Claims
- 1. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area,
- said data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item, a third program information item and a fourth program information item,
- said second program information item following said first program information item and said third program information item following said second program information item,
- said fourth program information item containing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by said second program information item, said second program information item and said fourth program information item being recorded between said first and third program information items, data units forming said second program information item and said fourth program information item being alternatingly and continuously recorded, wherein
- when reproduction is to be switched from one of the second and fourth program information items to another of the second and fourth program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction of the other program information item starts from a head portion of a data unit of the other program information item.
- 2. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area,
- said data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item, a third program information item and a fourth program information item,
- said second program information item following said first program information item and said third program information item following said second program information item,
- said fourth program information item containing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by said second program information item, said second program information item and said fourth program information item being recorded between said first and third program information items, data units forming said second program information item and said fourth program information item being alternatingly and continuously recorded, wherein
- when reproduction is to be switched from one of the second and fourth program information items to another of the second and fourth program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction upon switching starts from a head portion of a data unit of a program information item next to the other program information item.
- 3. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, the data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item following the first program information item, and a third program information item representing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by the second program information item, the management area recording multi-scene configuration information showing that the second and third program information items are related to each other, the second and third program information items each being divided into data segments, related data segments of the second and third program information items being alternatingly and consecutively recorded in the recording medium after the first program information item, wherein when reproduction is to be switched from one of the second and third program information items to another of the second and third program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction of the other program information item starts from a head portion of a data unit of the other program information item.
- 4. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, the data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item representing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by the first program information item, and a third program information item following the first and second program information items, the management area recording multi-scene configuration information showing that the first and second program information items are related to each other, the first and second program information items each being divided into data segments, related data segments of the first and second program information items being alternatingly and consecutively recorded in the recording medium before the third program information item, when reproduction is to be switched from one of the first and second program information items to another of the first and second program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction of the other program information item starts from a head portion of a data unit of the other program information item.
- 5. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, the data area recording a first program information item and a second program information item representing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by the first program information item, the management area recording multi-scene configuration information showing that the first and second program information items are related to each other, the first and second program information items each being divided into data segments, related data segments of the first and second program information items being alternatingly and continuously recorded in the recording medium, wherein when reproduction is to be switched from one of the first and second program information items to another of the first and second program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction of the other program information item starts from a head portion of a data unit of the other program information item.
- 6. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, the data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item following the first program information item, and a third program information item representing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by the second program information item, the management area recording multi-scene configuration information showing that the second and third program information items are related to each other, the second and third program information items each being divided into data segments, related data segments of the second and third program information items being alternatingly and consecutively recorded in the recording medium after the first program information item, wherein when reproduction is to be switched from one of the second and third program information items to another of the second and third program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction upon switching starts from a head portion of a data unit of a program information item next to the other program information item.
- 7. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, the data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item representing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by the first program information item, and a third program information item following the first and second program information items, the management area recording multi-scene configuration information showing that the first and second program information items are related to each other, the first and second program information items each being divided into data segments, related data segments of the first and second program information items being alternatingly and consecutively recorded in the recording medium before the third program information item, wherein when reproduction is to be switched from one of the first and second program information items to another of the first and second program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction upon switching starts from a head portion of a data unit of a program information item next to the other program information item.
- 8. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, the data area recording a first program information item and a second program information item representing scenes simultaneously proceeding with scenes represented by the first program information item, the management area recording multi-scene configuration information showing that the first and second program information items are related to each other, the first and second program information items each being divided into data segments, related data segments of the first and second program information items being alternatingly and continuously recorded in the recording medium, wherein when reproduction is to be switched from one of the first and second program information items to another of the first and second program information items while the one program information item is being reproduced, reproduction upon switching starts from a head portion of a data unit of a program information item next to the other program information item.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/454,289, filed Jun. 15, 1995, and patented (U.S. Pat. No. 5,630,006) Jun. 16, 1998 and which is a PCT/JP93/01570 Oct. 29, 1993.
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