Patent ID: 8145032
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing information for managing reproduction of video data, comprising: providing management information including a metadata indicator for indicating whether or not metadata set exists in a specific stream including the metadata indicator, the metadata set being a set of metadata and an additional information describing the video data, and a linking information for associating the metadata set with the video data, wherein the metadata indicator includes one of a first metadata indicator value indicating that the metadata set associated with the video data does not exist in the specific stream and a second metadata indicator value indicating that the metadata set associated with the video data exists in the specific stream, wherein the metadata indicator is a flag, and wherein the management information is used differently depending on whether a single metadata set is associated with plural video data or plural metadata sets are associated with a single video data.