AUDIO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD

An audio reproduction apparatus which reproduces an audio file including a header section and a data section, the header section containing position information for each unitary data, the data section containing a plurality of unitary data, said audio reproduction apparatus comprising: a reception unit operable to receive a special reproduction direction, the direction being given to repeat the partial reproduction and the partial skip of the data contained in the audio file in order; a calculation unit operable to calculate addresses of the plural pieces of data to be partially reproduced, by reading and interpreting the header of the audio file, when the special reproduction direction is received; a storage unit operable to store a special reproduction table in a memory, the special reproduction table containing the calculated addresses, the special reproduction table not containing addresses of data to be skipped; and a special reproduction unit operable to perform the special reproduction based on the addresses stored in the special reproduction table, wherein said special reproduction unit is operable to start the special reproduction, after completion of the calculation to an end of the data section by said calculation unit when the special reproduction is fast-forward reproduction, and is operable to start the special reproduction after completion of the calculation to a starting point of the data section by said calculation unit when the special reproduction is fast-reverse reproduction.