Patent ID: 7747136

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus to reproduce data from a recording medium having a first region, a second region, and a third region, comprising: a pickup to read at least one still picture from the first region, at least one additional audio data from the second region and which corresponds to the read one still picture, and to read from the third region information indicating a connectivity between still pictures including the read one still picture in the first region and additional audio data in the second region; and a controller which controls the pickup to read the at least one still picture, the at least one additional audio data, and the information, manages the read at least one additional audio data at a group level according to at least one additional audio group information which arranges the one additional audio data including the read at least one additional audio data into an additional audio group according to the read information from the third region, determines the connectivity between the read at least one still picture and the read at least one additional audio data according to the read information, determines from the one additional audio group information a start position of the additional audio group and sizes of each additional audio data in the additional audio group, and reproduces the read at least one still picture and the read at least one additional audio data according to the determined connectivity, start position, and sizes.