Patent ID: 8515260
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
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 stream, 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, wherein the stream management information contains the second entry point, wherein the first entry point is defined by a first type information table storing first type information, wherein the second entry point is defined by a second type information table storing the first type information, and wherein one of the first and second type information tables further stores second type information.