Patent ID: 8401376
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a receiver device operable to receive a digital stream, which is a multiplex of a video stream and an audio stream; an input device operable to receive a first entry point representing a starting point of a playback of the digital dream, the first entry point being defined by a user; an analyzer operable to automatically produce, during a monitoring of the digital stream, a second entry point representing a change point at which an attribute of the digital stream changes; a control device operable to generate management information; and a drive device operable to record the generated management information and the digital stream onto a recording medium, wherein the management information includes: wherein the playback path information contains the first entry point together with first type information, wherein the stream management information contains the second entry point together with second type information, and wherein the stream management information, where the second entry point is contained, further contains a time map which is a table for converting tome domain information to address domain information, the time map being used for both the first entry point and the second entry point.