Optical disc, recording apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium

A recording apparatus, for use with an optical disc, said recording apparatus comprising:

• an input device operable to receive video data in a time series;
• a compression device operable to compress the received video data so as to generate a video object which includes a sequence of video object units;
• a writing device operable to write the video object onto the optical disc;
• and
• a controller operable to generate a first time table and a second time table, and to control said writing device to write the generated video object, the generated first time table, and the generated second time table onto the optical disc;
• wherein said controller is operable to generate the second time table so as to include a plurality of entries, each associated with a respective video object unit, and to include a reproduction time and a data size of the respective video object unit, and to generate the first time table so as to include addresses indicating storage positions of video object units corresponding to reproduction points that differ by a predetermined time unit that is longer than a maximum reproduction period of a video object unit and indicators for indicating which of the entries are associated with the video object units corresponding to the reproduction points.

A computer program embodied on computer readable medium for use with an optical disc, and for use with a computer that is operable to receive video data in a time series, compress the received video data to generate a video object which includes a sequence of video object units, and to write the generated video object onto the optical disk, said computer program comprising:

• generation instructions for instructing the computer to generate
• a first time table associated with the video object, and
• a second time table, associated with the video object, including a plurality of entries, each associated with a respective video object unit and including a reproduction time and a data size of the respective video object unit,
• wherein said generation instructions are operable to instruct the computer to generate said first time table so as to include addresses indicating storage positions of video object units corresponding to reproduction points that differ by a predetermined time unit that is longer than a maximum reproduction period of a video object unit, and indicators for indicating which of the entries are associated with the video object units corresponding to the reproduction points;
• and write instructions for instructing the computer to write the generated first and second tables onto the optical disc.