Patent ID: 7877688

Claim:
A method for processing image data comprising: recording AV stream data of one clip and a first play list designating a region to be reproduced of the AV stream data in the one clip; designating a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion of the AV stream data in the one clip recorded on the recording medium; generating a second play list indicating the first portion and the second portion in the one clip; changing the first play list so as to designate the AV stream data other than the first portion and the second portion in the one clip; reproducing the AV stream data other than the first portion and the second portion in the one clip if a reproduction of the first play list is instructed, and reproducing the AV stream data of the first portion and the second portion in the one clip if a reproduction of the second play list is instructed; and deleting the AV stream data of the first portion and the second portion in the one clip indicated in the second play list from the recording medium if a deletion of the second play list is instructed.