Optical disc storing both video titles provided with av function and video titles with no such functions which can instantly distinguish between such kinds of titles, and a reproduction apparatus and reproduction method for such disc

Abstract

A multimedia optical disc on which a variety of types of video titles are recorded and which enables a reproduction apparatus to instantly distinguish whether emulated AV functions may be performed for any of the titles. The multimedia optical disc includes a manager area which stores playback type information corresponding to the management information for each video title, with the playback type information including a first flag showing whether the present video title is expressed using one or a plurality of sets of route information and a second flag showing whether a title is expressed using any branch information.

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       29 . A recording medium having video data to be read and reproduced by an audio-visual device in accordance with a reproductive order indicated by route information, the recording medium comprising: 
 a plurality of pieces of video information;    route information, to be read by said audio-visual device, defining a reproduction route by specifying at least one reproductive order of the plurality of pieces of video information; and    management information for managing the plurality of pieces of video information whose reproductive order is specified by the route information,    wherein the management information indicates whether or not to permit access to the plurality of pieces of video information, independently from the reproductive order thereof.    
   
   
       30 . A reproduction apparatus for the recording medium of  claim 29.