FIELD: data carriers.
SUBSTANCE: data carrier is provided for storage of text data of subtitles, including style information, reproduction device and methods for reproducing text data of subtitles, including style information, recorded separately on a data carrier. Data carrier includes: multimedia image data; and text data of subtitles for showing subtitles on the image on basis of multimedia image data, where text data of subtitles include dialogue information, which indicates content of subtitles, which should be shown on image, style information, which indicates style of dialogue information output, and partial style information, which indicates output style applied to part of dialogue information. Respectively, subtitles may be provided for a set of languages without limitations in number of subtitle data blocks. In addition, subtitle data may be easily produced and edited. Also, subtitle data output style may be altered using various methods. Also, a special style may be used for accenting a part of subtitles.
EFFECT: increased efficiency.
5 cl, 10 dwg
