Patent ID: 7536087

Claim:
A method of recording a still picture and associated audio data onto a recording medium, comprising the steps of: (a) recording still pictures onto the recording medium, and grouping the recorded still pictures based on their attributes information; (b) creating management information segments, each of the segments having one-to-one relationship with each still-picture group, and writing the management information segments onto the recording medium, wherein the management information segment includes a name of a file that includes the recorded still pictures, and the attribute information of the still pictures for the corresponding still-picture group, and wherein the management information segment is created for each play item being a sub unit of a play list which defines a playback sequence of the recorded still pictures and associated audio data, and wherein the playback sequence of the still picture is conducted by retrieving the play item in the play list; and (c) recording the associated audio data onto the recording medium, wherein the associated audio data are recorded into a separated file different from the file in which the still pictures are recorded.