Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion

A non-transitory machine readable information recording medium for access by an information reproducing apparatus, the non-transitory machine readable information recording medium comprising:

• a first area configured to record a video file,
• the video file including a video object, and
• the video object including a video unit;
• and
• a second area configured to record control information,
• the control information including time information,
• the time information including information relating to the video unit,
• the control information specifying a first program chain, a second program chain and cells,
• the first program chain designating first reproduction order of one part of the cells,
• a first cell of the one part of cells referring to a first section of the video object,
• the second program chain designating second reproduction order of another part of the cells,
• a second cell of the another part of cells referring to a second section of the video object,
• a part of the first section being able to overlap with the second section,
• another part of the first section being able not to overlap with the second section,
• the control information including program chain information representing the first program chain, and
• the program chain information including information referring to the time information,
• wherein
• the video file is read by the information reproducing apparatus,
• the control information includes information which relates to a specific time for playback, and
• the control information is read and provided to play back the video file by the information reproducing apparatus, and the video file is accessed according to the read control information.