READING APPARATUS, READING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A reading apparatus for reading data from a digital versatile disc (DVD) generates information indicating a plurality of predetermined portions of content stored on the digital versatile disc, based on navigation information of the DVD on which the content is recorded. A storage reads the predetermined portions from the DVD based on the generated information and stores the predetermined portions on a storage medium. A reading control section controls reading of data from the DVD and the storage medium so that the data of the predetermined portions stored on the storage medium is read and data subsequent to the data read from the storage medium is read from the DVD if reading of the data of the content is requested.