Patent ID: 8275236

Claim:
An information-processing device, comprising: recording control means for controlling a recording means to record a plurality of types of content-data items to be recorded onto at least one predetermined recording medium in a first predetermined format; determination means configured to determine whether or not the plurality of types of content-data items recorded onto the recording medium by the recording means includes at least one content-data item for which reproduction is inhibited for a reproduction device because the reproduction device supports a second predetermined format; and notification means configured to make a notification according to a predetermined method when the determination means determines that the content-data item for which reproduction is inhibited is included, the notification indicating details on the determination, wherein the recording control means controls the recording means to write information about a notification indicating that the content-data item for which reproduction is inhibited is included onto the recording medium when recording the content-data item for which reproduction is inhibited for the reproduction device onto the recording medium, and when the plurality of types of content-data items are distributed and recorded onto a plurality of the recording mediums, the notification means makes a notification which allows for differentiating between the recording medium including the content-data item for which reproduction is inhibited for the reproduction device and the recording medium including the content-data item that can be reproduced by the reproduction device.