Information processing apparatus, information editing apparatus, information processing system, playback apparatus, playback system, method therefor, program therefor, and recording medium storing the program

Content information in a recording medium or HD mounted on an information processing apparatus (400) is recorded in an external medium mounted on the apparatus (400). The external medium is mounted on a portable information editing apparatus (300), and the content information is reproduced by a terminal display apparatus and/or a terminal speaker apparatus. Based on the reproduction, data area of the content information to be reproduced by the apparatus (400) is set and edited using a terminal input section, and edited script information is generated and recorded in the external medium. The external medium is mounted on the apparatus (400) again, and the edited script information is received by the instruction information receiving section and recorded in the recording medium or the HD. The content information can be reproduced as a content edited by the portable information editing apparatus (300), thus the editing is executed easily and effectively.