Method and apparatus for navigating through subtitles of an audio video data stream

Apparatus for navigating through subtitles of an audio/video data stream, comprising:

• means for playing back data units of said audio/video data stream, said data units including video, audio and subtitle data packets;
• means for storing access information of one or more played back data units together with subtitle information data of said played back data units, wherein the subtitle information data are the displayable part of the subtitle data packets of said played back data units;
• means for generating a displayed list of two or more of said stored subtitle information data, at the same time, where each stored subtitled information data corresponds to a respective played back data unit;
• means for detecting a selection from said list of one of said stored subtitle information data for which a display has been generated;
• means for retrieving the stored access information of the data unit corresponding to the selected subtitle information data;
• means for accessing said corresponding data unit using said retrieved access information;
• and
• means for playing back said accessed data unit.