Patent ID: 6493503
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G09B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A recording medium which is reproduced by a reproduction apparatus having a random access function to randomly access and reproduce data recorded on the recording medium comprising:a data region storing a plurality of video objects including video data; and an index region storing at least one set of reproduction order information, position information and flag information, the reproduction order information indicating a reproduction order of two or more of the video objects, the position information indicating positions in the data region of the two or more video objects indicated by the associated reproduction order information, the flag information indicating a reproduction mode of the two or more video objects indicated by the associated reproduction order information, wherein the flag information indicates one of a random mode and a sequential mode as the reproduction mode, the random mode being a mode in which at lest one of the two or more video objects is reproduced at random irrespective of the reproduction order, the sequential mode being a mode in which all of the two or more video objects are reproduced in accordance with the reproduction order.