Patent ID: 8195031

Claim:
A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium comprising: a video stream; and a plurality of pieces of copy control information, wherein the video stream contains video composed of a plurality of frame images, the plurality of pieces of copy control information indicates different restrictions on recording of a video signal that is converted from the frame images, the restrictions differing depending on quality levels at which the video signal is output, each quality level shows one of a resolution level and a frame interval of the frame images represented by the video signal, the plurality of pieces of copy control information includes a first piece of copy control information and a second piece of copy control information, the first piece of copy control information corresponding to a video signal representing either (i) material having the same frequency as that of NTSC or PAL and resolution equal to 1280×720 or higher or (ii) film material, and the second piece of copy control information corresponding to a video signal representing NTSC or PAL material, and the second piece of copy control information to a low resolution level indicates less strict restriction than restriction indicated by the first piece of copy control information.