摘要 |
The invention provides a a recording data production apparatus and method, a recording medium reproduction apparatus and method and a recording medium by which interruption of data can be prevented even when reproduction of data is performed in a different order from the order in which the data are recorded. When it is intended to allow reproduction of data in an order of a block A, a block B and a block D or in another order of the block A, a block C and the block D, in order to prevent underflow of data from a buffer memory of a reproduction apparatus, the block B is sectioned into sections B 1 to B 3 and the block C is sectioned into sections C 1 to C 3 . Then, the lengths of the sections are set to a predetermined value, and the blocks are arranged in an order of the blocks A, B 1 , C 1 , B 2 , C 3 , B 3 , C 3 and D. In each section, addresses of a jumping start point and a jumping destination are recorded as control information. |