Claims
- 1. A recording medium for storing video and audio data of an audiovisual moving picture, said video and audio data having a shot-by-shot format defining shots of said audiovisual moving picture, said shots each having one or more corresponding data frames of said video and audio data, said recording medium comprising:
- physical blocks, each of which has a respective leading end;
- shot identification data, for each of said shots, disposed at said respective leading end of a corresponding one of said physical blocks, said shot identification data indicating a number of said corresponding data frames disposed in said corresponding physical block;
- a respective frame start code for each of said corresponding data frames of said each shot, said respective frame start code being disposed adjacent said each corresponding data frame; and
- for said each data frame, an audio data type code disposed adjacent said audio data of said each frame, and a video data type code disposed adjacent said video data of said each frame;
- wherein said video and audio data of said each frame corresponds in time to a portion of said audiovisual moving picture.
- 2. A recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of said video data and said audio data comprise compressed data.
- 3. A recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said shots has a particular length.
- 4. A recording medium as claimed in claim 3, wherein said shot identification data indicates a length of said video data of said each shot.
- 5. A recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- each of said physical blocks has a predetermined number of bytes.
- 6. A recording medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein said each shot includes an idle region at a trailing end thereof so at said each shot has a length which is an integral multiple of said redetermined number of bytes.
- 7. A recording medium as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an index recording portion for storing at least information representative of a position on said recording medium where the leading end of said each shot and the leading end of said corresponding physical block coincide.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/225,457, filed Apr. 6, 1994, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 08/048,207, filed Apr. 20, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/603,054, filed Oct. 25, 1990, abandoned.
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Divisions (2)
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