摘要:
When recording data on a medium where a certain data rate is required, an allocation manager in the player must allocate sections of the logical space (21) in such a way that the recording medium is efficiently filled and that an adequate data rate can be guaranteed even in the presence of defective ECC blocks (43,45). The allocation rules for the allocation manager are complex. The rules can be simplified by placing a lower limit on the size of an extent (42) and by increasing the size (41,44) of the extent depending on the number of defect ECC blocks in the extent.
摘要:
A multimedia optical disk that has data areas where video data are recorded and management information areas where a channel table in which a logical channel number and a physical channel number of sub-data are correlated with each other is recorded. The video data include time-varying image data and sub-data of a plurality of channels to be selectively reproduced together with the time-varying image data are recorded in an interleaving way. The sub-data is voice data or sub-video data. The logical channel number is a channel number allocated in common to the video data. The physical channel is a channel number used for physically identifying sub-data on the optical disk. This configuration allows sub-data to be systematically managed for the video data. For example, sub-data can be continuously reproduced for video data by, for example, avoiding designating the sub-data in a physical channel in no existence.
摘要:
A multimedia optical disc includes a lot of blocks each of which stores moving picture data, audio data, sub-picture data, and control information. Each piece of moving picture data, audio data, sub-picture data, and control information in the same block has the same reproduction time limit. Each piece of control information includes a mask flag indicating whether to mask a key interrupt requesting a special reproduction such as fast forward, the key interrupt being generated by the user by pressing a key on a remote controller and the like. The mask flag is effective for the key interrupt generated during the reproduction time limit stored in the control information.
摘要:
Congested rewriting in the same area is to be evaded to suppress the tendency towards occurrence of defective areas. When a stream 1 has been recorded, the last written address, representing the last written position, is stored. When recording a stream 2 next, recording is started directly following the position indicated by the last written address for the stream 1. The last written address, corresponding to the last address of the recording position, is stored. If the stream 2 is erased for recording a stream 3, recording is started not at a position directly following the last written address of the stream 1, but from a position directly following the last written address of the stream 2. When the stream 3 has reached the end of a recording area, the next following data is recorded as from a position directly following the stream 1.
摘要:
A multimedia optical disk for which a title producer coordinates a viewing/listening mode including a special reproduction at will. The optical disk has an object recording area which is divided into a plurality of sub-areas and a block is recorded in each sub-area. Each block contains one or more moving picture data and management information. The management information of each block only is effective for a reproducing device in the time zone defined in units of seconds in which the moving picture data belonging to the same block are reproduced and contains user operation limiting information representing whether or not user operation is limited in the effective time zone.
摘要:
The invention provides a recording apparatus and a reproduction apparatus that are able to prevent illegitimate use of contents. A recording medium stores therein a medium inherent number in the unrewritable area. The recording apparatus writes media key data and an encrypted content onto the recording medium. The media key data includes encrypted media keys generated by (i) for each of unrevoked reproduction apparatuses, encrypting a media key using a device key of the unrevoked reproduction apparatus respectively, and (ii) for each of revoked reproduction apparatuses, encrypting detection information using a device key of the revoked reproduction apparatus respectively. The reproduction apparatus decrypts the encrypted media key using a device key to generate a decryption media key, judges whether the decryption media key is the detection information or not, and prohibits the encrypted content recorded on the recording medium from being decrypted when having judged in the affirmative.
摘要:
With content management apparatus 110 serving as a copy origin and storage medium 120 as a copy target, the copy origin retains allowed copy count control information on content, and when the content is copied from the copy origin to the copy target, the allowed copy count control information retained at the copy origin before copy processing is updated in accordance with a predetermined rule to generate allowed copy count control information to be retained at the copy origin and allowed copy count control information to be retained at the copy target, and subsequent copy processing at the copy origin is done based on the allowed copy count control information retained at the copy origin, whereas subsequent copy processing on the content stored in storage medium 120 is done based on the allowed copy count control information stored in storage medium 120. In this way, it is possible to achieve content management which is easily understandable for users.
摘要:
A multimedia optical disk on which a plurality of objects including motion video data, audio data and sub-video data are recorded. Each of the objects is recorded over continuous small areas, and each small area (VOBU#400-VOBU#500 in the Figure) comprises a first sub-area for motion video data, a plurality of second sub-areas for audio data different from each other, a plurality of third sub-areas for sub-video data different from each other, and a fourth sub-area for management information for indicating to a reproducing apparatus a combination of audio data and sub-video data to be reproduced. This arrangement makes it possible to dynamically switch the reproduced outputs of audio data and sub-video data even during reproduction.
摘要:
A multimedia optical disc is provided. The multimedia optical disc includes a data area and a management information area. The data area stores a plurality pieces of video data. The management information area stores a channel table in which a plurality of logical channel numbers are respectively related to a plurality of physical channel numbers for each piece of video data. A piece of moving picture data and a plurality pieces of sub-data are interleaved in each piece of video data. The sub-data is either of audio data and sub-picture data as still pictures. The logical channel numbers are shared by pieces of video data. The physical channel numbers are used to physically identify the plurality pieces of sub-data. With this construction, it is possible to manage sub-data even when the sub-data is dealt with by a plurality pieces of video data.