Method of recording and reproducing information on a video disk utilizing table of contents data

A method of recording and reproducing information on a video disk having a program area and a lead-in area, in which a plurality of frames are arranged in a circular direction, comprising the steps of:

• recording a video signal on the program area of the video disk;
• recording table-of-contents data, to control reproduction of the recorded video signal, on each of the plurality of frames in the lead-in area of the video disk, said table-of-contents data including at least chapter number information and frame number information for all chapter numbers and frame numbers of the recorded video signal in the program area and having a data structure which is completed in each of said plurality of frames in the lead-in area and the table-of-contents data is identically repeated in each of said plurality of frames adjacent to each other;
• reading the table-of-contents data from one of the plurality of frames and storing the read table-of-contents data before reproducing the video signal;
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• performing chapter number search and frame number search on the basis of the stored table-of-contents data, to reproduce the video signal from the program area.