Patent ID: 6856759
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus for recording, on a recording medium, an audio video stream which is obtained by coding an audio video signal including an audio signal and a video signal, said apparatus comprising: a packing unit operable to perform packing to divide the audio video stream into plural streams corresponding to packs each having a predetermined size, and operable to output the audio video stream corresponding to each pack as pack data, said packs being data units for use in managing a recording position of the audio video stream on the recording medium; a recorder operable to record each pack data on the recording medium, as an access unit to the recording medium; and an attribute detector operable to detect an attribute relating to at least one of the video signal and the audio signal, and output attribute data indicating the attribute; and wherein, for each of said packs, said packing unit performs the packing such that a position in the audio video stream, where the attribute changes, is positioned at a head of the pack.