Informatiion Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Recording Medium

An information processing method comprising:

• a reproducing step of reproducing at least a fraction of still pictures of a set of one or more of said still pictures, from a recording medium, having recorded thereon said set of the still pictures, the picture attribute information corresponding thereto, and the replay control information;
• and
• a control step of referring to said picture attribute information to control said reproducing step in accordance with said replay control information,
• said picture attribute information including the information supervising the respective still pictures of said set of the still pictures, and
• said replay control information including the information indicating a replay path formulated using said picture attribute information, said replay path specifying the replay of at least a fraction of the still pictures of said set of the still pictures.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method comprising:

• a reproducing step of reproducing at least a fraction of still pictures of a set of one or more of said still pictures, from a recording medium, having recorded thereon said set of the still pictures, the picture attribute information corresponding thereto, and the replay control information;
• and
• a control step of referring to said picture attribute information to control said reproducing step in accordance with said replay control information,
• said picture attribute information including the information supervising the respective still pictures of said set of the still pictures, and
• said replay control information including the information indicating a replay path formulated using said picture attribute information, said replay path specifying the replay of at least a fraction of the still pictures of said set of the still pictures.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• attribute information formulating means for formulating the picture attribute information supervising each still picture of one or more still pictures forming a set of still pictures;
• replay control information formulating means for formulating the replay control information indicating a replay path specifying replay of at least a fraction of the still pictures of said set of still pictures;
• recording means for recording said set of the still pictures, said picture attribute information corresponding thereto and the replay control information, on a recording medium;
• reproducing means for reading out and reproducing the still pictures from said recording medium;
• and
• controlling means for referring to said picture attribute information for controlling said reproducing means in accordance with said replay control information,
• said replay control information formulating means formulating said replay control information using said picture attribute information.

An information processing method comprising:

• an attribute information formulating step of formulating the picture attribute information supervising each still picture of one or more still pictures forming a set of still pictures;
• a replay control information formulating step of formulating the replay control information indicating a replay path specifying replay of at least a fraction of the still pictures of said set of still pictures;
• a recording step of recording said set of the still pictures, said picture attribute information corresponding thereto and the replay control information, on a recording medium;
• a reproducing step of reading out and reproducing the still pictures from said recording medium;
• and
• a controlling step of referring to said picture attribute information for controlling said reproducing step in accordance with said replay control information,
• said replay control information formulating step formulating said replay control information using said picture attribute information.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method comprising:

• an attribute information formulating step of formulating the picture attribute information supervising each still picture of one or more still pictures forming a set of still pictures;
• a replay control information formulating step of formulating the replay control information indicating a replay path specifying replay of at least a fraction of the still pictures of said set of still pictures;
• a recording step of recording said set of the still pictures, said picture attribute information corresponding thereto and the replay control information, on a recording medium;
• a reproducing step of reading out and reproducing the still pictures from said recording medium;
• and
• a controlling step of referring to said picture attribute information for controlling said reproducing step in accordance with said replay control information,
• said replay control information formulating step formulating said replay control information using said picture attribute information.