Patent ID: 7593964
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit which obtains second multimedia data based on a recording start instruction; a determining unit which determines a lastly created file, among a plurality of files which are stored in a storage medium, which file includes first multimedia data, as a first file onto which the second multimedia data obtained by said obtaining unit is to be added; an addition unit which adds the second multimedia data obtained by said obtaining unit onto the first file; an updating unit which updates location information regarding a location in the first file where the second multimedia data is added by said addition unit; and a creating unit which creates, if a separation instruction is issued after a recording stop instruction, a second file including the second multimedia data based on the location information updated by said updating unit, said second multimedia data being obtained by said obtaining unit during a period from the recording start instruction to the recording stop instruction and being added onto the first file by said addition unit, wherein each of the first multimedia data and the second multimedia data comprises moving image data.