Patent ID: 6308005
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information recording method of recording a video file and a management file on an information storage medium, the video file including video data which includes at least one program, the management file including video management information for use in managing the video data in the video file, the information recording method comprising steps of:storing video object units (VOBUs) in the video file, each of the video object units configured to store packs, each pack having a predetermined byte value, and corresponding to data constituting the video data, at least one of said video object units having a lead VOBU pack as a first one of the packs; andstoring reference information in the lead VOBU pack,wherein the reference information includes time information in said lead VOBU pack, and the time information indicates a date at which recording of the video object unit having the lead VOBU pack is performed, the date being expressed by at least year, month, day, hour, minute, and second.