A multimedia optical disc is provided. The multimedia optical disc
includes a data area and a management information area. The data area
stores a plurality pieces of video data. The management information area
stores a channel table in which a plurality of logical channel numbers
are respectively related to a plurality of physical channel numbers for
each piece of video data. A piece of moving picture data and a plurality
pieces of sub-data are interleaved in each piece of video data. The
sub-data is either of audio data and sub-picture data as still pictures.
The logical channel numbers are shared by pieces of video data. The
physical channel numbers are used to physically identify the plurality
pieces of sub-data. With this construction, it is possible to manage
sub-data even when the sub-data is dealt with by a plurality pieces of
video data.