Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 03/06

20060067654 - Graphical user interface adaptable to multiple display devices: There is provided herein a system and method for automatic adaptation of the graphical user interface of computer program to accommodate a wide variety of display devices, thereby ensuring that the user of the software is supplied with a graphical user interface that is designed to be viewable and operable...

20060056796 - Information processing apparatus and method and program therefor: An information processing apparatus includes: a selection unit for analyzing attribute information units, which are added upon shooting to at least one still image to be played back, and selecting a predetermined attribute information unit to be displayed together with the still image; and a playback unit for playing back...

20060056798 - Av signal switching apparatus and method in multifunction device: An AV signal switching apparatus in a multifunction device separates the operation control of an AV reproduction device and a TV set for a further smooth control thereof such that static is not created by setting a mute time if the AV signal is switched. According to the present invention,...

20060056797 - Method and apparatus for controlling a recording operation of a digital video device: A method and apparatus for controlling a recording operation of a digital video device is provided which automatically skip over or mute a data stream of some duration consistent with a user-defined filter condition during a data recording process, such as a disc copy process. The method and apparatus prevent...

20060056799 - Multimedia system for transferring and receiving program number and methods therefor: In a multi-media system for transferring and receiving a transport stream (MPEG2-TS) between a receiver and a recording/reproducing device using the IEEE 1394 interface, a program number command of a selected program is transferred from the receiver to the recording/reproducing device during a recording/playback mode, and the recording and playback...

20060056800 - Data recording apparatus: It is necessary to provide a data recording apparatus that records a digital broadcast and facilitates the editing of recorded data. It is also necessary to provide a data recording apparatus that makes it possible to achieve high-quality playback of edited data with increased ease. In accomplishing these and objects,...

20060056801 - Data playback device, control method therefor, computer program, and recording medium: A data playback device comprising a data reader which reads out moving image data from a storage device that stores the moving image data, a speed detector which detects a reading speed of the moving image data from the storage device, a data rate detector which detects a data rate...

20060056806 - Information processing device, method, and program: An information processing device previously includes music options for use as a BGM, and these music options are each correlated to the details of an effect to represent the atmosphere matching the BGM. After a user selects a specific photo album storing still images for playback, and then a BGM,...

20060056802 - Method and apparatus of reproducing data recorded on recording medium and local storage: An apparatus of reproducing data recorded on a recording medium includes a pick-up unit, a local storage, and a decoder. The pick-up unit reads main data recorded on the recording medium. The local storage stores sub data associated with the main data. The decoder decodes the main data and the...

20060056804 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium: A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium are disclosed. The recording medium includes an area in which a first title and a second title having different attributes are recorded; and a management area for reproducing individual titles having different attributes, wherein the...

20060056805 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus of reproducing data recorded on the same: A recording medium includes a data area and a data management area. The data area includes first and second titles which have different data formats with respect to each other. The data management area includes a plurality of data management files required for reproducing the first and second titles. The...

20060056803 - Recording medium, method for searching contents recorded within the recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing the recorded contents: A recording medium includes an area having a plurality of contents recorded therein, and a management area having a search file for searching the contents recorded therein. The search file includes at least one entry classifying the contents by scenes and including information having an attribute defined for each scene....

20060056807 - Topologically multiplexed optical data communication: Systems and methods for encoding information in the topology of superpositions of helical modes of light, and retrieving information from each of the superposed modes individually or in parallel. These methods can be applied to beams of light that already carry information through other channels, such as amplitude modulation or...

20060056808 - Apparatus and method for controlling playback operation of digital video device: Embodiments of an apparatus and method for controlling a playback operation of a digital video device determine whether to reproduce a selection according to a restriction operation characteristic such as filter rate or size. Embodiments can calculate the sum of portions to be skipped over or muted by a (e.g.,...

20060056809 - Method and apparatus for synthesizing or modifying a copy protection signal using a lowered signal level portion: A modified Colorstripe™ copy protection process utilizes a basic anti-copy protection (ACP) signal that causes attenuation of a video signal, wherein, in one embodiment, the process modifies (lowers) the level of a front porch portion and adds an incorrect color signal (color burst) in the region of the sync tip....

20060056810 - Apparatus for receiving a digital information signal: The invention relates to an apparatus for receiving a first and second video signal. The first video signal represents a sequence of images having a first size, and the second video signal representing a sequence of images having a second size, the second size being smaller then the first size...

20060056812 - Data decoding device, data decoding method, semiconductor integrated circuit and data decoding system: A data decoding device for decoding a compressed and coded data includes: an inverse multiplexing part configured to separate compressed and coded data into a plurality of unit data, then separated, from the unit data, more than one type of a data pack, and adding a tag such that the...

20060056818 - Portable dvd player and optical disc player: A portable DVD player or optical disc player instructs an interior selection state to an output selector and outputs an internal signal to an output terminal. Whether a lock slide switch is in the exterior selection state or in the interior selection state is displayed via OSD for a first...

20060056817 - Recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof: The present invention relates to an invention capable of perusing thumbnail images at much higher speed in an apparatus to peruse the thumbnail images by recording an image data in a recording medium such as a disc medium....

20060056816 - Recording and reproducing device: The following configuration is preferable for providing a digital broadcast-enabled recording and reproducing device involving no lip-sync error and offering good usability. For example, the recording and reproducing device includes a receiver that receives digital broadcast data, a video/audio signal generator that generates a video signal and an audio signal...

20060056811 - Unified control and memory for a combined dvd/hdd system: A combined digital versatile disc (DVD)/hard disk drive (HDD) system controls a HDD assembly and a DVD assembly comprises a DVD/HDD control module controls operation of the HDD assembly and the DVD assembly. Volatile memory communicates with the DVD/HDD control module and stores volatile data relating to the operation of...

20060056813 - Unified control and memory for a combined dvd/hdd system: A combined digital versatile disc (DVD)/hard disk drive (HDD) system controls a HDD assembly and a DVD assembly comprises a DVD/HDD control module controls operation of the HDD assembly and the DVD assembly. Volatile memory communicates with the DVD/HDD control module and stores volatile data relating to the operation of...

20060056814 - Unified control and memory for a combined dvd/hdd system: A combined digital versatile disc (DVD)/hard disk drive (HDD) system controls a HDD assembly and a DVD assembly comprises a DVD/HDD control module controls operation of the HDD assembly and the DVD assembly. Volatile memory communicates with the DVD/HDD control module and stores volatile data relating to the operation of...

20060056815 - Unified control and memory for a combined dvd/hdd system: A combined digital versatile disc (DVD)/hard disk drive (HDD) system controls a HDD assembly and a DVD assembly comprises a DVD/HDD control module controls operation of the HDD assembly and the DVD assembly. Volatile memory communicates with the DVD/HDD control module and stores volatile data relating to the operation of...

20060056819 - Method and apparatus for coding decoding items of subtitling data: Subtitling can be based on either pixel data or on character data. Character data allow very efficient encoding, but from character strings alone, subtitling can not be converted into a graphical representation to be overlaid over video. The intended character set, font and e.g. font size, must either be coded...

20060056820 - Optical disc recording apparatus and method, and data recording media: An optical disc recording apparatus includes an information receiving module, a commercial detecting module, an information processing module, a play parameter generating module and a write-in module. The commercial detecting module detects the start and end points of each commercial section in the real-time information received, and the information processing...

20060051051 - Combination recording apparatus for simultaneous recording and method thereof: A combination recording apparatus for simultaneously recording and a simultaneous recording method. The combination recording apparatus includes a first recording section provided in a first recorder for recording an input video, a second recording section provided in a second recorder for recording the input video, a first controller provided in...

20060051055 - Content remote watching system, server apparatus for content remote watching, recording/reproducing apparatus for content remote watching, content remote watching method, and computer program product: In a content remote watching system, a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) owned by a user at home, a server operated or administrated by a carrier, and a mobile phone carried by the user are accommodated in a network. In this system, the user can access a website operated or administrated...

20060051050 - Module and method for controlling a portable multimedia audio and video recorder/player: The present invention discloses a module and method for controlling a portable multimedia audio and video recorder/player which has an operating interface management program installed into the module for controlling audio and video recorder/player, and the operating interface management program displays certain operating function menus on a display module of...

20060051052 - Photo reproducing apparatus and picture reproducing method: A picture reproducing apparatus comprises a folder detecting unit configured to, when connection with a recording medium is detected, detect from the recording medium a specific folder generated conforming to a predetermined picture file format standard, an acquisition unit configured to, when the folder detecting unit detects the specific folder,...

20060051053 - Portable terminal and control method for same: A portable terminal having a content reproduction function is provided with: a speaker, a display, and a control circuit for, when the reproduction function is being executed in a state in which an operation mode for halting sound output from the speaker has been selected, both halting the output of...

20060051054 - Video material management apparatus and method, recording medium as well as program: The apparatus displays a GUI screen including: an image display section 22, a time-position information display section 23 for displaying time-position information on a video material, a preview operation unit 26 for previewing the video material, scene setting operation units 24 and 25 for setting a certain range of the...

20060051057 - Data recording/reproducing apparatus and method: Information that identifies key frames in video data within multimedia data is generated as reproduction controlling data and the reproduction controlling data is positioned at a predetermined position in the multimedia data. Upon special reproduction, the reproduction controlling data can be used to easily identify, read out, and reproduce key...

20060051056 - Playback apparatus, playback method, and program: A playback apparatus plays back data from a recording medium having recorded thereon a file system representing association between identification information for identifying a file and a position where the file is recorded, pieces of segment data constituting the file, and markers for the respective pieces of segment data, each...

20060051058 - Method and apparatus to display graphically recording timer conflicts: The present invention is a method and apparatus for displaying conflicts between two or more recording timers. These conflicts are displayed graphically for the user to resolve. Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings....

20060051059 - Video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots: The present invention is directed to a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal storage device, such as a hard drive where broadcasts are transferred from a broadcast input source to the storage device....

20060051060 - Method and system for digitally recording broadcast content: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for digitally recording broadcast content. In one embodiment, the broadcast content is received and a first digital copy of the broadcast content is stored (e.g., on a magnetic storage device). The first digital copy of the broadcast content...

20060051061 - System and method for securely transmitting data to a multimedia device: A system and method is disclosed for securely storing and performing digital media files in a multimedia device. The method can include the operation of storing one or more digital multimedia files on a digital storage medium in a predetermined file format. The digital storage medium can located within the...

20060051062 - Intergrated video data file intergration device and method therefor and intergrated video data file reproduction device and method: Directory file structure information in units of recording media before consolidation is converted into reproduction control information in a data format of a management information file after consolidation and is recorded in the management information file after consolidation, enabling view and edit of the video materials, and further enabling to...

20060051063 - Storage medium storing multimedia data for reproduction of av data and programming function, and reproducing apparatus and method thereof: A storage medium storing multimedia data for the reproduction of audio-visual (AV) data and a programming function, and a reproducing apparatus and method thereof. The storage medium includes: reproduction mode data for reproducing audio-visual (AV) data; program data including a plurality of program applications for providing interactive functions with a...

20060051064 - Video control system for displaying user-selected scenarios: A method and apparatus for controlling the presentation of video information previously recorded on a digital video disc enables a user to simply select for playback specified segments of the information prerecorded on the video disc with avoidance of objectionable material such as violence, profanity, vulgarity and nudity as identified...

20060051065 - Video player: The present invention discloses a video player, comprising a decoding and control unit for outputting decoded video and audio signals; a storing unit for storing an application software capable of working without starting a computer operation system; a video processing unit for processing decoded video signals outputted by the decoding...

20060051066 - Encoding controller and encoding system: An encoding controlling apparatus is disclosed which includes: offset holding means for holding an offset equivalent to a time period by which to start encoding an audio signal earlier than a video signal upon recording of a chapter; recording mode determining means for determining whether a seamless connection is possible...

20060051067 - Method for editing a video data stream: A method for editing a video data stream is suited for converting an analog AV signal into a MPEG file in a recordable player. The method includes the steps of: converting the analog AV signal into a plurality of continuous digital frames; inserting time information onto the digital frames; and...

20060051068 - Decoder apparatus and method for smoothing artifacts created during error concealment: Errors in coded macroblocks are concealed during decoding by way of an error concealment stage present in a decoder. Error-concealed macroblocks produced by the error concealment stage undergo deblocking filtering by a deblocking filter before being output by the decoder to avoid the spread of erroneous pixel values. The error...

20060051070 - Image pickup apparatus and image playback method: With the image pickup apparatus according to the present invention, a still image is recorded when the operation switch is pressed to the first depressed position and recording of moving images is started or stopped when the operation switch is pressed to the second depressed position. That is, by simply...

20060051069 - Recording and reproducing device and method and program thereof: A recording and reproducing device and method and program thereof is proposed, in which editing properties of the file of voice information recorded and stored are enhanced so as to exceptionally enhance the usability. In the recording and reproducing device and method and program thereof, in case a portion of...

20060051071 - Portable apparatus for enabling reproduction of television: Apparatus for enabling reproduction of television on a host. The apparatus comprises an interface to allow to be supplied to the apparatus from the host, executable commands signals to be received by the apparatus from the host, and processed television signals to be sent to the host from the apparatus...

20060051074 - Recording medium for storing information for still picture, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor: A recordable and/or rewriteable recording medium for storing still picture data, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. The recording medium stores still picture group information for grouping a plurality of still pictures in order to manage the still picture at a group level, and stores audio group information...

20060051073 - Storage medium storing interactive graphics stream, and reproducing apparatus and method: A storage medium storing an interactive graphics stream providing a menu having a variety of screen conversion effects, and a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, thereof. The storage medium includes: video data; and graphics data displaying a menu overlaid on an image displayed based on the video data, wherein...

20060051072 - System and method for creating a high definition visual effecti from mpeg-2 mp@ml compressed video: A system and method for recording and reconstructing a high definition video on a standard definition compatible medium (e.g., a DVD). A recording system is provided that comprises: a system for scaling down the HD video images to an SD video format; a system for encoding the SD video; a...

20060051075 - Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a holding frame that holds the electro-optical panel, and a sound-production frame that is attached to the holding frame, constitutes a sound-production air space at the rear of the holding frame, and holds a sound-production unit. The holding frame is provided with an...

20060051076 - Recording/reproduction apparatus, driving method therefor and disk cartridge: A stabilizing part applying aerodynamic force to the recording medium so as to control disk axial runout of the recording disk and stabilize it; the stabilizing part includes a main stabilizing member for a recording/reproduction position with the recording/reproduction unit and an auxiliary stabilizing member for positions other than the...

20060045465 - Broadcast program recording method and broadcast receiver, and information recorder for the same: A broadcast receiver includes a tuner section for receiving a broadcast program, an MPEG decoder 126 for converting a signal coming from the tuner section into a given format, and a hard disk drive (HDD) for recording the converted digital signal. In the broadcast receiver, a HDD medium of the...

20060045464 - Broadcast program recording method, broadcast receiver, and information recorder therefor: A highly-operable receiver, which shortens search operations on an HDD upon startup, a recording method thereof, and an information recorder therefor are described. The broadcast receiver includes a tuner portion for receiving a broadcast program, an MPEG decoder for converting a signal from the tuner portion to a predetermined format,...

20060045461 - Methods and apparatus for project management: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to project management. In one embodiment, a process model may be defined in a programming language. The process model may include an executable specification of the process and the executable specification may be executed to simulate the process. Executing the specification may also...

20060045462 - Methods and systems for operating a video recorder with a remote control unit: A remote control unit for a video recorder includes a transceiver for communicating with the video recorder; and a display device for displaying video programming. In some embodiments, the remote control unit receives a preview clip of a video program stored on the video recorder and displays that preview clip...

20060045463 - Switching apparatus, electronic apparatus, data transfer method, and computer product: A switching apparatus that switches outputs of a plurality of electronic apparatuses controlled by a remote controller includes a data receiving unit that receives data for controlling the electronic apparatuses from the remote controller; and a data transferring unit that transfers the data to the electronic apparatuses according to a...

20060045469 - Edit recording method and recording/reproducing apparatus: The present invention has been made to adequately perform edit recording in a recording/reproducing apparatus which refers to, reconstructs, and writes back the content of a base recorded in a recording medium at the time of the edit recording. The present invention provides an edit recording method for use in...

20060045468 - Hard disk recorder: The title of a program with a recording duration longest among all recording durations is recorded as the program title of a relevant program file. Thereby, even when a user has performed an operation to record a program on a hard disk recorder by a method other than a timer...

20060045467 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method, recording medium, and program: An information processing apparatus and method are disclosed by which data of the Open GOP structure can be edited while observing restrictions to a VBV Buffer. First and second sections including first and second editing points set to first and second compressed image data are decoded to produce first and...

20060045466 - Recording apparatus, recording and playback apparatus, and recording and playback method: Video data is recorded onto a disk-like recording medium. An image recorded on the disk-like recording medium is displayed at a high speed without playing back the image....

20060045470 - Progess bar with multiple portions: A method and system for providing information about recorded media content having a beginning and end time. A progress bar including a first portion is displayed on a display device. The first portion graphically represents the duration of the recorded media content and has a first color. The progress bar...

20060045475 - Information processing apparatus and associated method of prioritizing content for playback: A cache control unit of a video data playback control apparatus sets priority video data in order to efficiently use a storage area of a cache memory. The priority video data includes video data which includes a greater number of portions of video data than that of data displayed in...

20060045473 - Method and apparatus for storing and accessing videos: A method and apparatus that includes a central repository for a plurality of videos, which are associated with a category. Once the video is uploaded or stored at the central repository, it is reviewed to determine whether what type of access, if any, should associated with the video. A tracking...

20060045472 - Method and system for displaying one or more recorded media content instances: A method and system for displaying one or more recorded media content instances. After a first recorded media content instance is displayed, one or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) configured to allow a user to choose to delete or retain the first media content instance and transition to a second...

20060045471 - Recording device for community based recording: In a recording device (10, 20, 30) having program receiving means (2) for receiving audio/video programs, having program selecting means (12, 22, 23) for selecting receivable audio/video programs for recording on a recording medium (14, 24) or reproduction, and having storage means for storing a user identifier (ID) (13, 23,...

20060045476 - System and method for audio/video recorder with play list pre-editor: The present invention provides an audio/video recording system with a play list pre-editor and method thereof. The audio/video recording system with a play list pre-editor comprises a pre-editor module for editing a record list comprising parameters of audio/video programs, wherein said audio/video programs are classified into a plurality of play...

20060045474 - Video reproducing apparatus, remote controller for controlling the apparatus, and method for converting channels of the apparatus: Disclosed are a video reproducing apparatus, a remote controller for controlling the apparatus, and a method for converting channels of the apparatus that can achieve a fast and easy channel selection through a plural-channel switchover. The video reproducing apparatus includes a key input unit, having a plurality of function keys,...

20060045478 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving protected contents at home: Provided are a system and a method for transmitting and receiving contents at home. The content service method includes: reconstructing encrypted compressed contents back into compressed contents by decrypting the encrypted compressed contents according to a first scheme; encrypting the reconstructed compressed contents according to a second scheme; and transmitting...

20060045480 - Optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus: In an optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus, when a time shift determining unit determines that a time shift reproduction is currently performed, a reservation determining unit determines whether or not there is a timer reservation in the next place. When it is determined that there is the timer reservation...

20060045479 - Recorder or recorder/player capable of title-by-title parental lockout, or electronic apparatus equipped therewith; recording medium capable of title-by-title parental lockout; player or recorder/player capable of title-by-title parental lockout, or elect: To provide a player or recorder/player which records content on a recording medium by a recording method compliant with the DVD-VR format, or electronic apparatus equipped therewith, where the recorder/player or the like is capable of setting parental locks on individual titles in the content. Title-by-title parental lockout works as...

20060045477 - Video recorder control using streamed data packets: An apparatus (16) for recording a selected program includes a decoder (32), a recorder (34), and a user interface (36). The user interface (36) permits a user to select the program. The decoder (32) receives a data stream including, a start data packet, content data packets, and an end data...

20060045482 - Optical disk playing apparatus: An optical disk playing apparatus capable of reproducing information recorded on an optical disk includes a system controller. The system controller obtains an address of a navigation pack corresponding to a user's request with respect to a data having video data of still picture and audio data recorded on the...

20060045489 - Playback control methods and arrangements for a dvd player: In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, enhancements have been developed to further extend the performance of a generic DVD navigator. The methods and arrangements herein provide a mechanism that allows a player application to precisely ‘bookmark’ locations during playback, and later resume playback at the selected bookmarked...

20060045485 - Recording and reproducing device: A switch for changing the mode of a device main body accompanied with the rotation of an image capture unit and an operation section provided in the device main body and performing inputting or-outputting operations of the external information are included, and the external information outputting unit and the operation...

20060045484 - Recording and reproducing device and recording and reproducing method: A recording and reproducing device including sound collecting means for collecting external sound, and outputting sound information corresponding to a result of sound collection, photographing means for photographing an outside, and outputting image information corresponding to a result of photographing, recording means for converting the sound information to files in...

20060045486 - Recording and reproducing device and recording and reproducing method: A portable type recording and reproducing device including recording means for converting sound information obtained by collecting external sound to files in message units and recording the files on a predetermined recording medium, and recording image information obtained by photographing an outside on the recording medium in association with a...

20060045487 - Recording and reproducing device and recording and reproducing method: A portable type recording and reproducing device including recording means for converting sound information output from sound collecting means to files in message units and recording the files on a predetermined recording medium, and recording image information output from photographing means on the recording medium in association with a corresponding...

20060045488 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record a plurality of content files on a recording medium, each containing an image signal, a first management file creating unit configured to, in association with a recording operation by the recording unit, create a first management file managing the plurality...

20060045481 - Recording medium, reproduction apparatus, recording method, program, and reproduction method: A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and an interactive graphics stream. The video stream representing a motion picture made of a plurality of pictures, and the interactive graphics stream representing an interactive display to be overlayed on the motion picture, where the...

20060045483 - Reproduction control method and reproducing apparatus: The present invention has been made to reproduce data such as video or sound while preventing a video image from being reproduced in a discontinuous manner with respect to a previously reproduced still image in a reproducing apparatus that reproduces a video image and still image that operate in accordance...

20060045490 - Recording/reproducing apparatus and recording/reproducing apparatus control method: Disclosed are a portable recording/reproducing apparatus for recording predefined information onto a recording medium and reproducing the recorded information, and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus includes a recording section to collect an external sound and output audio information in accordance with the sound collection results; a shooting...

20060045491 - Method and apparatus for decoding encoded groups of pictures of a video sequence and presenting said video sequence and said groups of pictures in temporally backward direction: MPEG video uses motion compensated prediction for coding pictures. A GOP includes at least one intra-coded picture to start decoding with and a number of inter-coded pictures and normally also includes bi-directionally predicted pictures. However, the GOP structure is not constructed for playing GOPs in backward direction in a trickplay...

20060045492 - Dvd recorder connected to an ieee 1394 serial bus: When a user commands recording onto a DVD, a microprocessor of a DVD recorder acquires, from a DV camera, time code in photographed data recorded on a DV tape corresponding to a photographing end position in the DV tape, and stores the acquired time code in a memory, and thereafter...

20060045493 - Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method: A reproducing apparatus is disclosed that is capable of reproducing digital signals that have a plurality of different formats from recording medium, the apparatus includes a format determination section, a reproduction section, and a state change management section. The format determination section determines the format of a digital signal reproduced...

20060045495 - Electronic apparatus and program: An electronic apparatus 10, such as a computer, includes a first unit 20 having a keyboard 21 and a second unit 30 coupled to the first unit 20 having a display screen 31 through a two-axis coupling section 40 to be opened, closed, and rotated relative to the first unit...

20060045494 - Video or audio recording and reproducing apparatus: The same contents having different recording rates are recorded on a multi-layer disk. A plurality of contents or the same contents having different recording rates are independently recorded respectively in different layers of an optical disk having a plurality of recording layers. In order to record a plurality of contents...