Patent ID: 6654901
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of reading multimedia information in which first information for which response time guarantee is important and second information for which reliability is important are read from a storage medium, with the first information and the second information mixed with each other, whereinmanagement of read time is performed on each of the first and second information; each of the first information and the second information is read in units of predetermined amounts; a maximum value of a read time for the unit of the predetermined amount is set to manage the read time; a plurality of error countermeasure processing methods are pre-defined for a condition in which an error occurs in information read out when reading the first or second information in units of predetermined amounts; and the method further comprising setting, upon reading the first or second information, one of the plurality of error countermeasure processing methods to be used if a read error occurs; wherein the plurality of error countermeasure processing methods comprises at least an instant interruption type, continuous read processing with an error report, and continuous read processing without an error report.