Patent ID: 8155502

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for performing editing control of one or more audio-video streams, comprising: an editing control unit configured to edit an attribute definition file that defines attributes of an audio-video stream, and a playlist formed of a plurality of pieces of playback section data that specify a playback section of the audio-visual stream at a play start point and at a play end point; and a deletion/editing unit configured to perform a deletion/editing process on a piece of the playback section data of a relevant deletion section in response to a deletion/editing instruction from a user, wherein each piece of playback section data includes a specification of a connection condition with a previous piece of playback section data, the connection condition indicating whether seamless play is possible, each attribute definition file includes a specification of a connection condition with a next piece of playback section data, the connection condition indicating whether seamless play is possible, and the editing control unit is configured to determine whether or not the connection condition of the piece of playback section data to be deleted by the deletion/editing unit indicates that seamless play is possible, and if it is determined that seamless play is possible, to correct the specification of the connection condition of an attribute definition file corresponding to the next piece of playback section data to indicate that seamless play is not possible.