Information recording medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information playback method and apparatus

An information recording apparatus for recording information on a recording medium having a first area and a second area, the first area being provided for allowing video information to be recorded therein and reproduced therefrom, the second area being provided for allowing manager information to be recorded therein, the manager information being referred to when the video information recorded in the first area is reproduced, the video information including an object file for storing at least one of a movie video object and a still video object, the manager information including video manager information containing information related to at least one of the movie video object and still video object stored in the object file, the object file including manufacturer's information, and the manufacturer's information including manufacturer ID and manufacturer's data, the information recording apparatus comprising:

• means for recording at least one of the movie video object and still video object stored in the object file recorded in the first area;
• means for recording the video manager information in a third area provided in a second area;
• means for recording the manufacturer ID in a fourth area provided in the object file recorded in the first area;
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• means for recording the manufacturer's data of a specific manufacturer in a fifth area located adjacent to the forth area provided in the object file recorded in the first area.

An information recording medium comprising:

• a first area provided for allowing video information to be recorded therein and reproduced therefrom, the video information including an object file for storing at least one of a movie video object and a still video object, the object file including manufacturer's information, the manufacturer's information including manufacturer ID and manufacturer's data;
• a second area provided for allowing manager information to be recorded therein, the manager information being referred to when the video information recorded in the first area is reproduced, the manager information including video manager information containing information related to at least one of the movie video object and still video object stored in the object file;
• a third area provided in the first area for allowing manufacturer's information to be recorded;
• a fourth area provided in the third area for allowing the manufacturer ID to be recorded;
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• a fifth area provided in the third area and located adjacent to the fourth area for allowing the manufacturer's information of a specific manufacturer to be recorded.

An information recording/reproducing apparatus for recording information on a recording medium and reproducing there from, the recording medium having a first area and a second area, the first area being provided for allowing video information to be recorded therein and reproduced therefrom, the second area being provided for allowing manager information to be recorded therein, the manager information being referred to when the video information recorded in the first area is reproduced, the video information including an object file for storing at least one of a movie video object and a still video object, the manager information including video manager information containing information related to at least one of the movie video object and still video object stored in the object file, the object file including manufacturer's information, and the manufacturer's information including manufacturer ID and manufacturer's data, the information recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

• means for recording at least one of the movie video object and still video object stored in the object file recorded in the first area;
• means for recording the video manager information in a third area provided in a second area;
• means for recording the manufacturer ID in a fourth area provided in the object file recorded in the first area;
• means for recording the manufacturer's data of a specific manufacturer in a fifth area located adjacent to the forth area provided in the object file recorded in the first area;
• means for reproducing the manufacturer ID;
• comparing means for comparing the manufacturer ID with ID recorded in a memory;
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• means for reproducing the specific information stored in the object file, when the manufacturer ID reproduced coincides with the ID recorded in the memory.