摘要 |
A recording medium, as well as the apparatus and method for recording and reproducing it, which includes a recording area in which either only audio data or an intermixture of video data and corresponding audio data are recorded, a first management data area stored with first management data for permitting a recording or reproducing operation of only the audio data and inhibiting a reproducing or recording operation of the video data when only the audio data are being recorded in or reproduced from the recording area, and a second management data area stored with second management data for controlling a recording or reproducing operation of the intermixture of the audio data and the video data when the intermixture of the audio data and the video data are being recorded in or reproduced from the recording area.
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