Patent ID: 8315504
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A reproducing apparatus comprising: a reproducing unit configured to reproduce, from a storage medium, a plurality of movie data elements, a plurality of movie information files associated with and recorded for the plurality of movie data elements, and a playlist file that indicates order in which the plurality of movie data elements are reproduced, wherein each of the plurality of movie information files contains connection information that indicates a movie data element to be reproduced next to the movie data element associated with the movie information file and indicates that the next movie data element can be reproduced seamlessly; a control unit configured to control the reproducing unit on the basis of the plurality of movie information files and the playlist file reproduced by the reproducing unit, wherein, if it is indicated by the connection information that the next movie data element determined based on the order indicated by the playlist file can be reproduced seamlessly, the control unit controls the reproducing unit to reproduce the determined next image data element seamlessly; a restoring unit configured to create the playlist file on the basis of the connection information of each of the plurality of movie information files reproduced by the reproducing unit if the reproducing unit is unable to reproduce the playlist file; and a recording unit configured to record the playlist file created by the restoring unit on the recording medium.