Patent ID: 8265453
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback apparatus for executing playback of a subtitle stream in sync with a video stream recorded on a recording medium, the recording medium having recorded playable subtitle streams in sync with the video stream and PlayList information, the PlayList information including playback section information, a stream information table, and a display method flag, the playback section information defining a playback section with information indicating an IN time and an OUT time on a playback time axis of the video stream, the display method flag indicating whether control according to a stereoscopic subtitle display method is valid, and the stream information table specifying a pair of subtitle streams to be selected if the control according to the stereoscopic subtitle display method is valid during the playback section, the pair of subtitle streams being a subtitle stream for a right view and a subtitle stream for a left view, the playback apparatus comprising: