Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing program, and recording medium

A reproducing method for reproducing content data recorded on a recording medium, the reproducing method comprising the steps of:

• reading from the recording medium video data, audio data reproducing in accordance with the video data, and an information that indicates whether the video data and the audio data have been recorded as a multiplexed file or as independent files;
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• reproducing the video data and the audio data that are read in the reading step in accordance with the information that is read in the reading step.

A reproducing apparatus for reproducing content data recorded on a recording medium, the reproducing apparatus comprising:

• a reader configured to read from the recording medium video data, audio data reproduced in accordance with the video data, and an information that indicates whether the video data and the audio data have been recorded as a multiplexed file or independent files;
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• a controller configured to reproduce the video data and the audio data that are read by the reader.

A recording medium on which a reproducing program that can be read by a computer device has been recorded, the reproducing program causing the computer device to execute a reproducing method comprising the steps of:

• reading from the recording medium video data, audio data reproduced in accordance with the video data, and an information that represents whether the video data and the audio data have been recorded as a multiplexed file or as independent files;
• and
• reproducing the video data and the audio data that are read in the reading step in accordance with the information that is read in the reading step.

A recording medium on which content data has been recorded,

• wherein video data, audio data reproduced in accordance with the video data, and an information have been recorded on the recording medium, the information indicating whether the video data and the audio data have been recorded as a multiplexed file or as independent files, and
• wherein the video data and the audio data that are read in the reading step are reproduced in accordance with the information that is read in the reading step.