Patent ID: 8164990
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording at least content data and reproduction control information for controlling reproduction of the content data on a recording medium and reproducing the data recorded on the recording medium, the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a recording unit which records content data on a recording medium; a reproducing unit which reproduces the data from the recording medium; and a control unit which makes a control to generate, with respect to the content data recorded on the recording medium, a clip information file that includes clip information indicating attribute information on the content data, a PlayList file that includes a PlayList for calling the clip information, an object file that includes an object indicating a method for reproducing the content data for calling the PlayList, and an index file that includes an index table in which a title of calling the object is to be described, and which controls recording by the recording unit and reproduction by the reproducing unit, wherein the control unit controls the recording unit so as to, in response to recording of the content data on the recording medium, generate a table for storing information that indicates the titles to which the PlayList files belong at the time of generation of the PlayList files in the sequential order of recording the PlayList files with respect to a respective one of the PlayList files in a Table of PlayLists entry in the table, and further the Table of PlayLists entry including a field Number of PlayLists indicating a number of playlists in the table, the field Number of PlayLists including a subfield indicating title IDs of the titles to which the PlayList belongs, and to record the clip information file, the PlayList file, the object file, the index file, and the table on the recording medium, and when at the time of reproducing the content data from the recording medium by the reproducing unit, an arrangement of the titles on the index table, read out from the recording medium, does not correspond to an arrangement of information stored in the table and indicating the titles on the PlayList file other than the PlayList file for reproducing a menu, the control unit controls reproduction of the PlayLists included in the PlayList file to be performed in response to the arrangement of the titles on the index table.