Patent ID: 6879773

Claim:
An information storage medium configured to have data recorded thereon and data reproduced therefrom by an information recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a data area configured to store bitstream data including a stream pack containing a stream packet; and a management area configured to store management information pertaining to the bitstream data, wherein, the stream packet includes an application header and an application packet area, the application packet area is filled with a sequence of application packets, each of the application packets being prefixed by a time stamp, and the application packet area including a partial application packet at a start position or at an end position of the application packet area, the partial application packet being formed by dividing one of the application packets on a boundary between the stream packet and an adjacent stream packet, a plurality of pairs of application timestamps and application packets are sequentially recorded after the partial application packet when the partial application packet is recorded at the start position of the application packet area, and the management information is used to access the bitstream data to renroduce the stream packet with the information recording/reproducing apparatus.