Patent ID: 7266285
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing audio and/or video data on a recordable and/or rewriteable recording medium, comprising: a pickup to record and/or read at least one still picture on a first region of the recording medium; and a controller arranging still pictures in the first region into a number of groups so as to manage the still pictures at a group level, based on at least one still picture group information recorded and/or read on a second region of the recording medium, wherein said still picture group information includes at least one still picture information for the one still picture, with first virtual deletion information being included within the one still picture information, wherein the pickup records and/or reads a plurality of additional audio parts, on a third region of the recording medium, to be added to the still pictures, with the still picture group information further including information for connectivity between the still pictures in the first region and the additional audio parts in the third region, for reproduction of still pictures and/or corresponding additional audio parts by the apparatus for recording and/or reproducing audio and/or video data, and wherein if the first virtual deletion information is set to a virtual delete state, the one still picture is not reproduced upon playback of the recording medium, with the virtual deletion information being at least one flag.