MDCP: Patent Abstact US05901119: Recording apparatus, playback apparatus and recording medium having a management area with program position and playback information
Use of a previously unused region of the MD to store various disc-based settings, such as program play order, and track "quick-start" indication (this being a mode used in sound effects applications wherein the audio at the beginning of a track is held in buffer memory to provide immediate playback at the push of a button). (Does the Tascam pro deck use this?)
Abstract
In the present invention, a user can set the order of playing-back programs recorded in a program region, with interactive playback then being possible by recording the playback order of programs set by the user in a management region.