Patent ID: 8849091

Claim:
A transport stream reproduction device for reproducing a transport stream recorded in data units on a recording medium, comprising: reproduction means for reproducing; calculating means for calculating an address corresponding to a designated reproduction start position designated by an entry point map listing, the map listing corresponding to a transport packet which contains an entry point; and a controller configured to control said reproduction section so that a read-out of transport packets starts from the calculated address; wherein each data unit is comprised of a predetermined specified number of collected source packets in which each source packet includes a transport packet attached with a header, to constitute said transport stream, wherein said controller further controls the reproduction section to acquire an entry point map from said recording medium, compare a presentation time stamp (PTS) listed in said entry point map with said designated reproduction start position, and search entry points adjacent to said designated reproduction start position, and said calculating means calculates an address of a transport packet corresponding to said entry points.