JP4559412B2 - Information recording medium recorded with data structure adaptively reproducible by player startup information, and reproducing method and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for reproducing audio visual (hereinafter referred to as AV) data in an interactive mode, a reproducing method thereof, and an information recording medium thereof.

  A DVD (hereinafter referred to as “interactive DVD”) capable of reproducing AV data in an interactive mode based on a PC is on the market. The interactive DVD further records interactive data for supporting the interactive function in addition to the AV data according to the conventional DVD-video standard. AV data recorded on an interactive DVD can be displayed in two modes. One is a video mode displayed in the same manner as a general DVD-video, and the other is an AV screen obtained by reproducing AV data embedded in an interactive screen obtained by reproducing interactive data. This is an interactive mode that is displayed. For example, when the AV data is a movie title, the movie is shown on the AV screen, and various additional information such as a movie script, a synopsis, and a picture of an acting actor are displayed on the interactive screen. The additional information may be displayed in synchronization with the title (AV data). For example, when a specific actor starts to appear on the AV screen, interactive data including history information about the actor is reproduced and displayed.

  Interactive data is a markup document that is created in a markup language, script code that is contained within a markup document, or created in a separate file and linked to the markup document, linked to the markup document Audio files, animation files, image files, and the like that are played back along with the markup document are provided.

  In interactive mode, considering the purpose of providing a variety of additional content to the user through the markup document, a markup document containing additional content produced in a language that the user cannot understand can be used. When used and displayed in interactive mode, the effect may be significantly reduced.

  It is an object of the present invention to interactively convert AV data by selecting additional content created in a language selected by a user or a predetermined language when reproducing an information recording medium on which AV data is recorded. An object of the present invention is to provide an information recording medium having a data structure that can be reproduced in a mode, a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method thereof.

The object of the present invention is to provide AV data and interactive data that is displayed together with the AV screen obtained from the AV data and provides contents related to the AV screen when the AV data is reproduced in the interactive mode. And language information that informs in which language the content included in the interactive data was created, and the interactive data includes a startup file that is read first when the interactive mode is selected, and the language information is recorded in the start-up file, the language information is recorded using the elements to link loading information file included in the corresponding improved audio-visual applications, the language information, the b Contained within the element to link loading information file, characterized in that it is recorded using a name attribute and value attribute in the element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file This is achieved by the information recording medium.

In addition, the object is to provide a plurality of improved audio visuals (ENhanced AV: hereinafter) in which AV data and substantially the same content are created in different languages in order to reproduce the AV data in an interactive mode. ENAV) application and linguistic information referred to select any one of the plurality of ENAV applications, and the linguistic information is read first when the interactive mode is selected Recorded in a file, the language information is recorded using an element linking a loading information file included in a corresponding improved audiovisual application, the language information is an element linking the loading information file Included in The information recording medium is characterized in that it is recorded by using a name attribute and a value attribute in an element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file. .

On the other hand, according to another field of the present invention, the object is any of an AV playback engine for decoding AV data and a plurality of ENAV applications in which substantially the same content is created in a plurality of different languages. ENAV having player language information for selecting one of them, and interpreting and executing the selected ENAV application with reference to the player language information in order to reproduce the AV data in interactive mode an engine, e Bei a reader for reading the improved audio-visual application from an information recording medium, the improved audio-visual engine, said player language information, the first startup file to be read when the interactive mode is selected Recorded, previous Referring to the improved audio language informs the language contained content was created visual application information, selects the improved audio-visual applications, the information storage medium, and substantially similar content A plurality of improved audiovisual applications written in a plurality of different languages and the language information are recorded, and the improved audiovisual engine compares the language information with the player language information. And selecting one of the plurality of improved audiovisual applications, and the improved audiovisual engine links the loading information file included in the corresponding improved audiovisual application. A condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in the element that links the loading information file, and the language information is parsed using the element to parse the recorded language information. It includes a name attribute and value attribute in condition element to store the language information, the reproducing apparatus according to claim Rukoto are recorded using the name attribute and value attribute within the element linking the loading information file Is also achieved.

Meanwhile, according to still another field of the present invention, the object is to read language information indicating a language used for content included in interactive data in a method of reproducing AV data in interactive mode. Including the steps of selecting and reading interactive data produced in the same language as the player language information set in the playback device, and interpreting and executing the read interactive data. wherein the step of reading the language information, when the interactive mode is selected, viewing including the step of reading the language information to open the startup file to be read first, the step of reading the language information has been addressed to improve Audio visual application And parsing the recorded language information using an element that links the loading information file included in the step, wherein the step of reading the language information is included in the element that links the loading information file. the, characterized in that it comprises the Pajingusu Ru step the language information recorded using the name attribute and value attribute in the element for the condition records for selecting the linked loading information file This is also achieved by the reproduction method.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As used herein, “interactive data” refers to data recorded to support an interactive mode, which is linked to a markup document, a markup document recorded in a markup language and / or script code, Alternatively, it is a resource file that is linked to a separately provided script code file, program file, or markup document and displayed together, and is used to cover audio files, animation files, image files, and the like. In other words, the interactive data functions as an application program necessary for reproducing AV data in the interactive mode, and also functions as additional content provided together with the AV data.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a playback system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the playback system includes an ENAV disc 100 that is an information recording medium that supports an interactive mode according to the present embodiment, a playback device 200, and a display device 300 according to the present embodiment. A remote controller 400 is provided. The remote controller 400 receives a user's control command and transmits it to the playback device 200. The playback device 200 plays back AV data recorded on the ENAV disc 100. When the ENAV disc 100 is loaded into the DVD drive provided in the playback device 200 and the user selects the interactive mode, the playback device 200 plays back the ENAV disc 100 in the interactive mode and transmits it to the display device 300. On the display device 300, the AV screen based on the reproduced AV data is displayed together with the interactive screen obtained from the interactive application. “Interactive mode” refers to a method of displaying an AV screen in a display window defined in a markup document that is an interactive application, that is, a method of displaying an AV screen embedded in an interactive screen. Here, the AV screen refers to a screen in which DVD-video data recorded on the ENAV disc 100 is reproduced by the playback device 200 and displayed on the display device 300, and the interactive screen is an interactive application recorded on the ENAV disc 100. Is a screen that is interpreted and executed by the playback device 200 and displayed on the display device 300. On the other hand, “video mode” refers to a method of reproducing AV data as defined in conventional DVD-video, that is, a method of displaying only the AV screen obtained by reproducing the corresponding AV data. In this embodiment, the playback apparatus 200 supports both the interactive mode and the video mode. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the playback apparatus 200 can receive AV data and / or interactive data from the network.

  In particular, the playback apparatus 200 has a system parameter table in which system parameters (hereinafter referred to as SPRM) are set, and the system parameter table has player language information according to the present invention. The playback device 200 refers to the player language information and selects interactive data to be used when playing back in the interactive mode. The SPRM can be stored in the memory of the playback device 200.

  Similarly, language information that indicates in which language the content included in the interactive data stored in the disc 100 is produced is recorded. The language information recorded on the disc has substantially the same meaning as the player language information stored in the SPRM, but the disc language information is recorded on the disc 100 and notifies the corresponding interactive data. It is different.

  When the interactive mode is selected, the playback device 200 according to the present invention reads the language information recorded on the ENAV disc 100 according to the present invention and compares it with the player language information that it has as a system parameter. Play using interactive data selected by result.

  FIG. 2 is an implementation diagram of the ENAV disk 100 according to the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 2, interactive data is recorded on ENAV disc 100 so as to correspond to language information. That is, interactive data # 1 corresponding to language information # 1 is recorded, interactive data # 2 corresponding to language information # 2 exists,..., Interactive data #n corresponding to language information #n is stored. Exists (where n is an integer).

  Linguistic information # 1, 2,..., N is recorded separately from interactive data # 1, 2,..., N and linked to interactive data # 1, 2,. Alternatively, it can be recorded as part of interactive data # 1, 2,..., N.

  If the player language information set in the playback device 200 is the same as the language information # 2, the playback device 200 brings the interactive data # 2 based on the language information # 2 and interactively converts the corresponding AV data. Play in mode. For example, if the player language information is “English”, the playback apparatus 200 uses interactive data whose language information corresponds to “English” among the interactive data recorded on the ENAV disc 100.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a volume space of the ENAV disk 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the volume space of the disc 100 includes a volume & file structure area in which information about volumes and files is recorded, AV data, that is, a DVD-video in which a video title is recorded in the DVD-video format. There is an ENAV file area in which an ENAV file for supporting the data area and the interactive mode is recorded.

  In the DVD-video data area, VIDEO_TS.IFO containing playback control information for the entire video title recorded on the disc 100 and VTS_01_0.IFO containing playback control information for the first video title are stored. Next, VTS_01_0.VOB, VTS_01_1.VOB,... Which are AV data constituting the video title are recorded. VTS — 01 — 0.VOB, VTS — 01 — 1.VOB,... Are video titles, ie, video objects. Each VOB includes a VOBU packed with a navigation pack, a video pack, and an audio pack. A more detailed configuration is disclosed in the DVD-Video standard proposal “DVD-Video for Read Only Memory Disc 1.0”.

  In the ENAV file area, an ENAV application composed of a plurality of ENAV files is stored. That is, as an ENAV file, a startup file that is read first when the interactive mode is selected, a markup document corresponding to the selected video title, and the like are recorded.

  Thus, in this embodiment, interactive data is recorded as a plurality of ENAV files. As described above, the ENAV file is a markup document, a script code file, a program file, a style sheet for specifying the style of the markup document, and a resource file that is linked to the markup document and displayed together. It means audio files, animation files, image files, etc.

  FIG. 4 is a directory structure diagram of the ENAV disk 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 4, a DVD video directory VIDEO_TS exists in the root directory, and an ENAV directory DVD_ENAV in which ENAV data for supporting the interactive mode is recorded is provided.

  VIDEO_TS stores the data described with reference to FIG. 3, that is, VIDEO_TS.IFO, VTS_01_0.IFO, VTS_01_0.VOB, VTS_01_1.VOB,. DVD_ENAV stores the data described with reference to FIG. 3, that is, the startup file STARTUP.MLS and other ENAV files.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between AV data recorded on the ENAV disc 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and an ENAV file. Referring to FIG. 5, the ENAV disc 100 according to the present embodiment records ENAV applications corresponding to AV data for which seamless playback is guaranteed. One ENAV application is a set of a plurality of ENAV files. In order to ensure seamless playback of AV data, it is preferable to buffer the corresponding ENAV application in advance before playing back the AV data in the interactive mode.

  Each ENAV application includes one loading information file. In the loading information file, ENAV file position information necessary for reproducing the corresponding AV data in the interactive mode is recorded. The required ENAV file location information comprises location information for the ENAV file that is buffered before the corresponding ENAV application is launched, that is, location information for the preloaded ENAV file.

  Since preloading is performed for each ENAV application, seamless reproduction is guaranteed for AV data corresponding to each ENAV application. Accordingly, it is preferable from the viewpoint of the user interface that the content creator should produce one ENAV application corresponding to one video title and one video title chapter to ensure seamless playback.

  On the other hand, postloading corresponding to preloading refers to buffering a predetermined ENAV file after the corresponding ENAV application is launched. An ENAV application does not necessarily have an ENAV file that must be postloaded. When post-loading is necessary, post-load information necessary for post-loading, that is, position information of the ENAV file to be post-loaded is recorded in the loading information file.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a playback apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the playback apparatus 200 according to this embodiment includes a reader 1, an AV playback engine 2, and an ENAV engine 3.

  The reader 1 reads AV data from the DVD 100, that is, the DVD-video data and ENAV file in the present embodiment, according to a control signal from the ENAV engine 3.

The AV playback engine 2 plays back the AV data read by the reader 1. Since AV data is recorded as DVD-video data in this embodiment, the AV playback engine 2 is implemented by a DVD-video playback engine that plays back DVD-video data in this embodiment. The AV playback engine 2 communicates with the ENAV engine 3 via an API (Application Program Interface). That is, in response to a request from the ENAV engine 3, an attribute for notifying the operation state of the AV playback engine 2 is notified to the ENAV engine 3, and a trigger is sent to the ENAV engine 3. The trigger is, for example, when Star Wars (registered trademark) is displayed in interactive mode, if a battle scene is displayed on the AV screen, and when the corresponding quiz is displayed on the interactive screen, when the battle scene is displayed. Before and after this, the ENAV engine 3 is notified of relevant information.

  The ENAV engine 3 reproduces the ENAV file. In particular, in this embodiment, the ENAV engine 3 verifies and interprets a markup document, which is one of ENAV files, in order to play back DVD-video data recorded on the DVD 100 in the interactive mode. To do. The ENAV engine 3 blends and outputs the reproduced DVD-video stream and the interpreted markup document. As a result, an interactive screen in which the AV screen is embedded is displayed on the display device 300. On the other hand, the ENAV engine 3 can include various plug-ins. Plug-ins can open files of various formats that are included in or linked to a markup document. For example, in order to play back AV data for the window media player, the ENAV engine 3 can call the window media player. The ENAV engine 3 can be connected to a network to obtain necessary information such as an ENAV file.

  In particular, according to the present embodiment, the ENAV engine 3 parses the language information recorded in the startup file, compares it with the player language information recorded in the system parameter table, and determines the corresponding loading information file according to the result. select. In the loading information file, a list of ENAV files to be buffered in advance for seamless playback or during playback is recorded. The ENAV engine 3 interprets the ENAV file based on the selected loading information file with a buffer (not shown) provided in the ENAV engine 3, interprets it from the initial file, and executes it.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a startup file STARTUP.MLS according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, a startup file STARTUP.MLS, which is a markup document created using a markup language, includes two elements. One is a “walledgarden” element, and the other is a “loadinginfo” element.

  The “walledgarden” element links a walled garden list file in which a network area connectable via the inserted ENAV disk 100 and an inventory of files accessible according to the parental level are arranged. However, the “walledgarden” element is not necessarily recorded in the startup file.

  The “loadinginfo” element is linked with a loading information file that informs the position information of the ENAV file belonging to the ENAV application in order to load an ENAV application that is a set of ENAV files necessary for reproduction in the interactive mode. . In the present embodiment, condition information for selecting any one of a plurality of ENAV applications is recorded by using a “condition” element included in the “loadinginfo” element. More specifically, the condition information for selecting the ENAV application is recorded using the “name” and “value” attributes recorded in the “condition” element.

  In the startup file shown in FIG. 7 according to the present embodiment, there are two “loadinginfo” elements. Symbol A indicates a portion where the first “loadinginfo” element is recorded, and symbol B indicates a portion where the second “loadinginfo” element is recorded. The ENAV application referred to by the first “loadinginfo” element has attribute values “name” and “value” that are attributes of the “condition” element included in the corresponding “loadinginfo” element, respectively “lang” and “en”. "" Indicates that the content included in the ENAV file included in the corresponding ENAV application has been created in English. The attribute values of “name” and “value”, which are attributes of the “condition” element included in the second “loadinginfo” element, are recorded as “lang” and “kr”, respectively, and are referred to as ENAV The content of the ENAV file constituting the application indicates that it has been created in Korean. In this embodiment, the language is displayed in English lowercase letters composed of two letters as defined in ISO-639.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a startup file STARTUP.MLS according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, the startup file STARTUP.MLS according to the present embodiment also includes two elements. One is a “walledgarden” element, and the other is an “application” element.

  The “walledgarden” element has the same meaning as in FIG.

  The “application” element is linked to load an ENAV application that is a set of ENAV files necessary for playback in the interactive mode, that is, a loading information file that informs position information of an ENAV file belonging to the ENAV application. . The “condition” element included in the “application” element is used to record a condition for selection among a plurality of ENAV applications linked to the startup file. The “param” element included in the “condition” element is used to indicate an attribute value for presenting a selection criterion of the corresponding ENAV application. More specifically, it can be seen that the condition information for selecting the ENAV application is recorded using the “paraname” and “value” attributes recorded in the “condition” element.

  Reference number C indicates the ENAV application referenced by the first “application” element, and reference number D indicates the ENAV application referenced by the second “application” element. The ENAV application referred to by the first “application” indicates that the content included in the corresponding ENAV file has been created in English, and the content included in the ENAV application referred to by the second “application” The content of is the same as the first ENAV application, but indicates that it was created in Korean. In this embodiment, the language is displayed in English lowercase letters composed of two letters as defined in ISO-639.

  The conventional interactive mode does not take into account the variety of languages that users can understand. However, in consideration of the variety of languages that the user can understand, the present invention prepares a plurality of interactive data in which contents are recorded in a plurality of languages, and allows one to be selected. Furthermore, by recording language information for selecting an ENAV application in the startup file, the playback device 200 can select an ENAV application that matches the preset player language information at the first execution time.

  FIG. 9 is a view showing a system parameter table in which player language information according to an embodiment of the present invention is recorded. Referring to FIG. 9, the system parameter table according to the present embodiment is stored in the playback device 200, and the system parameters 0 to 20 are DVD-video standards (DVD Specifications) in consideration of compatibility. This is implemented using a system parameter table by SPRMs defined in “For Read-Only Disc Part 3 Video Specifications”. More specifically, any one of the SPRMs provided in the system parameter table is used as language information according to the present invention, or the player language information according to the present invention is added to the system parameter table. It can be embodied in the form. The SPRM stores a value having a fixed length of 2 bytes, and each parameter has a 16-bit integer value. Detailed descriptions of SPRM 0 through SPRM 20 are described in the DVD-Video standard, and parameters that are not directly related to the present invention are not described in this specification.

<When SPRM 0 is used as player language information according to the present invention>
SPRM 0 stores language information used by the user to create a DVD-video menu. Therefore, the playback apparatus 200 compares the value set in SPRM 0 with the language information recorded on the ENAV disc 100, and uses the ENAV application created in the same language as the menu as the ENAV application to be executed first. You can choose.

<When SPRM 16 is used as player language information according to the present invention>
The SPRM 16 can change its value only at initialization and cannot change its value during playback or operation. The SPRM 16 stores audio stream language information that is played back together when the user plays back a DVD-video, in a value defined in ISO-639. Therefore, the playback device 100 can select the ENAV application to be executed first with reference to the value set in SPRM 16.

<When SPRM 18 is used as player language information according to the present invention>
The SPRM 18 can also change its value only at initialization, and cannot change its value during playback or operation. The SPRM 18 stores language information for displaying a DVD-video subtitle in a value defined in ISO-639. In most cases, the user listens to the audio in the original language used at the time of making the movie, while watching the subtitles in the local language. Therefore, the ENAV application in which the content is created in the same language as the subtitle is selected by referring to the language information for displaying the subtitle on the DVD-video. That is, the playback device 200 refers to the value stored in the SPRM 18 and selects the ENAV application.

<When player language information according to the present invention is recorded in SPRM 21>
According to the DVD-video standard, SPRMs 21 to 23 are reserved areas. Therefore, in this embodiment, the player language information Initial Language Code is recorded in one of the vacant areas, that is, the SPRM 21 in the value defined in ISO-639. SPRM
21 can only change its value at the time of initialization, and does not change its value during reproduction or operation.

  FIG. 10 is a data structure diagram of player language information recorded as the system parameters of FIG. Referring to FIG. 10, player language information according to the present invention is recorded using 2 bytes allocated to SPRM 21. The remaining bits used for recording language information are reserved and other information can be stored. The SPRM 21 is recorded with values in the form defined in ISO-639, or may be according to other conventions.

  The reproduction method according to the present invention will be described as follows based on the above configuration.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a reproduction method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, when the ENAV disc 100 is loaded onto the playback device 200, the playback device 200 checks the startup file stored in the DVD_ENAV directory, so that the inserted disc is the ENAV DVD 100. Whether or not (step 1101). If the start-up file cannot be found, the playback device 200 determines whether the inserted disc is a conventional DVD-video disc (step 1102). (Step 1103), or in the case of another disc, it is not played back.

  If the playback device 200 finds the startup file, it recognizes that the inserted disc is the ENAV disc 100 (step 1101), and if the user selects the video mode, it plays back in the video mode (step 1103). If the user selects the interactive mode (step 1104), the playback device 200 reads the startup file (step 1105), reads the language information recorded in the startup file, and uses the player language information recorded in the system parameter table. The matching loading information file is read (step 1106). The ENAV files listed in the read loading information file are buffered (step 1107), interpreted and executed from the initial file, and the selected AV data is reproduced in the interactive mode (step 1108).

  On the other hand, the reproduction method can be created by a computer program. The code and code segments that make up the program can be easily inferred by computer programmers in the industry. Further, the program is stored in a computer-readable information recording medium, and is read and executed by the computer to realize the reproducing method. The information recording medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium.

  According to the present invention, when reproducing an information recording medium on which AV data is recorded, the AV data is interactively selected by selecting additional content created in a language selected by the user or a predetermined language. An information recording medium having a data structure that can be reproduced in a mode, a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method thereof are provided.

  As a result, the playback apparatus can select and play back the ENAV application to be executed first in a language more suitable for the user in the interactive mode.

1 is a schematic diagram of a playback system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an implementation diagram of an ENAV disc 100 according to the invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a volume space of the ENAV disk 100 shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a directory structure diagram of the ENAV disk 100 shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a relationship diagram between AV data recorded on an ENAV disc 100 shown in FIG. 2 and an ENAV file according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus 200 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a startup file STARTUP.MLS according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a startup file STARTUP.MLS according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is a system parameter table in which profile information according to an embodiment of the present invention is recorded. FIG. 10 is a data structure diagram of profile information recorded as SPRM in FIG. 9. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the reproducing | regenerating method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reader 2 AV playback engine 3 ENAV engine 4 AV playback engine 100 ENAV disc 200 Playback apparatus 300 Display apparatus 400 Remote controller

Claims (40)

Audio-visual data,
Interactive data that is displayed together with an audiovisual screen obtained from the audiovisual data to provide content related to the audiovisual screen when the audiovisual data is played in interactive mode;
Language information that informs in which language the content included in the interactive data was created,
The interactive data includes a startup file that is read first when the interactive mode is selected,
The language information is recorded in the startup file ,
The language information is recorded using an element that links a loading information file included in a corresponding improved audiovisual application;
The language information is recorded by using a name attribute and a value attribute in an element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in an element that links the loading information file. An information recording medium characterized by the above.   The information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the language information is referred to in order to select interactive data by a playback device that plays back the audiovisual data in an interactive mode.   The language information is for comparison with a system parameter SPRM 0 set by a DVD-video standard in a playback device that plays back the audiovisual data in an interactive mode. Information recording media. Audio-visual data,
A plurality of improved audiovisual applications in which substantially similar content is created in different languages to play the audiovisual data in interactive mode;
Linguistic information read to select any one of the plurality of improved audiovisual applications;
The language information is recorded in a startup file that is read first when the interactive mode is selected ,
The language information is recorded using an element that links a loading information file included in a corresponding improved audiovisual application;
The language information is recorded by using a name attribute and a value attribute in an element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in an element that links the loading information file. An information recording medium characterized by the above.   5. The language information is for comparison with a system parameter SPRM 0 set by a DVD-video standard in a playback device that plays back the audiovisual data in an interactive mode. Information recording media. The language information is recorded in an element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in an element that links the loading information file. 4. The information recording medium according to 4 . 5. The information recording medium according to claim 4 , wherein the language information is recorded using a name attribute and a value attribute in an element that links the loading information file. 5. The information recording medium according to claim 4 , wherein the language information is recorded in a two-letter language code according to ISO 639. 5. The information recording medium of claim 4 , wherein the loading information file informs location information of an improved audiovisual file belonging to a corresponding improved audiovisual application. An audiovisual playback engine that decodes audiovisual data;
Player language information for selecting any one of a plurality of improved audiovisual applications created in a plurality of languages having substantially similar contents, and the audiovisual data is An improved audiovisual engine that interprets and executes the selected improved audiovisual application with reference to the player language information for playback in interactive mode;
Bei give a reader for reading the improved audio-visual application from an information recording medium,
The improved audiovisual engine has created content included in the improved audiovisual application recorded in the player language information and a startup file that is initially read when interactive mode is selected. Select the improved audiovisual application with reference to language information to inform the language ,
In the information recording medium,
A plurality of improved audiovisual applications created in a plurality of different languages with substantially similar content and the language information recorded;
The improved audiovisual engine is:
Comparing the language information with the player language information and selecting any one of the plurality of improved audiovisual applications;
The improved audiovisual engine is:
Parsing the recorded language information using an element that links the loading information file contained in the corresponding improved audiovisual application;
The language information is
A name element and a value attribute included in a condition element for storing a condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in an element that links the loading information file;
The language information is
Reproducing apparatus according to claim Rukoto are recorded using the name attribute and value attribute within the element linking the loading information file. The playback apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the player language information is stored as a system parameter. Bei give a reader for reading the improved audio-visual application from an information recording medium,
The improved audiovisual engine is recorded in the system parameter SPRM 0 set by the DVD-Video standard as the player language information and the startup file that is read first when the interactive mode is selected. The playback apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the improved audiovisual application is selected with reference to language information indicating a language in which content included in the audiovisual application is created. The improved audiovisual engine is:
Reproducing apparatus according to claim 10, characterized by comparing the language information, and the player language information stored in the system parameter table set in the reproducing apparatus. The improved audiovisual engine is:
11. The playback apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the language information is compared with a system parameter SPRM 0 set in the playback apparatus according to a DVD-video standard. The improved audiovisual engine is:
A name attribute in the element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file, included in the element that links the loading information file included in the corresponding improved audiovisual application, and 11. The playback apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the language information recorded using the value attribute is parsed, and the system parameter SPRM 0 set by the DVD-video standard is compared with the playback apparatus. The element is
A condition element for storing a selection condition for selecting any one of the improved audiovisual applications based on the improved audiovisual engine that parses the language information. The reproducing apparatus according to 10 . The improved audiovisual engine is:
The playback apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the language information recorded in a two-letter language code according to ISO 639 is parsed. In a method of playing back audiovisual data in interactive mode using a playback device,
Reading language information indicating the language used for the content contained in the interactive data;
Referring to the read language information, selecting and reading interactive data produced in the same language as the player language information set in the playback device; and
Interpreting and executing the read interactive data,
The step of reading the language information includes:
When the interactive mode is selected, only including the step of reading the language information to open the startup file that is read first,
The step of reading the language information includes:
Parsing the recorded language information using an element that links a loading information file included in a corresponding improved audiovisual application;
The step of reading the language information includes:
The language recorded in the element for recording the condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in the element linking the loading information file using the name attribute and the value attribute reproducing method comprising the information Ru Pajingusu step. The step of reading the language information includes:
19. The method of claim 18 , comprising reading the recorded language information from a startup file using an element that links a loading information file included in a corresponding improved audiovisual application. How to play. The step of reading the language information includes:
Read the linguistic information that informs the language of a plurality of improved audiovisual applications created using different languages for substantially similar content to play audiovisual data in interactive mode The reproduction method according to claim 18 , further comprising steps. Selecting and reading the interactive data comprises:
19. The playback method according to claim 18 , further comprising the step of detecting player language information set in the playback device from a system parameter table stored as a system parameter in the playback device. Selecting and reading the interactive data comprises:
19. The reproducing method according to claim 18 , further comprising a step of detecting a system parameter SPRM 0 set by the DVD-video standard as player language information in the reproducing apparatus. Selecting and reading the interactive data comprises:
Reading the improved audiovisual file belonging to the improved audiovisual application with reference to the loading information file that informs the location information of the improved audiovisual file belonging to the corresponding improved audiovisual application. The reproducing method according to claim 19 , wherein: The step of reading the language information includes:
The method according to claim 19 , further comprising the step of comparing the language information with the player language information and selecting any one of the plurality of improved audiovisual applications. The step of reading the language information includes:
Parsing the language information recorded in the element for recording a condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in the element that links the loading information file. The reproduction method according to claim 19 , wherein The step of reading the language information includes:
The reproduction method according to claim 19 , further comprising the step of parsing the language information recorded by using a name attribute and a value attribute in an element linking the loading information file. The step of reading the language information includes:
The reproduction method according to claim 19 , further comprising the step of parsing the language information recorded in a two-letter language code according to ISO 639. In an improved audiovisual playback device,
A reader for reading audiovisual data and interactive data from an optical disc;
A memory for storing a system parameter table for storing DVD video system parameters comprising player language information;
An audiovisual player for reproducing the audiovisual data read from the optical disc;
An improved audiovisual engine that selects the read interactive data corresponding to the audiovisual data when the optical disc is played in interactive mode based on the player language information; and
When the optical disc is played in the interactive mode, the improved audiovisual engine reads a startup file from the optical disc and selects corresponding interactive data from the optical disc based on the startup file;
The improved audiovisual engine parses language information from the startup file, and compares the parsed language information with the player language information to provide a corresponding loading file that indicates an interactive data file to be buffered. select,
In the information recording medium,
A plurality of improved audiovisual applications created in a plurality of different languages with substantially similar content and the language information recorded;
The improved audiovisual engine is:
Comparing the language information with the player language information and selecting any one of the plurality of improved audiovisual applications;
The improved audiovisual engine is:
Parsing the recorded language information using an element that links the loading information file contained in the corresponding improved audiovisual application;
The language information is
A name element and a value attribute included in a condition element for storing a condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in an element that links the loading information file;
The language information is
The loading information in the element that links the file is recorded using the name attribute and value attribute audiovisual playback apparatus according to claim Rukoto. 29. The improved audiovisual of claim 28 , wherein the improved audiovisual engine buffers the selected interactive data corresponding to the audiovisual data to ensure seamless playback. Playback device. 30. The improved audiovisual playback device of claim 28 , wherein the audiovisual player and the improved audiovisual engine interface via an application program interface. 29. The improved audiovisual playback apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the interactive data comprises a plurality of improved audiovisual data each formed from a plurality of languages. 32. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the improved audiovisual data is automatically selected based on a system parameter SPRM. The improved audio-visual data, improved audio-visual reproducing apparatus according to claim 32, characterized in that it is automatically selected based on said system parameter SPRM 0 table entry. 33. The improved audiovisual playback device of claim 32 , wherein the improved audiovisual data is automatically selected based on the system parameter SPRM 16 table entry. 33. The improved audiovisual playback device of claim 32 , wherein the improved audiovisual data is automatically selected based on the system parameter SPRM 18 table entry. 33. The improved audiovisual playback device of claim 32 , wherein the improved audiovisual data is automatically selected based on the system parameter SPRM 21 table entry. In a method for reproducing improved audiovisual data from an optical disc,
Detecting improved audiovisual data on the optical disc when interactive mode is selected;
Reading language information from a startup file on the optical disc;
Selecting improved audiovisual data based on the read language information;
Performing the selected improved audiovisual data;
Wherein with the selected improved audio-visual data, look including a step of reproducing the corresponding audio-visual data from the optical disc,
The step of reading the language information includes:
Parsing the recorded language information using an element that links a loading information file included in a corresponding improved audiovisual application;
The step of reading the language information includes:
The language recorded in the element for recording the condition for selecting the linked loading information file included in the element linking the loading information file using the name attribute and the value attribute improved methods reproduced audiovisual data to the Pajingusu Ru steps information, wherein containing Mukoto. And language information read the improved methods of the reproduced audiovisual data according to claim 37, wherein step a free Mukoto comparing the player language information stored in the system parameter table. The reproduction step includes
38. The improved audiovisual data playback method according to claim 37 , comprising playing corresponding audiovisual data from the optical disc together with the selected improved audiovisual data in an interactive mode. . The reproduction step includes
38. Playback of improved audiovisual data according to claim 37 , comprising playing corresponding audiovisual data from the optical disc together with the selected improved audiovisual data in a non-interactive mode. Method.

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