Abstract: Various kinds of digital broadcast recording and playback are supported even when PSI (Program Specific Information) or SI (Service Information) is unknown. A management area of an information storage medium used in digital broadcast recording has management information for each broadcast station, and also management information of a type that does not specify any broadcast station. The management information of the type that does not specify any broadcast station includes information indicating invalidity of information (PSI, SI) associated with broadcast contents.

Abstract: An embodiment may allow not only information management of contents which are to be recorded and played back by the user but also information management which has affinity for contents distributed by contents providers. An information storage medium may have a file structure that manages first high-definition video information which can be recorded by the user and second high-definition video information which can be provided by a contents provider. The management area is configured to include management information used to manage playback of the digital stream signal including the second high-definition video information.

Abstract: There is provided a system configured to prevent recording contents of various broadcasting schemes from being recorded together on a single recording medium while supporting various broadcasting schemes. An optical disc used here can record a digital stream complying with a predetermined digital broadcasting scheme and including specific information APP_NAME corresponding to a broadcasting scheme to be recorded. The broadcasting scheme to be recorded is checked. If another digital stream has already been recorded on the optical disc, its broadcasting scheme is detected from APP_NAME, and is compared with that of the stream to be recorded. If these broadcasting schemes are different, recording is aborted.

Abstract: A digital stream signal complying with MPEG-TS is handled as stream object ESOB. The ESOB is recorded in unit of stream object unit ESOBU which includes one or more pack/packet groups. Each pack/packet group has a pack/packet group header at its head position, and stores one or more TS packets after the pack/packet group header.

Abstract: A digital stream signal complying with MPEG-TS is handled as stream object ESOB. The ESOB is recorded in unit of stream object unit ESOBU which includes one or more pack/packet groups. Each pack/packet group has a pack/packet group header at its head position, and stores one or more TS packets after the pack/packet group header.

Abstract: To relatively simplify the apparatus arrangement while supporting many variations of streams to be processed, management information of a disc includes option support information that designates a combination of a base format and one or more options. An apparatus using this disc can specify predetermined types of decode formats on the basis of the contents of this option support information.

Abstract: To relatively simplify the apparatus arrangement while supporting many variations of streams to be processed, management information of a disc includes option support information that designates a combination of a base format and one or more options. An apparatus using this disc can specify predetermined types of decode formats on the basis of the contents of this option support information.

Abstract: To relatively simplify the apparatus arrangement while supporting many variations of streams to be processed, management information of a disc includes option support information that designates a combination of a base format and one or more options. An apparatus using this disc can specify predetermined types of decode formats on the basis of the contents of this option support information.

Abstract: To relatively simplify the apparatus arrangement while supporting many variations of streams to be processed, management information of a disc includes option support information that designates a combination of a base format and one or more options. An apparatus using this disc can specify predetermined types of decode formats on the basis of the contents of this option support information.

Abstract: There is provided a system configured to prevent recording contents of various broadcasting schemes from being recorded together on a single recording medium while supporting various broadcasting schemes. An optical disc used here can record a digital stream complying with a predetermined digital broadcasting scheme and including specific information APP_NAME corresponding to a broadcasting scheme to be recorded. The broadcasting scheme to be recorded is checked. If another digital stream has already been recorded on the optical disc, its broadcasting scheme is detected from APP_NAME, and is compared with that of the stream to be recorded. If these broadcasting schemes are different, recording is aborted.

Abstract: Various kinds of digital broadcast recording and playback are supported even when PSI (Program Specific Information) or SI (Service Information) is unknown. A management area of an information storage medium used in digital broadcast recording has management information for each broadcast station, and also management information of a type that does not specify any broadcast station. The management information of the type that does not specify any broadcast station includes information indicating invalidity of information (PSI, SI) associated with broadcast contents.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a recording medium in which a rewritable video manager and video objects are recorded, the video objects comprise video elementary streams defined in H.264, and the video manager includes information of the video objects having described therein a video object type in which a seamless flag and a seamless extension flag are described which show that the video objects are continuously and seamlessly reproduced for each of the video objects.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the invention allows identification of a data recording unit that does not include any reference picture and a data recording unit that includes a reference picture. Specifying information indicating whether or not a target object includes the data unit that does not include any reference picture or I-picture is provided in management information associated with that object.

Abstract: To attain a state in which data broadcast and broadcast related information can be easily recorded in a recording device and at the same time all or a part of the recorded data can be cut out for reuse. A first file 501 includes management data 505 for managing broadcast or the like. A separate file 502 includes time map data 506. A second file 503 includes normal broadcast 507, program linked data broadcast 508, independent data broadcast 509, and independent audio broadcast 510. The extraction data copied or cut from the second file is recorded in a third file 504 as MPEG video data 511, MPEG audio data 512, JPEG data 513, PNG data 514, MNG data 515, or BML data 516 in accordance with a type of the data. Editing, deletion, processing, and particular reproduction can be performed on the extraction data recorded in the third file by referring to the management data 505.

Abstract: A first file 401 includes management data 404. The data 404 describes management information units related to a plurality of transport streams 406 and 407 constituting a second file 403. A third file 402 includes only time map data 405 indicating the relationship between time and recording position of the transport stream 406 and does not include time map data related to the other transport stream 407. In this arrangement, multistream data, multichannel data, or full TS data is recorded as the transport stream 407. Accordingly, multistream recording or multichannel recording, and full TS recording can be easily realized in a video recorder for, e.g. a DVD.

Abstract: An information recording/reproduction apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes a first recording/reproduction unit configured to execute recording, reproduction, and deletion of information for a built-in first recording medium, a second recording/reproduction unit configured to execute recording and reproduction of information for a detachable second recording medium, a recording control unit configured to control to record a library information file, that contains a plurality of pieces of library information corresponding to a plurality of contents information recorded on the first and second recording media, on the first recording medium, and a deletion control unit configured to execute a process for deleting all pieces of library information contained in the library information file, and a process for deleting all pieces of contents information recorded on the first recording medium.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in order to add, to a standard, a mode that can generate management information in a manufacturer unique format, a data area of an information medium that records a digital stream signal using a format of the predetermined standard separately records data as a plurality of objects, and its management area records predetermined management information. The management information is configured to include information indicating recording in a management format unique to a manufacturer and information used to specify that manufacturer.

Abstract: A content recording apparatus includes a reading unit that reads, from a recording medium, a title key, a title content in plane text, an encrypted title content, an adjunct data, and a plain text adjunct data. The content recording apparatus further includes a playlist generating unit that generates a first playlist including the encrypted adjunct data and the plain text adjunct data, and generates a second playlist including only the plain text adjunct data. Each of the first playlist and the second playlist defines an order in which the title content as a playback target is to be played back. The content recording apparatus further includes a recording unit that records the first playlist and the second playlist onto the recording medium.

Abstract: In a recording medium in which a rewritable video manager and video objects are recorded, the video objects comprise video elementary streams defined in H.264, and the video manager includes information of the video objects having described therein a video object type in which a seamless flag and a seamless extension flag are described which show that the video objects are continuously and seamlessly reproduced for each of the video objects.

Abstract: A digital stream signal complying with MPEG-TS is handled as stream object ESOB. The ESOB is recorded in unit of stream object unit ESOBU which includes one or more pack/packet groups. Each pack/packet group has a pack/packet group header at its head position, and stores one or more TS packets after the pack/packet group header.