To provide a digital broadcasting recording and reproducing device capable of starting fast reproduction from the desired scene of recorded digital broadcasting.
This recording and reproducing device is provided with a digital data storing part 103 capable of random access, which records digital data of a digital broadcasting program, a scene varying position detecting part 102 detecting the varying position of each scene within the program of digital broadcasting at the time of recording digital data of the program, a scene varying position storing part 104 recording information on this scene varying position, a program searching part 105 receiving input data deciding one selection of respective scene varying positions and outputting digital data from a selected scene varying position from the part 103 through the use of information on the scene varying position and a decoding part 106 decoding video data and voice data of a program outputted from the part 103.