses on the optical disc 21 in which the index information areas of the corresponding types are recorded. A certain index information position is recorded.

  The index information type includes “SPORTS” indicating the index assigned to the start position and end position of the highlight scene of the sports program, “CM” indicating the index assigned to the start position and end position of the CM, music program There are “MUSIC” indicating an index assigned to the start position and end position of the performance section, “USER” indicating an index manually assigned by the user, and the like.

  In the index information table 212b of FIG. 3, it is assumed that “CM” is set as the index information type corresponding to the index information search pointer area # 2.

  As described above, information related to the index is configured and recorded in the index information recording area 212.

<Operation of Video Content Recording / Playback System According to First Embodiment>
The operation of the video content recording / playback system 1 in this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, one or a plurality of video contents are recorded in advance in the video recording area 211 of the optical disc 21 inserted into the optical disc drive 20, and the index information recording area 212 of the optical disc 21 is recorded in the video recording area 211. It is assumed that information related to an index corresponding to each recorded video content is recorded.

  The operation of the video content playback apparatus 10-1 when playing back the video content data recorded on the optical disc 21 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the remote controller 30 is operated by the user and a playback instruction command for instructing playback of desired video content is transmitted from the one recorded on the optical disc 21, the playback instruction command is received by the remote controller light receiving unit 11, and the CPU Is sent to the reproduction control unit 121 (S1).

  When the playback instruction command is acquired, the playback control unit 121 determines the playback start position and playback speed of the video content data to be played back.

  When the playback control unit 121 determines the playback start position and playback speed of the video content data to be played back, the video content data to be played back from this playback start position is read from the video recording area 211 of the optical disc 21 and decoded. Is done.

  The decoded video content data is converted into a display signal in the output control unit 13 and output to the external display device 40 for display, thereby performing a reproduction process (S2).

  When the remote controller 30 is operated by the user while the video content data is being reproduced on the display device 40 and an index operation screen display instruction command for displaying the index operation screen is transmitted, this index operation screen display instruction The command is received by the remote controller light receiving unit 11 and sent to the GUI generation unit 122 of the CPU (“YES” in S3).

  When the index generation screen display instruction command is acquired, the GUI generation unit 122 acquires information about the index from the index information recording area 212 of the optical disc 21 and the video content of the data currently read by the reproduction control unit 121. The position in the data is acquired as current playback position information (S4).

  When the information about the index and the current reproduction position information are acquired, the index type selection unit 230 and the index type selection unit 230 for the user to select a desired index information type are selected as shown in FIG. An index operation screen including a seek bar 231 for displaying the index corresponding to the index information type on the time axis information is generated (S5).

  A process of the GUI generation unit 122 when the index operation screen illustrated in FIG. 5 is generated will be described.

  First, when the index operation screen display instruction command is acquired, the index information manager 212b related to the video content being reproduced is read from the index information recording area 212 of the optical disc 21.

  Next, the index information type in the index information search pointer area selected by default in the index information manager 212b is acquired, and the index type selection unit 230 is generated.

  In FIG. 5, “CM”, which is the index information type of the index information search pointer area # 2 selected by default, is acquired, and index information search pointer areas # 2 before and after the index information search pointer information # 2 are acquired. The index types “SPORTS” and “MUSIC” of 1 and # 3 are acquired, and an index type selection unit 230 used for an operation of changing the selected index information type is generated and displayed.

  As will be described later, the index type selection unit 230 displays the character string of the index information type to be displayed by operating the up arrow 232 or the down arrow 233, and this operation changes the center character string. By changing, the index displayed on the seek bar 231 is changed as will be described later.

  Next, based on the index information position corresponding to the selected index information type “CM”, each index # 2-1 to # 2-m recorded in the index information area # 2 of the index information table 212a. And the current playback position information is acquired from the playback control unit 121, and the seek bar 231 used for the operation of skipping the playback position is generated using the information.

  This seek bar 231 is composed of time axis information corresponding to the playback time of the video content being played back, and based on the acquired index position, the seek bar 231 has a relative width within the video content of the indexes # 2-1 to # 2-m. A specific position is displayed on the time axis information.

  Further, based on the acquired current reproduction position information, the current position is displayed on the time axis information. This current position information is acquired from the reproduction control unit 121 at predetermined intervals, and the display on the time axis information is updated.

  In FIG. 5, the seek bar 231 has a relative position in the video content of each of the CM indexes 234-1 to 234-6 corresponding to “CM” that is the index information type selected by the index type selection unit 230, and A relative current playback position 235 in the currently reproduced video content is displayed.

  Here, it is assumed that the current playback position 235 is between the CM index 234-2 and the CM index 234-3.

  In this seek bar 231, as will be described later, when the left arrow 236 or the right arrow 237 is operated, the current playback position 235 is moved to the left or right index displayed at the position closest to the current playback position 235. The playback position is changed to a position in the video content corresponding to the moved position.

  The index operation screen of FIG. 5 is generated so that the generated index type selection unit 230 is displayed at the lower left of the display screen, and the seek bar 231 is displayed from the lower center to the lower right of the screen.

  The index operation screen generated in step S5 is overlaid by the output control unit 13 on the video content data to be reproduced decoded in the reproduction process of step S2, converted into a display signal, and output to the external display device 40. It is displayed (S6).

  The remote controller 30 is operated by the user while the video content data and the index operation screen are displayed on the display device 40, and the up arrow 232 or the down arrow 233 of the index type selection unit 230 on the index operation screen is operated. Thus, when a switching instruction command for switching the index information type to be displayed on the index type selection unit 230 is input, the switching instruction command is received by the remote controller light receiving unit 11 and sent to the seek control unit 123 of the CPU. (“YES” in S7).

  The operations of the up arrow 232 and the down arrow 233 are assigned to the up button 301 and the down button 302 of the cross key of the remote controller 30 as shown in FIG. 6 operated by the user, and these buttons are pressed. Thus, the index information type displayed on the index type selection unit 230 is changed to rotate.

  An operation of the seek control unit 123 when the cross key of the remote controller 30 is operated and a switching instruction command is acquired will be described. Here, n is the total number of index information types, i is information for identifying the currently selected index information type (1 to n), and m is the index corresponding to the currently selected index information type. T is the time information in the video content currently being reproduced.

  When the upward button 301 of the remote controller 30 is pressed, an upward button pressing command indicating that the upward button 301 has been pressed is transmitted and acquired by the seek control unit 123 via the remote controller light receiving unit 11. The

  When the upward control button pressing command is received, the seek control unit 123 generates a switching instruction (i = i-1) for switching the currently selected index information type upward by one in the configuration diagram of FIG. Is done.

  Here, this switching instruction generates a switching instruction (if (i <= 0) i = n) for switching to the lower end when the upper end is already selected.

  When the down button 302 of the remote controller 30 is pressed, a down button pressing command indicating that the down button 302 has been pressed is transmitted, and the seek control unit 123 via the remote controller light receiving unit 11 transmits. To be acquired.

  When the seek button pressing command is received, the seek control unit 123 generates a switching instruction (i = i + 1) for switching the currently selected index information type downward by one in the configuration diagram of FIG. Is done.

  Here, for this switching instruction, a switching instruction (if (i> = n) i = 0) for switching to the lower end is generated when the lower end is already selected.

  Next, the switching operation generated by the seek control unit 123 is notified from the seek control unit 123 to the GUI generation unit 122, and an index operation screen in which a new index information type is displayed on the index type selection unit 230 in the GUI generation unit 122. Is generated.

  When the display of the index type selection unit 230 is confirmed, the information displayed on the seek bar 231 on the index operation screen is updated to the index corresponding to the index information type displayed in the center of the index type selection unit 230. (S8).

  Next, the remote controller 30 is operated by the user in a state where the video content data and the index operation screen updated by the user's operation are displayed on the display device 40, and the left arrow 236 of the seek bar 231 on the index operation screen or When a seek command for seeking the playback position in the video content being played is input by operating the right arrow 237, the seek command is received by the remote controller light receiving unit 11, and the CPU seek control is performed. Is sent to the unit 123 (“YES” in S9).

  The operations of the left arrow 236 and the right arrow 237 are assigned to the left direction button 303 and the right direction button 304 of the cross key of the remote controller 30 shown in FIG. 6, and when these buttons are pressed, the current playback position is set. The display position of 235 is changed.

  When the left button 303 of the remote controller 30 is pressed, a left button pressing command indicating that the left button 303 has been pressed is transmitted and acquired by the seek control unit 123 via the remote controller light receiving unit 11. The

  In the seek control unit 123, when the left button pressing command is received, among the currently displayed indexes # i-1 to #im in the information about the index acquired by the GUI generation unit 122 Then, an index #ij that is an index having an index position that is smaller than the currently reproduced time information t and closest to the time information t is extracted.

  Furthermore, a seek instruction for seeking a position in the video content corresponding to the index position of index # i-j is generated.

  In addition, when the right button 304 of the remote controller 30 is pressed, a right button pressing command indicating that the right button 304 has been pressed is transmitted, and the seek control unit 123 via the remote controller light receiving unit 11. To be acquired.

  In the seek control unit 123, when the right direction button pressing command is received, time information being currently reproduced among the plurality of currently displayed indexes among the information regarding the index acquired by the GUI generation unit 122. An index #ik that is an index having an index position that is larger than t and closest to the time information t is extracted.

  Further, a seek instruction for seeking the position in the video content corresponding to the index position of index # i-k is generated.

  Next, the switching instruction generated by the seek control unit 123 is sent to the playback control unit 121, and the index position of this index #ij or index #ik in the video content data to be played back is seeked in the video recording area 211 of the optical disc. Then, the reproduction control unit 121 starts reading.

  In the reproduction control unit 121, decoding for reproducing the read video content data is performed, converted into a display signal, displayed on the external display device 40, and index #ij extracted by a user operation. Alternatively, playback is started from the position of index #ik, and the playback position is skipped (S10).

  In FIG. 5, when the left arrow 236 of the seek bar 231 is operated, the current playback position 235 is skipped to the end point (OUT point) of the CM index 234-2 which is the nearest left index, and the right arrow 237 Is skipped to the start point (IN point) of the CM index 234-3 which is the nearest right index at the current playback position 235.

  The above-described process for displaying the index operation screen, the process for switching the index information type, and the process for skipping the playback position are repeated by being operated by the user until the playback of the video content is finished. (S11).

  According to the first embodiment described above, in the video content to which a plurality of types of indexes are assigned, the video content is displayed by displaying only the information of the type selected by the user, such as a CM or a sports highlight scene. The user can easily specify the playback position to be skipped.

  In this embodiment, the case where the number of index information types displayed by the index type selection unit 230 is three has been described. However, the number of index information types is not limited to this, and may be one, two, or four or more.

  In the present embodiment, the case where an optical disc is used as a recording medium on which information relating to an index and a video stream is recorded has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a non-volatile memory, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), or the like is used. You may comprise.

  It is also possible to construct a video content playback program that causes the computer to function as a video content playback device by programming the functional configuration of the video content playback device of the present embodiment into a computer.

<< Second Embodiment >>
In the second embodiment of the present invention, when video content is recorded on the built-in HDD, the video content is recorded with a type-specific index, and the desired video content recorded using this index is recorded. A video content playback system using a video content playback device that searches and plays back scenes will be described.

<Configuration of Video Content Recording / Playback System According to Second Embodiment>
The configuration of the video content recording / playback system 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The video content recording / playback system 2 according to the present embodiment includes a video content playback device 10-2, a remote controller 30 operated by a user, and a display device 40.

  The video content recording / reproducing apparatus 10-2 includes a remote controller light receiving unit 11, a CPU 12-2, an output control unit 13, a tuner 14, and an HDD 15.

  The CPU 12-2 includes a playback control unit 121 that controls the playback processing of the broadcast video content acquired from the tuner 14 or the video content recorded in the HDD 15, a GUI generation unit 122, a seek control unit 123, and the recorded video content. To an index information generating unit 124 that generates information regarding an index for specifying one section in the video content data, and a recording control unit 125 that controls recording processing according to a recording instruction.

  The HDD 15 has a video recording area 151 and an index information recording area 152 for recording information related to an index having the same configuration as that of the first embodiment regarding the index assigned to the video stream.

<Operation of Video Content Recording / Playback System According to Second Embodiment>
The operation of the video content recording / playback system 2 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  First, when the remote controller 30 is operated by the user and a recording instruction command for instructing recording of the broadcast content being received is transmitted, the broadcast content received by the antenna is demodulated as a video / audio signal by the tuner 14, and the CPU 12- 2 is recorded as video content data in the video recording area 151 of the HDD 15 under the control of the recording control unit 125.

  In addition, when this recording process is performed, the video / audio signal obtained by the tuner 14 is also output to the index information generating unit 124 of the CPU 12-2.

  When the video / audio signal is acquired, the index information generation unit 124 analyzes the video / audio signal to generate information related to the index, and records it in the index information recording area 152 of the HDD 15 together with information for identifying the video content. To do.

  An existing technique is used for information generation processing relating to this index. For example, detection of a silent section of a voice signal, detection of a scene change point, and detection of a voice multiplex mode described in JP-A-10-224722 are performed. Thus, a technique for detecting a CM section is used, or a technique for generating an index by accumulating user operation history and clustering as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-157786 is used. As a result, information on the index having the configuration as shown in FIGS.

  It is assumed that a plurality of pieces of video content data are recorded in the video recording area 151 by this recording process, and information relating to the index corresponding to each video content is recorded in the index information recording area 152.

  Video content recording / playback apparatus 10-for playing back video content data recorded in the video recording area 151 and skipping the playback position of the video content data being played back based on the information related to the index recorded in the index information recording area 152 Since the operation of 2 is the same as the operation of the video content reproduction apparatus 10-1 described in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  According to the above second embodiment, even when the broadcast video content data is recorded, a plurality of types of indexes are assigned and recorded, and only the index of the type selected by the user is recorded as in the first embodiment. By displaying the information, the user can easily specify the playback position to be skipped in the video content.

  In the second embodiment, the case where the HDD is used as the built-in recording medium for recording the index-related information and the recorded video stream has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. , BD or the like may be used.

  It is also possible to construct a video content recording / playback program that causes the computer to function as a video content recording / playback device by programming the functional configuration of the video content recording / playback device of this embodiment into a computer.

<< Third Embodiment >>
In the third embodiment of the present invention, the video content recorded in the storage of the video distribution server by the video on demand (VOD) distribution system is preliminarily assigned with a type-specific index and recorded using this index. A video content playback system using a video content playback device that searches for and plays back a desired scene of the video content that has been recorded will be described.

<Configuration of Video Content Playback System According to Third Embodiment>
The configuration of the video content reproduction system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The video content playback system 3 according to the present embodiment includes a video content playback device 10-3, a video distribution server 60 connected to the video content playback device 10-3 via a network 50, a remote controller 30, and a display device. 40.

  The video content playback apparatus 10-3 includes a remote controller light receiving unit 11, a CPU 12-3, an output control unit 13, a network interface 16 connected to the network 50, and a memory 17 as a temporary storage unit.

  The CPU 12-3 includes a reproduction control unit 121, a GUI generation unit 122, and a seek control unit 123.

  The video distribution server 60 has a storage having an index information recording area 611 for recording information relating to an index having the same configuration as that of the first embodiment relating to the index assigned to the video stream, and a video recording area 612 for recording the video stream. 61 is provided.

<Operation of Video Content Playback System According to Third Embodiment>
The operation of the video content reproduction system 3 according to this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of pieces of video content data are recorded in advance in the video recording area 612 of the storage 61 of the video distribution server 60, and information relating to the index corresponding to each video content is recorded in the index information recording area 611. It shall be.

  In the state where the video content data and the information related to the index are recorded in the storage 61 as described above, the operation when the video content data recorded using the recorded index is reproduced is the video content reproduction device 10-3. Communication between the CPU 12-3 and the storage 61 of the video distribution server 60 is performed via the network interface 16 and the network 50, and video content data instructed to be reproduced by the user is transmitted from the storage 61 via the network 50. Since the reproduction control is performed by loading the data into the memory 17, the detailed description is omitted.

  According to the third embodiment described above, information on only the index of the type selected by the user is displayed on the video content data stored in the external video distribution server as in the first embodiment. The user can easily specify the playback position to be skipped in the video content.

  It is also possible to construct a video content playback program that causes the computer to function as a video content playback device by programming the functional configuration of the video content playback device of the present embodiment into a computer.

  In the first to third embodiments, the type of index displayed on the index type selection unit 230 may be limited by the genre or summary keyword added to the EPG information of the content being played back. Good.

  For example, in the case of a sports program, only the CM section (CM), the highlight scene (SPORTS), and the section manually set by the user (USER) are displayed. In the case of a music program, the CM section (CM), the performance section (MUSIC) ), Only the interview scene (TALK) can be displayed.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a video content recording / playback system using a video content playback device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the index index information table recorded on the video content reproduction apparatus by 1st Embodiment-3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the index information manager recorded on the video content reproduction apparatus by 1st Embodiment of this invention-3rd Embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the video content reproduction apparatus according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention. It is a screen block diagram which shows the state by which the index operation screen produced | generated with the video content reproduction apparatus by 1st Embodiment-3rd Embodiment of this invention was displayed. It is an external view which shows the remote controller which transmits an operation instruction signal to the video content reproduction apparatus by 1st Embodiment-3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the video content recording / reproducing apparatus using the video content recording / reproducing apparatus by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the video content recording / reproducing apparatus using the video content recording / reproducing apparatus by 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1-3 ... Video content recording / reproducing system 10-1, 10-3 ... Video content reproducing apparatus 10-2 ... Video content recording / reproducing apparatus 12 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 ... Remote controller 40 ... Display apparatus 121 ... Playback control part 122 ... GUI production | generation part 123 ... Seek control part

Claims (3)

A video content playback apparatus that plays back video content in which a plurality of index information types are set and one or more indexes are set for each index information type,
A reproduction control unit for causing the display device to reproduce the video content;
A GUI generation unit that acquires the index information type of the video content being reproduced and generates information to be displayed on the display device;
When the index information type switching instruction is input, the index information type of the displayed video content is switched, and when the seek instruction is input, the video content being selected is selected. A seek control unit for seeking the video content based on an index of the index information type;
A video content playback apparatus. The video content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
A remote controller for outputting the index information type switching instruction by pressing the up / down button by the user, and outputting the seek instruction by pressing the left / right button by the user;
A video content playback apparatus. A video content reproduction method for reproducing video content in which a plurality of index information types are set and one or a plurality of indexes are set for each index information type,
In the video content playback device,
Causing the display device to reproduce the video content;
Obtaining the index information type of the video content being reproduced and generating information to be displayed on the display device;
When the index information type switching instruction is input, the index information type of the displayed video content is switched, and when the seek instruction is input, the video content being selected is selected. Seeking the video content based on the index of the index information type;
A video content reproduction method comprising:

Images