Patent ID: 6788876
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A data editing method using an information recording medium in which data is recorded, wherein:the data includes AV data which is recorded/reproduced by blocks of sectors and includes a plurality of AV data portions, the AV data portions each corresponding to one of the sectors and having time information; and the data area includes first and second continuous areas, each of the first area and the second area including a plurality of the sectors for recording a plurality of the AV data portions, the data editing method comprising: a first step of reading out a leading sector and a last sector of each of the continuous areas so as to obtain first time information corresponding to the leading sector and second time information corresponding to the last sector; a second step of reading out an edition point sector corresponding to a predetermined edition point so as to obtain third time information corresponding to the edition point sector; and a third step of determining whether or not the AV data is continuously reproducible based on a size of the first and second continuous areas, the first time information, the second time information, and the third time information.