Patent ID: 7515814
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing video data and audio data that are paired as growth rings, each growth ring corresponding to a reproduction time zone for a unit reproduction duration, the reproducing apparatus comprising: first storing means for storing audio data read from the disc-shaped recording medium for the unit reproduction duration; and second storing means for storing audio data, the audio data being read as samples from the second storing means, wherein audio data stored in the first storing means is transferred for the unit reproduction duration to the second storing means such that any gaps in the audio data are removed and the audio data stored in the second storing means appears as a continuous sequence of audio samples, and such that the audio data stored in the second storing means can be reproduced at a non-normal reproduction speed with audible discontinuity occurring only at points where audio programs interface, wherein data is recorded on said disc-shaped recording medium in the form of allocation units and each of said allocation units has an amount of data that is equal to the amount of data in multiple reproduction duration units.