Optical disk for high resolution and general video recording, optical disk reproduction apparatus, optical disk recording apparatus, and reproduction control information generation apparatus

A decoding apparatus for decoding a stream, comprising:

• a receiving section that receives the stream, the stream comprising i) a coded image is coded from a stereoscopic image or a non-stereoscopic image, ii) a first identification information indicating whether the coded image is coded from the stereoscopic image or the non-stereoscopic image, iii) a second identification information indicating whether the coded image is coded from a progressive image or a non-progressive image, iv) a third identification information indicating whether a decoded image is outputted as two frames or three frames;
• an extracting section that extracts the first identification information, the second identification information and the third identification information from the stream;
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• a decoding section, including a processor, that decodes the coded image and outputs the stereoscopic image as two progressive frames when the first identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the stereoscopic image and the second identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the progressive image and the third identification information indicates that the decoded image is outputted as two frames;
• decodes the coded image and outputs the stereoscopic image as three progressive frames when the first identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the stereoscopic image and the second identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the progressive image and the third identification information indicates the decoded image is outputted as three frames;
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• decodes the coded non-stereoscopic image and outputs the non-stereoscopic image as two progressive frames when the first identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the non-stereoscopic image, the second identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the progressive image, and the third identification information indicates that the decoded image is outputted as two frames;
• decodes the coded non-stereoscopic image and outputs the non-stereoscopic image as three progressive frames when the first identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the non-stereoscopic image, the second identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the progressive image, and the third identification information indicates that the decoded image is outputted as three frames;
• decodes the coded non-stereoscopic image and outputs the non-stereoscopic image as the non-progressive image when the first identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the non-stereoscopic image, the second identification information indicates that the coded image is coded from the non-progressive image;
• wherein the stereoscopic image includes a right image of the stereoscopic image and a left image of the stereoscopic image, and
• wherein the right image is different from the non-stereoscopic image and the left image is different from the non-stereoscopic image.