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A method and apparatus are provided for creating and recording management information for digital data streams, and for reproducing data using the management information. According to an embodiment, the method for recording a digital data stream being received, comprising: (a) recording received stream units of a digital data stream along with their arrival time references representing the arrival times of the received stream units on a recording medium; (b) grouping the received stream units into stream object units of a predetermined size, such that the maximum search time for a stream object unit is almost uniform among the recorded stream object units; and (c) creating and recording reproduction management information regarding the stream object units.
