Sony Corporation

Toshimasa Mizunashi

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Kiyoshi Ota

Yasuo Nomura

Yasuhiko Terashita

Yoshimasa Hosono

Akio Ishikawa

Hidenori Aotake

Shuhei Nakada

Takehiro Yokoyama

The hard disc is provided with two areas for storing file system management information and content management information. The disc recorder records double file system management information and content management information onto the hard disc. Further, information indicating a procedure for updating file system management information is described in a flash descriptor, and a procedure for updating content management information is described in a robust descriptor.

Apparatus and method for recording/reproducing data, which enable reading of data recorded even when the apparatus stops due to a power failure

A data processing method for converting data to be recorded on a digital video disc into a record format thereof is disclosed, comprising the steps of generating source data including at least a picture signal, encoding the source data into encoded data, generating a script including at least information of the disc and playback control information in a tabular format, generating format information of the disc corresponding to at last the script and the encoded data, and generating record format data composed of the encoded data corresponding to the format information.

Data input method, encoding apparatus, and data processing apparatus

Optical recording medium with lists having playback control information

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Kanagawa, Japan

Toshimasa Mizunashi