Inventors: Kunihiro, Hideto;
Assignee: Nec Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Nec Home Electronics, Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Primary Examiner: Chin; Tommy P.
Assistant Examiner: Truong; Khoi
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas
A data recording system for recording in a CD-ROM or similar recording medium a data file containing data such as compressed audio and video data and an index file containing index data for searching the individual data of the data file. The data stored in the data file are recorded in a CD-ROM in three hierarchical stages, i.e., titles, scenes and shots or chapters, scenes and clips. The index file has a hierarchical format associated with that of the data file in order to manage the data of the data file in consecutive stages. |