Patent ID: 8538231
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus capable of recording audio-video data files, comprising: an access unit that accesses a recording medium having recorded thereon audio-video data file and history information indicating whether the audio-video data file is duplicated; a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus, wherein the external apparatus is configured to duplicate the audio-video data file; an instruction unit that instructs duplication of the audio-video data file recorded on the recording medium; a controller, according to an instruction of the instruction unit, controls the communication unit to transmit the history information and an unduplicated audio-video data file, indicated by the history information, to the external apparatus and controls the access unit so that history information indicating that the transmitted audio-video data file is duplicated on the recording medium; and a history generation instructing unit that instructs generation of the history information indicating that the transmitted audio-video data file is a duplicated file, wherein the controller, according to an instruction of the history generation instructing unit generates history information indicating that the unduplicated audio-video data file of the audio-video data file is duplicated, without transmitting unduplicated audio-video data file of the audio-video data file to the external apparatus, wherein the instruction unit and the history generation instructing unit are integrated into a single operation member, wherein the single operation member operates as the instruction unit when the single operation member is operated in a state where the recording apparatus is connected to the external apparatus, and wherein the single operation member operates as the history generation instructing unit when the single operation member is operated in a state where the recording apparatus is not connected to the external apparatus.