Moving picture file playback method and apparatus

A moving picture file playback method and an apparatus thereof by playing back a specified section with referenced information are provided to replay a specified section easily, to use the memory of the moving picture file device efficiently and to supply the moving picture file information effectively with reference to the information stored in an index file. A moving picture file playback apparatus stores and replays multiple moving picture files. The moving picture file playback device generates and stores at least one index file(300) according to user's request, and provides more than one index file list. The moving picture file playback device detects an original file path(305) information included in the selected index file by a user among more than one pre-stored index files and searches the corresponding moving picture file. The moving picture file playback device replays and outputs the specified section corresponding to the start time(301) information and section information(303) included in the selected index file among the whole playback section of the searched moving picture files.