Patent ID: 7130531

Claim:
An optical disc which is readable by a reproduction apparatus, the reproduction apparatus being operable to read a table and perform a random access reproduction of a video object by referring to the table, the optical disc comprising: a data area; and a time map area, wherein the video objected is recorded in the data area, the video object including a plurality of data units, each of which contains at least one picture, wherein a first picture of each of the plurality of data units is an Intra Picture that can be separately reproduced by the reproduction apparatus, wherein the table which is readable by the reproduction apparatus, is recorded in the time map area, and includes recording addresses of the plurality of data units, the recording addresses corresponding to a plurality of reproduction times that belong to a period during which the video object is reproduced by the reproduction apparatus, each of the plurality of data units containing a picture to be reproduced at a corresponding one of the plurality of reproduction times, and wherein data sizes of the Intra Pictures in correspondence with the plurality of data units are recorded in the table.