Signal encoding apparatus, audio data transmitting method, audio data recording method, audio data decoding method and audio disc

An audio data transmitting method, comprising the steps of:

• preparing audio data, audio manager information, audio title set information and table-of-contents (TOC) information;
• formatting the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information to arrange the audio data in an audio pack, to arrange the audio manager information in an area of an audio manager, to arrange the audio title set information in an area of an audio title set and to arrange the table-of-contents (TOC) information in an area reserved for copyright information which is arranged in a control data block formatted according to a DVD-ROM standard, in the audio pack, in the area of the audio manager, in a table-of-contents (TOC) file or in the area of the audio title set;
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• transmitting the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information through a transmission medium.

An audio data recording method, comprising the steps of:

• preparing audio data, audio manager information, audio title set information and table-of-contents (TOC) information;
• formatting the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information to arrange the audio data in an audio pack, to arrange the audio manager information in an area of an audio manager, to arrange the audio title set information in an area of an audio title set and to arrange the table-of-contents (TOC) information in an area reserved for copyright information which is arranged in a control data block formatted according to a DVD-ROM standard, in the audio pack, in the area of the audio manager, in a table-of-contents (TOC) file or in the area of the audio title set;
• transmitting the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information through a transmission medium;
• receiving the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information through the transmission medium;
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• recording the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information.

An audio data decoding method, comprising the steps of:

• preparing audio data, audio manager information, audio title set information, table-of-contents (TOC) information and a decoding program;
• formatting the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information, the table-of-contents (TOC) information and the decoding program to arrange the audio data in an audio pack, to arrange the audio manager information in an area of an audio manager, to arrange the audio title set information in an area of an audio title set and to arrange the table-of-contents (TOC) information in an area reserved for copyright information which is arranged in a control data block formatted according to a DVD-ROM standard, in the audio pack, in the area of the audio manager, in a table-of-contents (TOC) file or in the area of the audio title set;
• transmitting the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information, the table-of-contents (TOC) information and the decoding program through a transmission medium;
• receiving the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information, the table-of-contents (TOC) information and the decoding program through the transmission medium;
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• decoding the audio data, the audio manager information, the audio title set information and the table-of-contents (TOC) information according to the decoding program.

An audio data transmitting method, comprising the steps of:

• arranging audio data of a musical composition at an audio format as an audio file;
• arranging table-of-contents (TOC) information, which indicates a position of the audio data to play back the audio data from a top position of the musical composition, at a TOC format as a table-of-contents (TOC) file;
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• transmitting the audio data of the musical composition and the table-of-contents (TOC) information through a recording medium or a communication circuit to record the audio data arranged at the audio format and the table-of-contents (TOC) information arranged at the TOC format.