Patent ID: 8331770
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus for recording on an installed recording medium, the recording apparatus comprising: first identification means for identifying a format of data recorded on the recording medium and a version of the format, the format identifying a purpose of the data, the recording medium having recorded thereon the data and having hierarchically arranged therein a physical layer, a logical layer, and an application layer, wherein the format and the version of the format are identified from recording medium information read from the application layer of the recording medium; storage means for storing data in which the version of the format and feature information are associated with each other, wherein the feature information indicates processing functions that can be executed in the apparatus, and the association indicates whether the processing functions are executable with the corresponding version, the processing functions comprising moving image recording and static image recording; determination means for determining whether or not the processing functions that can be executed in the apparatus are limited based on the identified version, the data stored in the storage means, and whether the identified version is older than a version supported by the recording apparatus; generation means for: display control means for controlling display of the first image or the second image in accordance with the generated first image data or the generated second image data.