DVD Recording device for recording for each scene change a priority level as metadata for both subtitles streams and data stream.

摘要

To effectively reproduce video depending on the performance of a reproducing apparatus. A controller 446 determines whether or not an entry of video is a beginning of a chapter of video or whether or not a scene change of the entry is important. In other words, the controller 446 determines whether or not an entry under evaluation corresponds to a time of a chapter of chapter scene change information 447 or whether or not the entry is an important scene change. If an entry under evaluation corresponds to a time of a chapter, the controller 446 sets priority_flag = 3 and stores it to an output server 426. The present invention can be applied to a game device or the like that uses for example a DVD.