Video content viewing apparatus

A video navigation viewing apparatus that executes display functions that are video navigation functions concerning a video content, comprising:

• a user interface which displays information showing the video contents and information showing the plural video navigation functions which can be executed to the video contents, and allows a user to designate the video contents and the video navigation function executed to the video contents;
• a memory unit which acquires the video contents designated through the user interface together with metadata to execute video navigation functions from an external device and stores them;
• a metadata analysis unit which selects the video navigation function designated through the user interface and analyzes the acquired metadata;
• and
• a navigation unit which executes the selected video navigation function according to an analysis result provided from the metadata analysis unit
• wherein the metadata analysis unit stores a metadata description rule set for each of the plural video navigation functions in advance, and
• the metadata analysis unit includes a metadata verification unit which refers to the metadata description rule set for the selected video navigation function, verifies completeness of the metadata of the selected video navigation function based on the metadata description rule and corrects/complements an incomplete portion of the metadata,
• wherein the plural video navigation functions include highlight playback, scene search, relevant information retrieval, message management, scene comment, image contents synthesis by specific theme and rule base function control of the video contents, and the video navigation functions are designatable through the user interface.