KR20040062310A - Video/audio/text data recording/reproducing apparatus and method of displaying folder name thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An image/sound/character recording/reproducing device and a folder name displaying method thereof are provided to use a play list for guiding lists on a still image file and a sound file among programs recorded in a storage device, and to display a folder name of a folder where a selected file is located, so that a user can easily recognize a folder where a currently display file is located. CONSTITUTION: A device displays an initial menu guiding list screen on a television(S1100,S1110). If a user locates a cursor on a 'juke box' menu or a 'photo album' menu and inputs an enter key(S1120), the device selects the selected menu and displays the menu on the television(S1130). If the user moves the cursor to an 'HDD play list' menu by operating a directional key and inputs the enter key, the device selects the 'HDD play list' menu(S1140). The device lists up a file play list on sound data in a middle area, and displays the file play list(S1150). If a lower folder exists in the play list and the user selects the lower folder(S1160), the device displays a sound file list located within the selected lower folder and a folder name of the lower folder on a play list screen(S1170).

Description

Video / audio / text data recording / reproducing apparatus and method of displaying folder name

The present invention relates to a video / audio / text recording / playback apparatus and a method of displaying a folder name thereof, and more particularly, to a playlist screen configured to allow a user to easily recognize a folder name of a storage device where music and pictures are stored. The present invention relates to a video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus and a method of displaying a folder name thereof.

The video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing a broadcast signal recorded on a recording medium and reproducing the recorded broadcast signal has been expanded in various functions according to the development of digitalization and compression technology of broadcast signals. Such video recording / reproducing apparatuses are being marketed as combination-type products in which a first device and a second device each having independent functions are combined into one, and have a function of recording and playing back A / V signals. .

Recently, a combination type video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus may be a product in which a first device DVD and a second device hard disk drive are cased into one. Such image recording / reproducing apparatuses are being developed to support the use of various image sources such as satellite broadcasting signals, cable broadcasting, and network broadcasting through the Internet.

The hard disk drive is used as an AV (Audio & Video) data recording device because it allows random access, which is a method of directly accessing desired data by using an address, and has a high data transfer speed and a large capacity.

AV data can be largely divided into moving picture data, still picture data, and sound data. Each data is filed and recorded in a physically divided area of the hard disk drive, and each data is listed and displayed on the screen.

However, in the conventional video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus as described above, when a play list recorded on a hard disk drive is displayed on a screen, when the predetermined data is selected from the displayed play lists, the selected data is displayed on the screen. For example, file name, capacity, playback time, etc. are displayed, but location information in the hard disk drive in which the selected data is recorded is not displayed. For example, when the selected data is located in a predetermined subfolder, the folder name of the subfolder in which the selected data is located is not displayed, thereby causing a inconvenience that the user cannot accurately recognize the folder name in which the selected data is recorded.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a video recording / reproducing apparatus capable of providing a play list for allowing a user to easily grasp the location information of a program recorded in a storage device and a method of displaying the folder name thereof.

1 is a view showing a display system to which the video / audio / text recording / playback apparatus according to the present invention is applied,

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG. 1;

3 is a plan view schematically illustrating the remote controller of FIG. 1;

4 is an initial menu guide list screen displayed on a display device when a menu key of FIG. 3 is selected;

5 is a screen that is subsequently displayed when a juke box is selected from the menu guide list of FIG. 4;

6 is a screen showing a list of sound files recorded on a hard disk drive when the HDD play list menu of FIG. 5 is selected;

FIG. 7 is a screen illustrating a sound file list of a subfolder subsequently displayed when the subfolder of FIG. 6 is selected;

8 is a screen subsequently displayed when a photo album is selected from the menu guide list of FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a screen showing a list of still image files recorded on a hard disk drive when the HDD play list menu of FIG. 8 is selected;

FIG. 10 is a screen showing a still image file list of a subfolder subsequently displayed when the subfolder of FIG. 9 is selected, and

11 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for the folder name display method of the video recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

100: video / sound / text recording / playback device

400: Initial menu guide list screen 600, 900: Play list screen

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a still image file and / or a sound file according to the present invention are recorded in an upper folder of a storage device and / or at least one lower folder subordinate to the upper folder, and the recorded angles are recorded. An image / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing a file and outputting the same to a display device, the apparatus comprising: a recording medium reproducing unit for reproducing a video signal recorded on a recording medium; An interface unit provided on the main body to receive a user input signal from an external input device capable of selecting a function, and a play list for the still image file and / or the sound file recorded in the storage device from the external input device; When the screen display request signal is received, the play list screen is displayed, but the predetermined first area of the play list screen is displayed. When the folder name of the upper folder is displayed and the lower folder is displayed on the play list screen, when a selection signal for the lower folder is received, the still image file and / or the sound file recorded in the selected lower folder are arranged. The second control unit may include a main controller configured to display a folder name of the selected subfolder in a predetermined second area of the play list screen.

More specifically, the predetermined first area in which the folder name of the upper folder is displayed and the predetermined second area in which the folder name of the selected lower folder are displayed are the same.

Further, the storage device is a hard disk drive, the recording medium is a digital video disk, and the recording medium reproducing unit is a digital video disk player.

Meanwhile, in order to achieve the above technical problem, the upper folder and / or the sound file are divided into an upper folder and at least one lower folder subordinate to the upper folder according to the present invention. A method of displaying a folder name of an image / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus, comprising: a storage device capable of storing in one subfolder and a recording medium reproducing unit for reproducing an image / audio signal recorded on a recording medium and outputting the same to a display device; When a play list screen display request signal for the still image file and / or the sound file stored in the storage device is received, the play list screen is displayed, but the folder name of the upper folder is displayed in a predetermined first area of the play list screen. And displaying the subfolder when the subfolder is displayed on the play list screen. When the selection signal is received, and includes the step of displaying name folders of the selected sub-folder, but arranged a the still image file and / or the sound files are written to the selected subfolder predetermined second area of the play list screen.

More specifically, the predetermined first area in which the folder name of the upper folder is displayed and the predetermined second area in which the folder name of the selected lower folder are displayed are the same.

The storage device is a hard disk drive, the recording medium is a digital video disk, and the recording medium reproducing unit is a digital video disk player.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the present invention.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a display system to which an image / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

Referring to the figure, the video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus 100 is connected to a television 300 as a display apparatus by means of a transmission cable 350.

The video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus 100 processes a signal received from the remote controller 200 which is an external input device and transmits display information to the television 300. Here, the external input device may be applied not only to the remote controller 200 for transmitting a wireless signal such as infrared rays, but also to other input devices such as a wired keyboard.

The video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus 100 is constructed to receive at least one video signal provided from a plurality of video sources. Examples of image sources may include other media capable of transmitting signals, such as terrestrial television broadcasts, satellite broadcasts, cable leads, computer lines or modem lines.

That is, video such as cable, satellite dish, local cable, digital broadcast source (DBS), general antenna, internet, other computer sources, camcorders, disk players, set-top boxes, etc. The present invention described below is applied to a video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus constructed to be able to receive at least one or more of the sources.

A block diagram according to an embodiment of such a video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus 100 includes an input / output terminal unit 110, a tuner 121, a switching unit 123, an input / output control unit 125, and an MPEG encoder 141. ), A hard disk drive 151, a disk player 155, and a main controller 160. In addition, the flow of the control signal by the main controller 160 in Figure 2 is schematically shown.

The input / output terminal unit 110 is configured to receive signals generated from various video signal sources and to output signals reproduced from the hard disk drive 151 applied to the received signal or the mass storage device.

The input / output terminal unit 110 includes a super video input terminal (SV IN) 111 and an output terminal (S-ViDEO) 112, an RF input terminal (RF IN) 113, and an output terminal (RF OUT) 114. ), Line video / audio input terminals (LINE V_IN, LINE A_IN) 115 and output terminals (LINE V_OUT, LINE A_OUT) 116, digital audio signal output terminals (SPDIF; Serial Parallel Digital interface) (117), USB (not shown), IEEE1394 (not shown), and DV terminal (not shown) are provided as options.

Here, if only the input / output relationship is different and the same type of signal is described in more detail with respect to either the input terminal or the output terminal, the super video input terminal 111 is a digital luminance signal Y separated from each other. It is a terminal for receiving the color signal (Color) and is used in connection with a digital camcorder, a DVD player, a set-top box.

The RF input terminal 113 is a terminal for receiving an over-the-air broadcast signal and is usually connected to an antenna.

The line video / audio input terminal 115 is a terminal for receiving an analog signal mixed with a luminance signal Y and a color signal. The line video / audio input terminal 115 is connected to a camcorder, a DVD player, a set-top box, etc., which supports the output of an analog video signal.

The digital audio output terminal 117 is a terminal for outputting the digital audio signal transmitted from the main controller 160 to the outside.

The tuner 121 adjusts a reception channel so that a broadcast signal of a channel requested by the input / output controller 125 controlled by the main controller 160 can be received through the RF input terminal 113.

The switching unit 123 is controlled by the input / output control unit 125 to control the input / output terminals connected to the switching unit 123 to be selectively connected to each other.

The video decoder 131 is controlled by the main controller 160 to decode and output a signal received through the super video input terminal 111 or the switching unit 123.

The audio A / D converter 133 converts an analog audio signal input through the switching unit 123 into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the MPEG encoder 141.

The MPEG encoder 141 is controlled by the main controller 160 to encode and record the audio signal output from the audio A / D converter 133 and the video signal output from the video decoder 131 using a predetermined compression format. The target data is stored in the hard disk drive 151 which is a mass storage device.

In addition, the data recorded on the hard disk drive 151 may have at least one form of video / audio / text data, and the display command signal for any one of them may be remote controller 200. ), The main controller 160 can display the television 300 under control.

The first SDRAM 143 is a memory used in the encoding process by the MPEG encoder 141.

The data movement path providing unit 157 provides a movement path of data recorded on a compact disk (CD) and / or a digital video disk (DVD) inserted into the hard disk drive 151 and / or the disk player 155. . That is, the data movement path providing unit 157 records data recorded on the CD and / or DVD of the disk player 155 on the hard disk drive 151 or writes the data recorded on the hard disk drive 151 to the disk player ( When the data recorded on the CD and / or DVD of the 155 or encoded by the MPEG encoder 141 is recorded on the hard disk drive 151, a movement path is provided to the main controller 160 by control.

The disc player 155 is built in the video / audio / character recording / playback apparatus 100. The disc player 155 may be a DVD player which is loaded to play data recorded on a recording medium, for example, a DVD and / or a CD. In addition, predetermined data may be recorded on the recording medium. The type of data to be recorded is at least one of video / audio / text data.

The disc player 155 is connected to the main controller 160 so as to perform a recording / playback operation.

The light receiver 171 is applied as an interface and receives a user manipulation signal transmitted from the remote controller 200, which is an external input device, and outputs it to the main controller 160.

The key input unit 173 includes a plurality of function keys (not shown) for generating commands for selecting or performing a function supported by the video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus 100 to the main controller 160.

The main controller 160 processes user manipulation signals received through the light receiver 171 and controls each element.

The main controller 160 is a CPU integrated with a central processing unit (CPU) 161 and an MPEG decoder 163 for decoding a compressed signal using the MPEG method. The MPEG decoder 163 may be separated into a separate chip and connected to the main controller 160.

In the flash memory 165, various programs related to the performance of the main controller 160 are recorded. The flash memory 165 is provided with a graphical user interface (GUI) storage unit 165a in which a program for processing a menu guide list screen, which will be described later, is stored. The second SDRAM 167 is a temporary storage location used by the main controller 160.

The audio D / A converter 135 converts the digital audio signal output from the MPEG decoder 163 of the main controller 160 into an analog audio signal and outputs the analog audio signal to the switching unit 123.

The video encoder 137 encodes the video signal output from the video decoder 131 or the MPEG decoder 163 and outputs the encoded video signal to the switching unit 123.

The input / output controller 125 is controlled by the main controller 160 to control the tuner 121 and the switching unit 123.

In the video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus 100, the main controller 160 loads an operating program mounted in the flash memory 165 at startup to support various functions from the remote controller 200 from the light receiver 171. Process corresponding to the signal received through.

Hereinafter, the method of controlling the storage device of the main controller according to the key selection of the remote controller will be described in detail with reference to the menu guide list screen processing.

First, with reference to FIG. 3, in which a remote controller 200 which is an external input device of the video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus 100 of the present invention is described, the description will be made based on the elements related to the menu guide list screen operation. do.

In the drawing, reference numeral 211 denotes a menu key used for instructing loading and closing of the menu guide list screen, and portions indicated as 213, 215, 217, and 219 are classified and listed in the menu guide list screen to be described later. Left, right, up and down arrow keys are used to indicate the movement of the cursor to. Reference numeral 221 denotes an enter key used to select a menu, and 223 denotes a return key used to return to the previous screen from the current screen.

The remaining keys are known keys and specific keys for operating the video / audio / character recording / reproducing apparatus 100 and the television 300, and the functions of the keys can be easily understood through the characters displayed adjacent to the keys. In addition, even if a detailed description of the function of each key is omitted, the detailed description is omitted since it does not interfere with the understanding of the present invention.

In the following, displaying the menu guide list on the television 300 and displaying the location information on the program recorded on the hard disk drive 151 using the menu guide list will be described in more detail with reference to the menu guide list screen processing.

First, a program recorded on the hard disk drive 151 is A / V data, which can be largely divided into video data, still image data, and sound data, and each data is a physically divided area of the hard disk drive 151. Filed to and recorded. For example, still image data such as a picture is stored as a '* .jpg' file, and sound data such as music is stored as a file such as '* .mp3'.

In addition, in order to systematically manage AV data recorded on the hard disk drive 151, the hard disk drive 151 has a virtually divided upper folder and a plurality of lower folders that depend on the upper folder. In this case, each data may be stored to be located under a virtually divided upper folder or lower folder of the hard disk drive 151. In addition, not only one type of data (for example, data having an extension 'jpg') is stored in a predetermined subfolder, but various data having an extension 'jpg' and / or 'mp3' and the like can be mixed. Do.

On the other hand, among the programs recorded on the hard disk drive 151, a menu guide list is displayed on the television 300 to display a play list screen for obtaining information of still image data and / or sound data. Then, by using the remote controller 200 to perform a function control provided by the video / sound / text recording / playback device 100.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an initial menu guide list screen displayed on a display apparatus when a menu key of FIG. 3 is selected.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the signal selected by the menu key 211 of the remote controller 200 is received by the light receiving unit 171, the main controller 160 executes a program stored in the GUI storage unit 165a to display the television 300. The first menu guide list screen 400 is provided to the television 300 through an output terminal connected to the TV 300, for example, a line video / audio output terminal 116.

The initial menu guide list screen 400 and the play list screens 600 and 900 to be described later are screens providing a GUI.

The initial menu guide list screen 400 is vertically divided into an upper region (up), an interruption region (mid), and a lower region (lower), and horizontally, each stage is a first block (up_1, mid_1, lower_1) and a second. It is divided into blocks (up_2, mid_2, lower_2).

“MENU” indicating the initial menu guide list screen 400 is displayed on the first block up_1 of the upper region up, and a main menu is displayed on the first block mid_1 of the middle region mid. In the lower area, key operation usage information of the remote controller 200 corresponding to the use of the menu guide list screen 400 is displayed.

Meanwhile, the main menu includes a "Digital Recorder" menu for managing data stored in the hard disk drive 151, a "DVD Player" menu for controlling a program stored in the DVD player 155, "Juke Box" menu for management of sound data among data stored in the hard disk drive 151, "Photo Album" for management of still image data among data stored in the hard disk drive 151 "Set Up" menu and the like for setting the menu and the DVD player 155, and the like.

Here, if the "juke box" menu is selected from the main menu of the initial menu guide list screen 400 by operating the direction keys 213, 215, 217, 219 and the enter key 221 of the remote controller 200, FIG. 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the submenu subordinate to the "juke box" menu is displayed in the second block mid_2 of the break region mid located on the right side of the main menu.

In addition, when the "HDD Play list" menu is selected from the submenus shown in FIG. 5 using the direction keys 213, 215, 217, 219 and the enter key 221 of the remote controller 200, As shown in FIG. 6, a play list screen 600 relating to sound data files recorded on the hard disk drive 151 is displayed.

The "HDD Playlist" menu shown in FIG. 6 is a menu for displaying a list of sound files recorded on the hard disk drive 151 among sound data related to the execution of the "juke box".

Referring to FIG. 6, a “juke box” is displayed on the first block up_1 of the upper area up of the play list screen 600, and a top-level folder of the hard disk drive 151 is displayed on the second block up_2. "Root" is displayed. In addition, the execution screen of the selected submenu among the submenus of the "juke box" is displayed in the middle area mid of the play list screen 600. That is, the playlist for the "HDD Playlist" menu of "Juke Box" is displayed.

In the case of Figure 6, it can be seen that the playlist associated with the execution of the "juke box" consists of two subfolders ('Classic' and 'Beatles'), three mp3 files, and one wave file. That is, 125 files related to the execution of "Juke Box" are recorded in the "Root" folder of the hard disk drive 151. In detail, two subfolders ('Classic' and 'Beatles') and three mp3 files are recorded. You can see that the file and one wave file are recorded.

Here, using the direction keys 213, 215, 217, 219 and the enter key 221 of the remote controller 200 to select a subfolder named "Beatles" of the play list shown in FIG. As illustrated, files recorded in the "Beatles" folder, which is a subfolder dependent on the "Root" folder (for example, 'I want to hold your hand', 'Hey Jude', and 'Something') are listed. In addition, in the second block up_2 of the upper area up of the play list screen 600, "Beatles", which is the folder name of the selected lower folder, is displayed instead of "Root", which is the folder name of the upper folder.

Similarly, when the "photo album" menu is selected from the main menu of the initial menu guide list screen 400 as shown in FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 8, the submenu subordinate to the "photo album" menu is displayed on the right side of the main menu. The second block mid_2 of the stop region mid located at is indicated. Here, when the "HDD Playlist" menu is selected from the submenus shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. 9, a play list screen 900 for still image data files recorded on the hard disk drive 151 is displayed. do.

The “HDD Playlist” menu shown in FIG. 9 is a menu for displaying a list of still image files recorded on the hard disk drive 151 among still image data associated with execution of the “photo album”.

Referring to FIG. 9, "photo album" is displayed on the first block up_1 of the upper area up of the play list screen 900, and a top-level folder of the hard disk drive 151 is displayed on the second block up_2. "Root" is displayed. In addition, in the middle of the play list screen 900, the execution screen of the selected submenu among the submenus of the "photo album" is displayed. That is, the playlist for the "HDD Playlist" menu of "Photo Album" is displayed.

Here, when a subfolder named "Flower" is selected from the play list shown in FIG. 9 using the direction keys 213, 215, 217, 219 and the enter key 221 of the remote controller 200, FIG. As illustrated, files recorded in the "Flower" folder, which is a subfolder dependent on the "Root" folder (for example, 'sunflower', 'comsos', and 'dandelion') are listed. In addition, in the second area up_2 of the upper area up of the play list screen 900, "Flower", which is the folder name of the selected lower folder, is displayed instead of "Root", which is the folder name of the upper folder.

Hereinafter, a method of displaying a folder name of a video / audio / character recording / playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for the folder name displaying method of the video recording / reproducing apparatus shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 11, in order to display the play list screens 600 and 900 for still image data and / or sound data recorded on the hard disk drive 151, the " HDD Play List " You must choose.

To this end, first, the menu key 211 of the remote controller 200 is selected so that the initial menu guide list screen 400 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the television 300 (S1100 and S1110).

In the initial menu guide list screen 400 in which the main menu of FIG. 4 is listed, the cursor is positioned on the "juke box" menu or the "photo album" menu by using the direction keys 217 and 219 of the remote controller 200, and enter When the key 221 is input (S1120), the menu on which the cursor is located is selected and displayed on the television 300 (S1130). For example, if the "juke box" menu is selected in step S1120, the submenu of the "juke box" menu is displayed on the television 300 as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, a case where the "juke box" menu is selected in step S1120 will be described as an example.

After the operation S1130 is performed, the cursor is moved to the "HDD play list" menu by operating the direction key 215 and the enter key 221 is selected to select the "HDD play list" menu (S1140).

When the " HDD Playlist " menu is selected in step S1140, the main controller 160 changes the current screen to stop the file play list for the sound data recorded on the hard disk drive 151 as shown in FIG. The list is displayed in the area mid (S1150).

In operation S1150, the “juke box” is displayed on the first block up_1 of the upper area up of the play list screen 600, and the folder of the top folder of the hard disk drive 151 is displayed on the second block up_2. The name "Root" is displayed. In addition, the execution screen of the selected submenu among the submenus of the "juke box" is displayed in the middle area mid of the play list screen 600. That is, the play list for the "HDD play list" menu of the "juke box" is displayed.

If there is a subfolder of the "Root" folder in the play list, when a predetermined subfolder is selected by operating the direction keys 213, 215, 217, and 219 and the enter key 221 (S1160), it is located in the selected subfolder. The sound file list and the folder name of the lower folder are displayed on the play list screen 600 (S1170).

For example, if a subfolder named "Beatles" is selected from the playlist shown in FIG. 6, the file recorded in the "Beatles" folder, which is a subfolder subordinate to the "Root" folder, as shown in FIG. It is displayed in the middle of the middle. In addition, in the second block up_2 of the upper area up of the play list screen 600, "Beatles", which is the folder name of the selected lower folder, is displayed instead of "Root", which is the folder name of the upper folder.

Meanwhile, when the "photo album" menu is selected in step S1120, the screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed in step S1130. When the "HDD playlist" menu is selected in step S1140, the playlist screen 900 as shown in FIG. 9 in step S1150. Is displayed. If a subfolder named "Flower" is selected from the play list shown in FIG. 9 in operation S1160, the file recorded in the "Flower" folder, which is a subfolder subordinate to the "Root" folder, as shown in FIG. Is listed up. In addition, in the second area up_2 of the upper area up of the play list screen 900, "Flower", which is the folder name of the selected lower folder, is displayed instead of "Root", which is the folder name of the upper folder.

In addition, when the respective input signals are not applied in steps S1120, S1140, and S1160, idle states are maintained as in steps S1125, S1145, and S1165, respectively.

On the other hand, in step S1170, the folder name of the selected subfolder can be displayed to be listed on the right side of "Root" under the control of the main controller 160. In addition, the folder name of the selected lower folder can be displayed not only in the first block up_1 of the upper area up but also in other areas.

While the above has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, it is usually in the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

According to the video / audio / character recording / playback apparatus and the folder name displaying method according to the present invention, if a play list for guiding a list of still image files and sound files among programs recorded in the storage device is used, When a predetermined file is selected, the folder name of the folder in which the selected predetermined file is located is displayed together, so that the user can more easily recognize the folder in which the currently displayed file is located.

Claims (6)

Still image files and / or sound files are recorded in the upper folder of the storage device and / or at least one lower folder subordinate to the upper folder, and the image / audio / text for reproducing the recorded files and outputting them to the display device. In the recording / reproducing apparatus, A recording medium reproducing unit for reproducing an image / audio / text signal recorded on the recording medium; An interface unit provided on the main body to receive a user input signal from an external input device for selecting a function supported by the video / audio / text recording / playback apparatus; And When a play list screen display request signal for the still image file and / or the sound file recorded in the storage device is received from the external input device, the play list screen is displayed, but the predetermined first area of the play list screen is displayed. When the folder name of the upper folder is displayed and the lower folder is displayed on the play list screen, when a selection signal for the lower folder is received, the still image file and / or the sound file recorded in the selected lower folder are arranged. And a main control unit for processing to display the folder name of the selected subfolder in a predetermined second area of the play list screen. The method of claim 1, And the predetermined first area in which the folder name of the upper folder is displayed and the predetermined second area in which the folder name of the selected lower folder are displayed are the same. The method of claim 1, And the storage device is a hard disk drive, the recording medium is a digital video disk, and the recording medium reproducing unit is a digital video disk player. Recorded in a storage device and a recording medium which is divided into an upper folder and at least one lower folder subordinate to the upper folder to store still image files and / or sound files in the upper folder and / or the at least one lower folder. A method of displaying a folder name of a video / audio / text recording / reproducing apparatus having a recording medium reproducing unit for reproducing an image / audio signal and outputting the same to a display apparatus, When a play list screen display request signal for the still image file and / or the sound file stored in the storage device is received, the play list screen is displayed, but the folder name of the upper folder is displayed in a predetermined first area of the play list screen. Displaying; And When the subfolder is displayed on the play list screen, when a selection signal for the subfolder is received, the still image file and / or the sound file recorded in the selected subfolder are arranged, and a predetermined second of the playlist screen is arranged. And displaying a folder name of the selected subfolder in an area. The method of claim 4, wherein The method of claim 4, wherein And the predetermined first area in which the folder name of the upper folder is displayed and the predetermined second area in which the folder name of the selected lower folder are displayed are the same. The method of claim 5, Wherein the storage device is a hard disk drive, the recording medium is a digital video disc, and the recording medium reproducing unit is a digital video disc player.