Recording medium for storing still pictures and a recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor

摘要

A recording medium for storing information for still pictures, and a recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor are provided. In a writeable and rewriteable recording medium such as a DVD disk, data for a plurality of still pictures and audio data added thereto is stored in one file (203) or a space having a logically one-dimensional order, rather than storing each in a separate file, and still picture group information for separating the still picture data into a predetermined number of groups in order to manage the still pictures at a group level is then stored (202). Thus, large-capacity still picture data and audio data added thereto can be recorded and/or reproduced using the minimum amount of information. The still picture group information includes general information for a still picture group, containing the start position of the still picture group and the number of video parts in the still picture group, and information for a still picture, the information containing position information thereof. The general information for a still picture group includes the start position of a still picture in the still picture group. The information for a still picture and audio data includes the sizes thereof. Therefore, effective management of information is allowed.