Portable recording medium, video recording/reproducing apparatus, video recording/reproducing method, video reproducing apparatus, video recording apparatus, video reproducing method, and video recording method

A video recording and reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from reproducible information recorded on a non-transitory portable recording medium, the video recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor configured to:
• obtain a reservation set command of the portable recording medium;
• and
• obtain program attribute information in accordance with the reservation set command, and set a reservation of video recording and/or audio recording in accordance with the program attribute information,
• wherein the portable recording medium is an optical disk, and
• wherein on the portable recording medium is digitally recorded information to be read and processed by the apparatus comprising:
• the reproducible information, which comprises at least one of encoded compressed video information and encoded compressed audio information, which is related to a program to be broadcasted, the reproducible information being recorded on the portable recording medium in such manner as to be capable of being decoded, decompressed, and reproduced by the apparatus;
• the reservation set command, which is recorded on the portable recording medium in relationship with the reproducible information in such manner as to be capable of being executed by the apparatus, while the reproducible information is being reproduced or in response thereto, to set the reservation of video recording and/or audio recording of the program;
• and
• the program attribute information, which includes at least a broadcast start time of the program, and which is recorded on the portable recording medium in relationship with the reproducible information and the reservation set command in such manner as to be capable of being used by the apparatus to set the reservation;
• and
• button information causing the video recording and reproducing apparatus to display a button when the reproducible information is reproduced, and selection of said button by a user causes the at least one processor to execute the reservation set command and prompt the user to remove the portable recording medium therefrom and insert another recording medium.

A method in a processor-based apparatus of reading and processing data from the information digitally recorded on a non-transitory portable recording medium, the method comprising the steps of:

• reading at least part of reproducible information stored on the portable recording medium related to the program, and reproducing data from the read reproducible information;
• obtaining a reservation set command of the portable recording medium;
• and
• obtaining program attribute information in accordance with the reservation set command and setting a reservation of video recording and/or audio recording on the basis of the program attribute information,
• wherein the portable recording medium is an optical disk, and
• wherein the information digitally recorded on the portable recording medium comprises:
• the reproducible information, which comprises at least one of encoded compressed video information and encoded compressed audio information, which is related to a program to be broadcasted, the reproducible information being recorded on the portable recording medium in such manner as to be capable of being decoded, decompressed, and reproduced by the processor-based apparatus;
• the reservation set command, which is recorded on the portable recording medium in relationship with the reproducible information in such manner as to be capable of being executed by the processor-based apparatus, while the reproducible information is being reproduced or in response thereto, to set the reservation of video recording and/or audio recording of the program;
• the program attribute information, which includes at least a broadcast start time of the program, and which is recorded on the portable recording medium in relationship with the reproducible information and the reservation set command in such manner as to be capable of being used by the processor-based apparatus to set the reservation;
• and
• button information causing the processor-based apparatus to display a button when the reproducible information is reproduced, and selection of said button by a user causes the processor-based apparatus to execute the reservation set command and prompt the user to remove the portable recording medium therefrom and insert another recording medium.