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 electronic apparatus equipped therewith; title-by-title password setting method; title-by-title access permission method; title-by-title password setting program; and title-by-title access permission program

摘要

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 follows. When there is a playback request or the like for a title in content recorded in the DVD-VR format, it is checked whether a password has been set in an IT_TXT field existing in a TXTDT_MG table and corresponding to the requested title (Step 401 to 405). If a password has been set, the user is prompted to enter a password (Steps 407 to 411). If the entered password is incorrect, the user is not permitted to handle the title (Step 412).