Patent ID: 8270805

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device configured to record data onto a recording medium, the recording medium comprising: recorded AV data including a plurality of pictures divided into a plurality of clips and a plurality of PlayItems representative of a reproduction range corresponding to said plurality of clips; wherein a specific PlayItem includes connection information representative of a connection condition at least from a previous PlayItem to the specific PlayItem, and said connection information indicates an assured seamless play or a not assured seamless play, wherein said connection information depends on whether or not a reproducing apparatus needs to process data prior to the specific PlayItem that is not displayed to display a picture at the connection point by the specific PlayItem; and wherein said AV data can be accessed in accordance with said reproduction range information and said connection information, and a picture at a connection point indicated by the specific PlayItem can be decoded after a picture indicated by the previous PlayItem has been decoded, without processing the data that is not displayed if the connection information indicates the assured seamless play.