US Patent 7796863 Apparatus and computer-readable program for generating volume image

Provided is a generating apparatus that generates a DVD-Video volume image, and a BD-ROM volume image, that each have: a digital stream, path information, and a jump table, where in the respective digital streams, a button command to be executed by a playback apparatus, in playing back the digital stream, is incorporated. A BD-scenario generating apparatus 7 obtains path information, a jump table, and a button command, which are for the BD-ROM, by converting any one of the description schemes for the path information, the jump table, and the button command for the DVD-Video.