Patent ID: 7302166
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a procedure for controlling a computer to play back a storage medium storing one or more still pictures and still picture group management information for managing one or more still pictures as a still picture group, said procedure comprising the steps of: reading out said still picture management information from said still picture group management information in said storage medium, wherein said still picture group management information is classified into types of still picture management information including: a first type of still picture management information on a still picture with no audio to be reproduced in synchronism with the reproduction of the still picture, a second type of still picture management information on a still picture with only an original audio recorded substantially at the same time the still picture was recorded, a third type of still picture management information on a still picture with only a post-recorded audio added to the still picture already recorded, and a fourth type of still picture management information on a still picture with both of the original audio and a post-recorded audio added to the still picture already recorded, and said still picture management information has a data size designated by said type; specifying a recording position of the still picture corresponding to said still picture management information based on storing order of the read out still picture management information in said still picture group management information; and playing back the still picture in the specified recording position.