Playback apparatus, playback method, and program

A playback method of playing back a plurality of pieces of content according to a predetermined playback order by sequentially selecting chapters included in the plurality of pieces of content as playback targets, the playback method comprising the steps of:

• checking, according to an operation by a user specifying, as a new playback target, a chapter in either a backward direction or a forward direction of a chapter currently selected as a playback target, whether the chapter specified by the user exists in a piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target;
• determining, as a new playback target, the chapter specified by the user if it is determined that the chapter specified by the user exists in the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target;
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• determining, as a new playback target, a chapter included in a piece of content corresponding to the chapter specified by the user among pieces of content that are to be played back according to the playback order before or after the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target, if it is determined that the chapter specified by the user does not exist in the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target.

A program for causing a computer to execute processing for playing back a plurality of pieces of content according to a predetermined playback order by sequentially selecting chapters included in the plurality of pieces of content as playback targets, the processing comprising the steps of:

• checking, according to an operation by a user specifying, as a new playback target, a chapter in either a backward direction or a forward direction of a chapter currently selected as a playback target, whether the chapter specified by the user exists in a piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target;
• determining, as a new playback target, the chapter specified by the user if it is determined that the chapter specified by the user exists in the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target;
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• determining, as a new playback target, a chapter included in a piece of content corresponding to the chapter specified by the user among pieces of content that are to be played back according to the playback order before or after the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target, if it is determined that the chapter specified by the user does not exist in the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target.

A playback apparatus that plays back a plurality of pieces of content according to a predetermined playback order by sequentially selecting chapters included in the plurality of pieces of content as playback targets, the playback apparatus comprising:

• a checking unit configured to check, according to an operation by a user specifying, as a new playback target, a chapter in either a backward direction or a forward direction of a chapter currently selected as a playback target, whether the chapter specified by the user exists in a piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target;
• a first determining unit configured to determine, as a new playback target, the chapter specified by the user if it is determined that the chapter specified by the user exists in the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target;
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• a second determining unit configured to determine, as a new playback target, a chapter included in a piece of content corresponding to the chapter specified by the user among pieces of content that are to be played back according to the playback order before or after the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target, if it is determined that the chapter specified by the user does not exist in the piece of content including the chapter currently selected as the playback target.