Storage medium storing catalog information and apparatus and method for playing back catalog information

A playback apparatus to perform a playback operation on a storage medium in which audio data, catalog information related to the audio data, and catalog playback information connecting the audio data and the catalog information to each other during playback are recorded, the playback apparatus comprising:

• storing means for storing the catalog information and additional information relating to the audio data;
• a video decoder which decodes the catalog information and the additional information, to generate a restored image;
• an audio decoder which decodes the audio data, to generate restored audio signals;
• and
• a controller to which controls playback of the catalog information corresponding to a selection of a user and the catalog playback information.

A playback apparatus to perform a playback operation on a storage medium in which audio data, catalog information related to the audio data, and catalog playback information connecting the audio data and the catalog information to each other during playback are recorded, the playback apparatus comprising:

• a decoding unit to decode the audio data and the catalog information using the catalog playback information;
• a storage device to store the catalog information of the audio data which is to be played back;
• and
• a controller to control the decoding unit and the storage device, so as to simultaneously decode the audio data to be played back and the catalog information corresponding to the audio data to be played back in accordance with the catalog playback information.