APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION, INFORMATION RECORDING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION RECORDING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage entry points so that a user can recognize them. SOLUTION: An information recording apparatus is provided with a receiving section for receiving a stream comprising coded digital data, an analyzing section for detecting changes in the attributes of the received data to output detecting information, a control section for obtaining the outputted detecting information and hour information about the hour of changing as a first entry point and generating management information in which the first entry point is registered, and a drive device for storing the management information and the stream in an information recording medium. This device is also provided with an input section for inputting a second entry point preset for a reproduction path of the stream to arbitrarily access the stream and reproduce it. The control section generates management information in which the first and second entry points are registered so that they can be identified.