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US 2012/0257873 A1Published application
Recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as recording medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsToshiya HAMADA, Motoki Kato
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Abstract
The invention provides a recording/reproduction apparatus and method as well as a recording medium wherein, when nondestructive editing is executed for an AV signal, the AV signal can be reproduced seamlessly without suffering from any interruption. Information representative of states (an A type, a C type, a D type, or an E type) of an IN point and an OUT point on a Clip, designated by a Playitem, of a Playlist in which at least more than one Playitems are arranged in the order of reproduction is described in a block Playitem( ).
Claims2
A recording medium for use with a recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- recorded AV data divided into a plurality of clips;
- reproduction range information representative of a range production of said plurality of clips, said reproduction range information including connection information representative of a connection condition between two clips, said connection information depends on whether a picture precedes a picture at a connection point or data of a picture follows the picture at the connection point;
- and,
- wherein the recording/reproducing apparatus accesses said AV data in accordance with said reproduction range information and said connection information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.