Patent ID: 7327940

Claim:
A recording method using an information recording medium which comprises, a first area storing a still picture video file, said still picture video file including a still picture VOB group; and a second area storing a video recording manager information file, said video recording manager information file including navigation data, wherein said navigation data includes RTR video manager information, a still picture AV file information table, original PGC information, and a user defined PGC information table, said still picture AV file information table includes still picture AV file information, said still picture AV file information includes still picture VOB group information for said still picture VOB group, said still picture VOB group information includes one or more still picture VOB entries, said user defined PGC information table includes one or more pieces of user defined PGC information, each piece of user defined PGC information corresponding to each user defined PGC, said original PGC information or one piece of said user defined PGC information includes still picture cell information, said still picture cell information includes still picture cell general information, said still picture cell general information includes numeral information of start still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries and numeral information of end still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries, said RTR video manager information includes a play list search pointer table, said play list search pointer table includes one or more play list search pointers, number information of said play list search pointers, and end address information of said play list search pointer table, one of said play list search pointers corresponds to a play list, one of said play list search pointers includes numeral information corresponding to one of said user defined PGC, and said one of play list search pointers includes date information when said play list was created, primary text information, and numeral information of an item text search pointer, said method comprising: generating information of the still picture video file; recording the generated information of the still picture video file in the first area; generating information of the video recording manager information file; and recording the generated information of the video recording manager information file in the second area.