Recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium

A method of reproducing a recording medium, comprising the steps of:

• (a) determining whether there is at least one file including additional information for moving picture data on the recording medium;
• (b) selecting link information linking said at least one link information file with at least one section of moving picture data based on the determination result, reading the selected link information from the recording medium, and storing the read link information into storage means other than the recording medium;
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• (c) searching for an additional information file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data with reference to the stored link information, and outputting contents of the found additional information file together with moving picture data.

An apparatus of reproducing a recording medium, comprising:

• a data pickup reading data recorded on the recording medium;
• a data storage for storing link information, read by said data pickup, linking at least one file, which includes additional information about moving picture data recorded on the recording medium, with moving picture data;
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• a controller searching for an additional information file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data based on the link information stored in said data storage, and having contents of the found additional information file presented.