A video editing device 100 includes a partial digest generation unit 102 acquiring first scene specification information, selecting, from a selection table, one or more pieces of identification information in correspondence with a piece of situation information included in the acquired first scene specification information, extracting one or more pieces of the second scene specification information each specifying a second scene matching a type identified by the selected one or more pieces of the identification information and having a storage time closest to the storage time of the first scene. The video edit device also includes a whole digest generation unit 104 extracting, based on the first scene specification information and the extracted one or more pieces of the second scene specification information, the first scene and the specified one or more second scenes from the video stream, and reproducing the extracted scenes.