Method and apparatus for reproducing play lists in record media

• US 7,617,242 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2005
• Issued: 11/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mercer, Ian Cameron, La Chapelle, Kevin Leigh, Matsuo, Keisuke, Kase, Hiroshi, Walker, Brian James
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh; Tan X
• Application Number:
  US11/090,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20050232091A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,691 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/100, 707/1, 707/101, 707/102, 369 3007- 3009, 386/95, 386/125, 386/126
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2575 DVD-RAMs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/455 said record carriers being in one device and being used as primary and secondary/backup media, e.g. HDD-DVD combo device, or as source and target media, e.g. PC and portable player
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A recording and reproducing system includes a DVD-RAM medium having a plurality of data files of storing predetermined data, file recording means of recording, in a play list file held by the DVD-RAM medium, a play list of describing reproduction order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the data files out of the plurality of data files by using a file name of the data file and a unique directory ID provided to a directory to which the data file belongs, and file reproducing means of reproducing the predetermined data stored by each of all or a part of the data files out of the plurality of data files based on the recorded play list.

Claims

1. A recording and reproducing system comprising:

a recording medium having a plurality of data files of storing predetermined data, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory;

play list recording means of recording a play list of specifying order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the plurality of data files by using the directory ID, in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium;

directory list information file recording means of recording a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory, in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table; and

data reproducing means of reproducing the predetermined data by using the order specified by the recorded play list,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

2. The recording and reproducing system according to claim 1, wherein the directory ID to be assigned to the directory created on the recording medium next is stored in the directory list information file in advance.

3. A recording apparatus comprising:

play list recording means of recording a play list of specifying order of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory, by, using the directory ID in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium; and

directory list information file recording means of recording a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory, in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table,

wherein the predetermined data is reproduced by using the order specified by the recorded play list,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

4. A reproducing apparatus comprising:

data reproducing means of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory. by using order specified by a play list of specifying the order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the plurality of data files by using the directory ID,

wherein the play list is recorded in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium,

a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory is recorded in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

5. A recording medium having:

a plurality of data files of storing predetermined data;

a play list file for storing a play list of specifying order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the plurality of data files by using a directory ID, which is to be used instead of a pathname, assigned in advance to a directory where the data files are stored created on the recording medium; and

a directory list information file for storing a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory,

wherein the play list is recorded in the play list file held by the recording medium,

the directory table is recorded in the directory list information file,

the predetermined data is reproduced by using the order specified by the recorded play list,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

6. A recording and reproducing method comprising:

a play list recording step of recording a play list of specifying order of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory, by using the directory ID, in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium;

a directory list information file recording step of recording a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory, in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table; and

a data reproducing step of reproducing the predetermined data by using the order specified by the recorded play list,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

9. A computer-readable recording medium of recording a program, which program causes a computer to act as the play list recording step of recording a play list of specifying order of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory, by using the directory ID, in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium, to act as the directory list information file recording step of recoding a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory, in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table, and to act as the data reproducing step of reproducing the predetermined data by using the order specified by the recorded play list, in the recording and reproducing method according to claim 6.

7. A recording method comprising:

a play list recording step of recording a play list of specifying order of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory, by using the directory ID, in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium; and

a directory list information file recording step of recording a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory, in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table,

wherein the predetermined data is reproduced by using the order specified by the recorded play list,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

10. A computer-readable recording medium of recording a program, which program causes a computer to act as the play list recording step of recording a play list of specifying order of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of all or part of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory. by using the directory ID, in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium, and to act as the directory list information file recording step of recording a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory, in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table, in the recording method according to claim 7.

8. A reproducing method comprising:

a data reproducing step of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory, by using order specified by a play list of specifying the order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the plurality of data files by using the directory ID,

wherein the play list is recorded in a play list file for storing the play list and held by the recording medium,

a directory table showing a correspondence between the directory ID and a directory name of the directory is recorded in a directory list information file held by the recording medium for storing the directory table,

wherein management of the play list is performed by using a file name of a data file and the directory ID of the directory to which the data file belongs, and

wherein all or a part of the directory table is stored in the play list file.

11. A computer-readable recording medium of recording a program, which program causes a computer to act as the data reproducing step of reproducing predetermined data stored in each of a plurality of data files held by a recording medium, on which a directory where the data files are stored is created, a directory ID to be used instead of a pathname being assigned in advance to the directory, by using order specified by a play list of specifying the order of reproducing the predetermined data stored in each of all or a part of the plurality of data files by using the directory ID, in the reproducing method according to claim 8.