Recording medium for storing information for still picture, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor

An apparatus for reproducing still pictures from a recording medium including a first region having at least one still picture and a second region having a least one still picture group information for arranging still picture data in the first region into at least one still picture group so as to manage still pictures at a group level, comprising:

• an optical pickup to read the one still picture group information;
• and
• a playback processor to determine a start address of a still picture in the first region based upon the read at least one still picture group information, wherein
• the at least one still picture group information includes still picture group general information containing start position information of the at least one still picture group and information relating to a number of video parts in the at least one still picture group, and information for each still picture in the at least one still picture group containing position information thereof, and
• the position information for the still pictures includes size information of video parts of still pictures.

An apparatus for reproducing still pictures from a recording medium including a first region having at least one still picture and a second region having at least one still picture group information for arranging still picture data and at least one audio data related to a still picture in the first region into at least one group so as to manage still pictures at a group level, comprising:

• an optical pickup to read the one still picture group information;
• and
• a playback processor to determine a start address of a still picture based upon the read one still picture group information,
• wherein the one still picture group information includes position information for still pictures, including size information of video parts of still pictures and size information of audio parts of still pictures.