(19)
(11) EP 1 396 859 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
30.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/27

(43) Date of publication:
10.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/11

(21) Application number: 03078450.8

(22) Date of filing: 23.07.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G11B 27/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 25.07.2000 JP 2000229047

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
01306306.0 / 1176592

(71) Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
Tokyo 141 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hitotsui, Yoshihiko
    Tokyo 141 (JP)

(74) Representative: DeVile, Jonathan Mark, Dr. et al
D. Young & Co 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA
London EC4A 1DA (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 31 - 10 - 2003 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Recording/playback apparatus and editing method


(57) A recording/playback apparatus is characterized in that management information for managing data recorded on a recording medium is provided in a format allowing tracks to be bundled into groups and managed in group units in addition to management of the data in track units. By referring to this management information, tracks from a source can be grouped automatically during a variety of recording and playback operations including searching for the beginning of each group, and various kinds of editing work can be done in group units. The recording/playback apparatus is capable of carrying out edit processing such as concatenation, division, batch deletion and a move operation on a specified group recorded on a disc used for recording groups each consisting of a plurality of programs.