Patent ID: 8634700

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for recording an AV stream representing continuous system time clock sequences separated by system clock discontinuities, Clip information, the Clip information operable to manage the AV stream, and PlayList information, the PlayList information operable to manage reproduction of the AV stream, the information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to generate (a) start address information for each of the continuous system time clock sequences in the AV stream, and (b) information correlating the system time clock information in said AV stream and data address information in said A/V stream; and circuitry configured to: record the AV stream as an AV stream file; record the information generated by the generating circuitry as a Clip information file, and record PlayList information as a PlayList file, wherein the AV stream file, Clip information file and PlayList file are each recorded independently on a recording medium, wherein the Clip information file corresponds to the AV stream file in a one-to-one relationship and wherein the PlayList file corresponds to one or more sets of the Clip information and the AV stream file.