Patent ID: 7477833

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: generating means for generating ClipMark formed by a mark specifying a characteristic picture extracted from an input AV stream, as management information for supervising the AV stream, and for generating PlayListMark, formed by marks pointing to a picture optionally specified by a user, from a reproduction domain corresponding to a PlayList defining the combination of preset domains in said AV stream; and recording means for recording said ClipMark and PlayListMark as respective independent tables with a predetermined format on a recording medium, wherein the PlayList comprises a Real PlayList and a Virtual PlayList, the Real PlayList co-owning a stream portion referenced by the Real Playlist, the Virtual PlayList not co-owning a stream portion referenced by the Virtual PlayList, wherein the PlayList comprises a plurality of playback domains represented by a pair of an IN-point and an OUT-point on a time axis, and wherein the mark stored in the ClipMark of the Clip referenced by the PlayList is capable of being a reference when the PlayList is reproduced.