A system for storing information representing at least one data item selected for playback from a plurality of data items recorded on a recording medium. The system includes playing back one of the plurality of recorded data items for a predetermined period of time at a fast playback speed which is greater than a normal playback speed used during normal playback of a data item to determine if the data item being played back at the fast playback is to be subsequently played back at the normal playback speed, storing information representing the data item being played back in a memory only if the played back data item is to be subsequently played back at the normal playback speed, and repeating the playing back and storing for each of the plurality of recorded data items so that information representing each of the plurality of recorded data items which is to be subsequently played back at the normal playback speed is stored in the memory.