Patent ID: 8503868
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording, onto a recording medium, at least AV data and associated data which is associated with the AV data, the AV data and the associated data constituting a scene to be reproduced at the same time, the method comprising: a first step of dividing the AV data into partial AV data in accordance with a predetermined rule, and of dividing the associated data into partial associated data in accordance with a predetermined rule; a second step of recording, onto the recording medium, the partial AV data and the partial associated data by alternately disposing the partial AV data and the partial associated data, which are to be reproduced at the same time; a third step of recording, onto the recording medium, file system management information for managing information for handling as different files the AV data and the associated data both recorded in the second step; a fourth step of recording an AV data management information file for managing the AV data and an associated data management information file for managing the associated data; and a fifth step of recording, onto the recording medium, a program information file for associating the AV data with the associated data for handling as a single content the AV data and the associated data both recorded in the second step, wherein: the file system management information includes position information of the partial AV data arranged in an order of reproducing the partial AV data, and position information of the partial associated data arranged in an order of reproducing the partial associated data; the program information file includes a filename of the AV data management information file, a filename of the associated data management information file, and a time stamp indicating a start time of the scene; the AV data management information file includes a time stamp indicating a start time of a respective video unit which is a constituent of the scene and can be an entry point for reproduction of the AV data; and the associated data management information file includes a time stamp indicating a start time of a respective video unit which is a constituent of the scene and can be an entry point for reproduction of the associated data.