Patent ID: 8139930
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory recording medium, comprising: a digital stream area in which a digital stream having a first video stream including a first-type Group of Pictures (GOP) and a second video stream including a second-type Group of Pictures (GOP) is recorded; and a map information area in which map information is recorded, the map information having an entry address and an entry time on a time axis of the digital stream for providing the reliable playback and stereoscopic viewing of moving pictures in the digital stream, the entry address showing a beginning of a GOP pair region in the digital stream area, wherein the GOP pair region has the first-type GOP and the second-type GOP, the first-type GOP is data having moving pictures to be played back from the entry time on the time axis of the digital stream, and the second-type GOP is data to be played back together with the first-type GOP to provide a user with a stereoscopic view of the digital stream, wherein the first-type GOP is divided into a plurality of packets and the second-type GOP is divided into a plurality of packets, the plurality of packets formed from the first-type GOP and the plurality of packets formed from the second-type GOP being multiplexed together, wherein a header packet of the plurality of packets formed from the first-type GOP precedes, on the digital stream, a header packet of the plurality of packets formed from the second-type GOP and the header packet of the plurality of packets formed from the second-type GOP precedes, on the digital stream, an end packet of the plurality of packets formed from the first-type GOP, and the entry address in the map information is represented as a packet number assigned to the header packet of the plurality of packets formed from the first-type GOP, and wherein each packet of the plurality of packets formed from the second-type GOP has information showing that the packet having the information carries the second video stream.