Patent ID: 6356703
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G09B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An optical disc which is reproduced by a reproduction apparatus having a random access function to randomly access and reproduce data recorded on the optical disc comprising:a data region for storing a plurality of video objects including video data; an index region for storing reproduction order information indicating a reproduction order of two or more of the video objects, position information indicating positions in the data region of all of the two or more video objects, and flag information indicating a reproduction mode of the two or more video objects in the reproduction order indicated by the reproduction order information, wherein the flag information indicates one of a random mode and a sequential mode as the reproduction mode, the random mode being a mode in which at least one of the two or more video objects is reproduced at random irrespective of the reproduction order, the sequential mode being a mode in which all of the two or more video objects are reproduced in accordance with the reproduction order, and wherein the flag information further indicates whether or not reproduction of the same one of the two or more video objects is allowed to be repeated when the random mode is indicated as the reproduction mode.