Patent ID: 6104861
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G09B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An encoding apparatus for encoding data streams of multiple types including video, audio and subtitle types of data streams, onto a record medium, a sequence of the data streams for each type constituting a respective video, audio and subtitle signal which combine into a video broadcast, said encoding apparatus comprising:encoding means for encoding said data streams of multiple types to be recorded on the record medium and recording said data streams on the record medium;address generating means for generating addresses at least for subtitle data streams pointing to a position where a respective subtitle data stream is to be recorded on the record medium; andaddress storing means for storing said addresses generated by said address generating means in a predetermined area of the record medium,wherein an event represented by video or audio data in the data streams can be located by searching the subtitle data streams associated with the respective video or audio data to be located.