A storage medium storing a multimedia image stream and a text-based
subtitle stream, and a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method
therefor are provided to reproduce the text-based subtitle data stream
recorded separately from the multimedia image stream such that the
subtitle data can be easily produced and edited and a caption can be
provided in a plurality of languages. The storage medium stores: image
data; and text-based subtitle data to display a caption on an image based
on the image data, wherein the subtitle data includes: one style
information item specifying an output style of the caption; and a
plurality of presentation information items that are displaying units of
the caption, and the subtitle data is separated and recorded separately
from the image data. Accordingly, a caption can be provided in a
plurality of languages, and can be easily produced and edited, and the
output style of caption data can be changed in a variety of ways. In
addition, part of a caption can be emphasized or a separate style that a
user can change can be applied.