Patent ID: 8046341
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for reproducing metadata including information on material data in a storage medium, said information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory to store instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to control: determination means for determining whether metadata includes standard name space or non-standard name space, the standard name space being name space that is defined in advance; clip data editing means for detecting whether a non-standard name space determined by the determination means is recognizable, and if a detected non-standard name space is recognizable, then clip data editing means recognizes the unique items, described in the non-standard name space, as effective data, and if a detected non-standard name space is not recognizable, then the clip data editing means recognizes the unique items, described in the non-standard name space, as ineffective data, wherein the editing means reads the data, recognized as effective, and skips the data recognized as ineffective, and edits only the effective data, wherein the effective data and the ineffective data are items that compose a description corresponding to each frame; reproducing means for reproducing the ineffective data with the edited effective data, wherein said reproducing means to read data from, or write data to a removable non-transitory storage medium; and control means for transferring the ineffective data with the edited effective data.