Patent ID: 7929829

Claim:
A non-transitory information recording medium, which can be recorded by an information recording apparatus or which can be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus, on which one or a plurality of titles, each of which is a logically-grouped information unit, are recorded, said information recording medium comprising: an object data file for storing object data which constitutes a series of content information; a play list information file for storing one or more play list information including a plurality of item information which defines a reproduction sequence of the object data by a unit of item, each of the plurality of item information includes start time and the end time of the object data; an object information file for collectively storing object information which includes information for indicating address of a packet of the object data corresponding to each item; and a disc information file for storing a plurality of information groups including, as reproduction control information for controlling the reproduction of said object data file, (i) play list specification information, which is different from the play list information, for specifying one play list information stored in said play list information file, (ii) Pre command information which indicates a command to be executed before the reproduction based on the one play list information, and (iii) Post command information which indicates a command to be executed after the reproduction based on the one play list information, thereby allowing the same play list information to be specified by a plurality of play list specification information and allowing the same play list information to be combined with different Pre and Post commands, wherein each of the object data file, the play list information file, the object information file and the disc information file is collectively recorded into different area, respectively.