Video recording/playback apparatuses has the problem that specified thumbnail images are not displayed while specifying unwanted portions so that contents cannot be checked while specifying those sections. A video recording/playback apparatus of the present invention including a section specifier unit that specifies a desired section of video data recorded on a recording medium and a screen generator that generates information for displaying a reduced scale screen representing the specified section. When plural sections are specified by the section specifier unit, the screen specifier unit generates information for displaying position and length information on plural sections that have been specified or a reduced scale screen for the plural specified sections.