MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISK FOR WHICH PRODUCER COORDINATES VIEWING/LISTENING MODE INCLUDING SPECIAL REPRODUCTION AT WILL AND REPRODUCING DEVICE AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR THE DISK

摘要

A multimedia optical disk for which a title producer coordinates a viewing/listening mode including a special reproduction at will. The optical disk has an object recording area which is divided into a plurality of sub-areas and a block is recorded in each sub-area. Each block contains one or more moving picture data and management information. The management information of each block only is effective for a reproducing device in the time zone defined in units of seconds in which the moving picture data belonging to the same block are reproduced and contains user operation limiting information representing whether or not user operation is limited in the effective time zone.