MULTIMEDIA OPTICAL DISK WHICH CONFORMS TO THE MOTION PICTURE RATING SYSTEMS IN A VARIETY OF COUNTRIES AND A REPRODUCING DEVICE FOR SAID DISK

摘要

The multimedia optical disc of the present invention includes a video data recording area, group information indicating which video data and which other video data belong to the same group to be reproduced alternately, a level ID assigned to each video data in the same group; And a management information management area in which management information consisting of connection information indicating video data to be played next is recorded for each video data after the end of playback of the video data, and each classification level and level ID in a classification system determined by a country or region. And a level map recording area in which a table for each country or region having information for mapping the data is recorded. According to this configuration, the video data is distinguished by the grouped level IDs, and at any classification level of any classification system, it can be clearly associated with the level ID.