OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND PLAYBACK METHOD FOR THE SAME

摘要

An optical disc or other optical recording medium enables reading barcode-shaped BCA marks in a burst cutting area (BCA) with tracking on while making tampering with the BCA marks difficult. The optical disc (100) has a first area (102) containing tracks at a first track pitch (d2), and a second area (101) containing tracks at a second track pitch (d1), pre-pits or pre-grooves being formed along the track. The barcode-shaped marks (104) are recorded in the second area, and the second track pitch is equal to or more than five times wider than the first track pitch.