To provide a playlist generating apparatus for generating a user-preferable playlist by combining an arbitrarily created playlist independent of motion picture feature data with a playlist generated by the motion picture feature data.

The present invention relates to a playlist generating apparatus including a digest playlist generating means 2 for generating digest playlist data 7 by determining such a reproduction interval as to be settled within a playback time instructed by a user based on motion picture feature data 6 and a user playlist generating means 3 for fetching user playlist data 8 created while arbitrarily setting the reproduction interval thereto, wherein a user digest playlist generating means 4 is included which generates user digest playlist data 9 combining the reproduction interval information of the digest playlist data 7 and the reproduction interval information of the user playlist data 8.