A reproducing apparatus, a reproducing method and the recording medium

The reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the recording and reproducing method is disclosed in accordance with the present invention. The reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes the AV data and the Java Media Framework (Java Media Framework) extended for controlling playback of the video data containing the reproduction information of the AV data. According to the above configuration of the invention as, in in reproducing the video data containing the reproduction information of the AV data and the AV data can be realized platform independent playback apparatus that can easily be applied on a variety of platforms.