Patent ID: 8189033
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback device for playing back a non-transitory recording medium on which playlist information and a plurality of elementary streams are recorded, the playlist information including a basic stream selection table and an extension stream selection table, wherein the basic stream selection table showing a list of elementary streams that are to be played back in a monoscopic playback mode, and including stream numbers of the elementary streams, the extension stream selection table showing a list of elementary streams that are to be played back in a stereoscopic playback mode, and including stream numbers of the elementary streams that are to be played back in the stereoscopic playback mode, a dependent view video stream shown in the extension stream selection table being used in combination with a corresponding base view video stream shown in the basic stream selection table in the stereoscopic playback mode, and a stream number of the dependent view video stream being identical to a stream number of the corresponding base view video stream, the playback device comprising: a reading unit operable to read out sequentially a plurality of packets stored in the stream file; a demultiplexing unit operable to demultiplex packets with predetermined packet identifiers, from among the plurality of packets read out by the reading unit; and a decoder operable to decode the packets demultiplexed by the demultiplexing unit, wherein in the stereoscopic playback mode, the demultiplexing unit uses, in the demultiplexing of the packets, packet identifiers indicated by stream entries associated with the stream numbers, among the list of elementary streams shown in the extension stream selection table.