Patent ID: 8301017

Claim:
A playback apparatus for performing Picture in Picture playback using primary video streams and secondary video streams in accordance with playlist information, the playback apparatus comprising: a reading unit operable to read out primary video streams and secondary video streams from a recording medium; and a composing unit operable to realize a Picture in Picture by composing pictures represented by the secondary video streams with pictures represented by the primary video streams; wherein the play list information defines a playback section for each of a plurality of video streams, and includes main-path information, sub-path information, and metadata, the main-path information defines main playback sections for primary video streams among the plurality of video streams, the sub-path information defines sub playback sections for secondary video streams among the plurality of video streams, and includes synchronization information, the metadata is used for the Picture in Picture and composed of data blocks each corresponding to any one of the main playback sections, each data block including a header and an entry, each header includes a reference to a corresponding one of the secondary video streams, a reference to a corresponding one of the main playback sections, and a trick playback enable flag, each entry defines a time stamp indicating time to compose a screen, horizontal and vertical coordinates of a secondary video used for composing the screen, and a scale rate of the secondary video, each trick playback enable flag shows an intention of a content provider on whether a window for the Picture in Picture is to be left open or to be closed, and the playback apparatus performs trick playback of a primary video stream in accordance with an operation of a user, and when a data block corresponding to a current main playback section includes a trick playback enable flag showing that a window is to be closed, closes a window for the secondary video after trick playback starts.