METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING MULTI-MEDIA DATA FILE WITH STORY BRANCHES, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPRODUCTION, MULTI-MEDIA DATA FILE AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PURPOSE: To perform the continuous transition of the reproduction of two moving picture files in a data stream composed of the plural moving picture tiles expressing a story provided with branches. ;CONSTITUTION: When it is assumed that one of the three moving picture files B, C and D is selected; reproduced and displayed after the moving picture file A is reproduced and displayed, storage in the /N recording medium is performed.in a prescribed order, the order of the moving picture files B, C and D for instance, following the moving picture file A and preloading data Bpre, Cpre and Dpre composing the respective head parts of the moving picture files B, C and D are stored before the moving picture files B, C and D, in this case, between the moving picture file A and the moving picture file B. In the case of reproducing and displaying the moving picture stream, the preloading data Bpre, Cpre and Dpre are loaded while reproducing and displaying the moving picture file A and are displayed during a period from the end of the display until the access of the next moving picture file B, C or D.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO