STREAM RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD

摘要

An information recording and/or reproducing method for controlling information such as an input source in the stream recorded on a recording medium. When performing reproduction for reproducing an AV stream from the recording medium, the copy limit information source_security_info recorded on the recording medium is read out and the AV stream is read out. For example, when performing video output which is analog (step 203), it is determined whether the input source is DTCP−based according to the information contained in the source_security_info. When the input source is DTCP−based, the reproduction limit processing of video output according to the DTCP rule is performed and then video is output.