Patent ID: 7340150
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording, on a storage medium, digital video information obtained by coding a digital video signal using motion compensation prediction, said digital video information comprising intra-coded I-picture data, predictive-coded P-picture data and bidirectionally predictive-coded B-picture data: said digital video information comprising video data units, each of said video data units comprising a sequence of said I-picture data, said P-picture data and said B-picture data, wherein each of said video data units has a control data packet containing control information for reproducing said digital video information, said control data packet preceding I-picture data of a corresponding video data unit, wherein said control information includes a start address of a previous video data unit and a next video data unit, and address information identifying an end of said I-picture data contained in the corresponding video data unit, wherein a reproducing apparatus accesses said control data packet during playback operation and uses said control information included in said control data packet for reproducing said digital video information.