Reproduction control method and reproducing apparatus

摘要

The present invention has been made to reproduce data such as video or sound while preventing a video image from being reproduced in a discontinuous manner with respect to a previously reproduced still image in a reproducing apparatus that reproduces a video image and still image that operate in accordance with time information for synchronous reproduction and that have been recorded on a recording medium according to a recording system in which the data size corresponding to one frame is variable. When the reproducing apparatus operates in accordance with time information for synchronous reproduction to reproduce a video image and still image recorded in a recording medium according to a recording system in which the size of data corresponding to one frame is variable, the recording medium is stopped or reversely driven after all the data of the last bank have been picked up or after the reproduction position on the tape has passed over the last bank at the time when the operation mode of the reproducing apparatus is switched from video image reproduction mode to still image reproduction mode.