Patent ID: 7555198
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus capable of generating management data for a management unit so that a system stream with an audio stream and a video stream multiplexed therein can be managed as one recorded unit from a recording start to a recording end corresponding to the recording start and also a plurality of recorded units can be managed as another management unit, and also recording the system stream and management data for the another management unit, the recording apparatus comprising: generating device generating determination data each time data corresponding to said recorded unit is recorded in the recording medium, said determination data is generated based on the management data and said generating device recording said determination data in the recording medium; and determining device comparing said determination data recorded in the recording medium to the management data recorded in the recording medium for the last recorded unit to determine a type of recording apparatus having recorded the last recorded unit, and switching said management unit according to the determined type of recording apparatus.