THUMBNAIL DATA RECORDING DEVICE

摘要

PURPOSE: A thumbnail data recording device is provided to record a thumbnail playable by motion pictures to identify a program by assigning a predetermined section of bit streams corresponding to the program as the thumbnail. CONSTITUTION: A thumbnail data recording device includes a control part(51), an encoder(52), and a recording part(53). The control part generates navigation data for defining thumbnail for a program including A/V data. The recording part records the program and records the navigation information provided by the control part to an optical disc(500). The encoder encodes the program when the program is input as non-encoded data and transmits the encoded program data to the recording part. As a section to be assigned by a user as a thumbnail is played, its play-starting/ending inputs are transmitted to the control part, so that the control part generates thumbnail pointer and a map table.